Describe your ideal week.
I think my ideal week defies moment-by-moment description. No particular event has to happen to make my week ideal. I will note that there are some components that would make any week ideal for me.
Presence. I want to “be there” in each moment of my week as it unfolds. I find that sometimes I rush ahead in my mind to the parts of my week I imagine I will “enjoy” most- the “fun things.” I do not want to dwell in the less-exciting moments; admittedly, that vague description leaves room for every mundane part of the day from brushing my teeth to making breakfast. My ideal week includes attending every moment without needing to allowing myself to skip ahead, recognizing every moment is a gift as it is.
Variety. It is funny that variety would come to mind because no two moments are ever the same, even when I am doing some of the same tasks daily. I would have said 25 years ago that part of what draws me to my work is the unpredictable variety every day holds. I imagined that meant lots of differing and engaging tasks. I wanted to avoid the “boredom” of repetitive, unenthralling tasks. I have since come to realize that even the task that appears repetitive is unique each time I engage it. Variety is being there every moment for whatever happens.
Resonance. I am drawn to the definition: “the intensification and enriching of a musical tone by supplementary vibration” (thank you, Merriam-Webster!). I experience life in my truly waking moments as this intensification of the vibrational energy of all that is. Everything in the Universe is vibrating; the dynamic quality of energy itself is a subtle and measurable vibration. When we resonate, the diversity of our energy enhances and intensifies the best in one another. Dissonance reduces that energy, producing a harsher tone.
Gratitude. Being thankful for every breath, every heartbeat (mine and everyone/everything else’s), for every moment. When gratitude shapes the moment and the day and the week, it shapes my perception and experience of the Real.
These pieces are part of an “ideal” week for me. I keep practicing keeping awake, receiving and releasing what the Universe gives, and openness knowing that these practices do indeed help me be “in” the week in ways that are ideal.
Infinitely Precious 