I was distracted this morning.  Which car should I buy?  I should be practical, but I don’t WANT to be practical!  What to do about the arguments in my head.  Is it really heart vs. head?  Do I want to live a practical life?  Is that what responsibility is about, or do successful people really live their bliss? 

Who knows.

All of sudden I realized I was ignoring the trees on my walk.  How rude.  Distractions certainly get me off track.  So I asked the trees–what do you think I should do?

“Soak it up.”  Soak it up?  What does that mean?

“Hey, we just had a good rain storm and we’re soaking it up.  You should too.”

Ok, so it’s about gratitude.  Sure, ok, sure.  But soaking it up means more.  It means to me today to relish every bit of being human.  To absolutely get delight in projects dumped in my lap, fighting off drinking too much soda, watching the blue sky open up beneath the dark grey clouds, hearing the click of these gentle keys.

Just simply to soak it up.