Dazzled In Reflection
“Every day I walk into the world to be dazzled then to be reflective.” ~Mary Oliver
What if this was a mantra for the day as we opened our eyes to a fresh and pure day unencumbered by yesterday or the day to come?
Ready to be dazzled and in awe of even the simplest ordinary moments we experience. Open to creating from the wellspring of possibilities born out of the spiral of reflection.
Even this morning I find immense pleasure in the cup of hot jasmine tea flowing from my lavender teapot – it’s elegant golden sweet and simply jasmine aroma and taste, seductively and peacefully lulling me into this one single moment.
The green tea jasmine pearls coming from far away in the Fujian Province of China. The hand rolled pearls are dried then blended with unopened night-blooming jasmine flowers. Over the course of a night, the flowers open and release their aroma into the tea flavoring it and giving it the heady scent. The next morning the flowers are removed and the operation is done all over again – up to six times for high quality jasmine teas!
This is art pure and simple. From cultivating, harvesting and preparing these delicate small pearls that clink as I drop a few into my teapot. I watch them unfurl – literally blooming before my eyes – to their full embodied leaf form as they merge with the hot water I pour over them.
Sweet local raw wildflower honey – natures liquid gold – joins with the already brewing elements and creates a masterpiece worthy of “being dazzled”. Slowly sipping from the deep, dark red ceramic cup nature embraces the moment.
How has mindful reflection changed this moment in time?
Open to being dazzled, shifting ordinary moments to rich extraordinary ones you will never quite forget as reflection expands awareness in an ever deepening spiral.
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Copyright Gaye Abbott, 9/22/19
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