I got up this morning and went into the kitchen as I do almost every day. First to feed the cats, and then to ready the coffee maker to be turned on a bit later.
I found my attention focused on sounds. The sharp, steely sound made as I took a spoon from the drawer. The softer tick of the aluminum can as I took it from a stack, and the tearing sound of the lid peeling off. These sounds, which on so many other days had not even been noticed, were fascinating.
As I moved on through the routines, I began to anticipate what sound my next action - running water, opening a cupboard, dipping a plastic spoon in the container of ground coffee - would make, and enjoying the experience of the sound as it came.
How powerful is this ability to focus awareness like this? It completely changed my experience - turning mundane events into something extraordinary.
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