banana bread wisdom

i felt like baking up some banana bread with 

the browning bananas in the fruit bowl.  my favorite recipe makes 3 loaves 

so i gave two away to happy friends.  i must be over all the thanksgiving baking

because i really enjoyed the whole process. especially devouring the warm slices spread

with creamily, melting, buttery, sweet butter.

i used up the thyme in last night's spaghetti bolognese sauce. yum.

i think lamb needs to be on the menu for sunday rubbed with fresh rosemary.

gabi's winter ballet concert dress rehearsal is this afternoon and i still have

some major construction work to do on her dress.  so, i'd better go.  but before i do, i want to share a quote that i recently saw and appreciated.......

"I plead with you not to let those most important things pass you by

as you plan for that illusive and non-existent future when 

you will have time to do all that you want to do.

Instead, find joy in the journey-now."  - Thomas Monson

i have been so "there" in the past and needed to hear this wisdom.  it is true, so very true.

over the years, i have made a commitment to myself to be deliberate in my actions.

to fight the forces that set me on the crest of a wave heading who knows where!

consciously commit to what i am doing at the moment in the moment: 

for instance,

that precious time in the car with my kids all to myself - turn off the radio and listen to them.

when i'm cooking - awaken my senses and savor how to most enjoy the process

in a yoga session - quietly focus and stop making mental lists of what i need to do when it is over - 

grrr! hate when i do that.

when i am working - forgo all distractions and get lost in the creative process. 

............to name just a few.
little kids are experts at this - it just comes naturally.

when i do this right and fully and get lost in the moment, i realize later how much

inspiration and life happened.  i love, love, love it.

try it, you'll like it too.