Mindful!

"Everyday

I see or hear

something

that more or less

kills me

with delight,

that leaves me

like a needle

in the haystack

of light.

It was what I was born for -

to look, to listen,

to lose myself

inside this soft world -

to instruct myself

over and over

in joy,

and acclamation.

Nor am I talking

about the exceptional,

the fearful, the dreadful,

the very extravagant -

but of the ordinary,

the common, the very drab,

the daily presentations.

Oh, good scholar

I say to myself,

how can you help

but grow wise

with such teachings

as these -

the untrimmable light

of the world,

the ocean's shine,

the prayers that are made

out of grass?"

- Mary Oliver.

Tailpiece.

Got up at 6, the chores and was ready by 9. I, finally, went off to the Foundation by a quarter past 11. Took Maman to the Metro scan lab to get an x-ray of his dentures that had worked out loose a couple of days back. Had also gone to the VSSC counter for registering, bot Maman and Ammayi for their second round of vaccination.

Returned and participated in a wonderful webinar : "Changing Pattern of Reading in Digital Environment by K Jayakumar, IAS (Retd), Director, IMG, Government of Kerala.

Returned in time for the serial "Amma ariyaathe".

A late night and yakkittiyak.