Do you ever have those moments when you just feel warm and cozy inside and it’s like for just one fleeting moment, life is pure bliss?
Those moments come to me when I am driving through the mountains and a train passes by. I can’t put my finger on exactly what it is about that scene, a train passing through the mountains, but it calms me right down.
I would love to take the Toronto-Vancouver train and see bits of the country that I wouldn’t be able to see otherwise. I’d bring many good books, a journal, a camera and just relax for four days while enjoying the views of the prairies, then the mountains, then the ocean.
Another zen moment for me is laying in bed, listening to a car slowly creep down the alley behind my house. For just a moment I am reverted back to my youth, laying in “the big bedroom” hearing somebody drive down the gravel driveway at The Farm. That sound will forever settle my mind and calm my soul.
What are your zen moments?
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My two zen moments – lying in the sun (preferably on a beach – preferably in the south) or getting my eyelashes tinted… the last one is weird, I know.
My zen moment is being on the boat at my parents’ cottage when it’s really hot and sunny. Everything is perfet then. Which is very strange because I am quite scared of deep water.
Damn Leah, you inspired an early morning blog post. I was writing my comment, then realized I should just write something for my own site.
Love ya!
To me, there is nothing more zen than climbing into a bed with freshly washed sheets.
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