Inner Peace

My day started out a bit distressing, because we had a power outage. I had to make a quick call to the electric company to report my service was interrupted.

The weather has been unusually warm for this time of the year and I plan to do some errands today. Since my cat has been very distracting and needing my attention, I decided to take him with me. He’s house broken, but loves it when I take him outdoors. I take him outside because I want him to stay familiar with the environment. I feel like the television character “Sheena” when we’re traveling together. He’s so sweet and stays by my side.

Yesterday, while I worked on my projects and played my meditation tapes, I observed him. The tapes that I was playing have nature and animal sounds embedded in the music. When he heard the animal sounds, he sat up and moved his ears. After a while, he began to roam around. My home is his domain and even though he knows there aren’t any other animals living here, he loves to scout around investigating. I am aware that he is fine-tuning his hearing, sense of smell and regularly patrols his kingdom.

While I was traveling with him, I mimicked his behavior. I observed my surroundings more keenly. I am developing my inner strength and exercised a few techniques.  While I was waiting for the bus to arrive at the bus shelter, I noticed a man had approached the area just outside of the shelter. I observed the way he was dressed and watched his nonverbal body language. The bus was not due to arrive soon and I decided to walk further down the street to another shelter to wait.

I did this, because I am mentally preparing to detoxify my body. I plan to drink plenty of green tea and eat lots of fresh fruit to help flush my body of toxins. It’s the cold season, and I need to build up my immune system to counteract any respiratory tract infections. I regularly boil my tap water and keep a pitcher filled in the refrigerator at all times. During the winter months, there’s always a water main break in the city and when it happens the water pipes emits contaminated water. Our local newscasters often inform us when to boil our tap water. Since this happens so often during the winter, I’ve kept up my routine of boiling my tap water throughout the year.

Also, you can read information about the benefits from drinking green tea at the following link: http://shine.yahoo.com

While doing my errands, I enjoyed the fresh air and the exercise felt good. My cat is sleeping now, and he’s much calmer. I feel refreshed and have more energy to concentrate on my projects.