Wellness Cafe - What’s on Your Mind?
This afternoon I went to my favorite cafe. Took nothing but money, my driver’s license and my car keys. Thought I’d take a time out from all things work related.
I got my iced green tea, settled into a comfy chair, and did nothing but stare into oblivion. I’m sure there were whirring blenders, a strong aroma of dark roast coffee, and a cool breeze produced by the overhead fan…I’ve experienced them all, many times before. But today, I just needed to chill out. I did. For a good 15 minutes.
And then I heard a voice rise from the group of people who sat at the table beside me. “What’s been on your mind lately?” I heard a young woman’s voice ask. I turned, thinking she was talking to me. She wasn’t. She was talking to her group of friends. I turned back to my iced tea and, having borrowed her question, mulled it over for a while.
“What’s been on my mind lately?” I asked myself. Posing the question to my own self made me smile. My own “answers” to the question included everything from “maybe Oregon would be a good vacation spot this year” to “I’m wondering if my own fitness regime needs tweaking?” I even thought about several business decisions I’d sworn I wouldn’t bring with me to the cafe. Doing so with detachment was actually enjoyable.
After I left I realized that just exploring the terrain of my mind, without insisting that I had to do anything about what I was pondering, held the key to that enjoyment…
So what about you…what’s on your mind?
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This moment is a “doing” time rather than a “thinking” time for me; but I really feel like I’d enjoy taking the time to ask myself that question when I’m done with my tasks today.
Hello dear “mousewords”, thanks for popping by.
I’m with you on the “doing” today. Think I’ll join you at the end of the day with an iced green tea and some pondering time:) Wonder what new things we’ll come up with?!
That’s an exciting thought!
It was great to see your blog on Liz Strauss’ Blog-to Show–you are definitely a Successful and Outstanding Blogger in my book!
Mousewords, the expression “it takes a village” fits here, for it surely does take a village of great readers to make a blog hum. Thanks for being in the village:)