I was doing a ‘send’ for someone just now, which is my term for a distance Reiki healing. It takes twenty minutes, and requires me to use both hands, so for those twenty minutes I’m sitting quietly while the healing energy flows through me to them.
My new favourite thing is to drag my armchair in front of the glass sliding door onto the roof terrace, with the view of the rooftops, road, sea and sky, and just watch the world go by.
The timing of the send could not have been more perfect. The sky is pale pale blue and streaked with wisps of cloud, slightly yellow off to the right where the sun is beginning to sink; people are to-ing and fro-ing up and down the road, coming home from work or taking the dogs out for an evening stroll; the sea moves constantly at the end of the road; and best of all, the starlings which fly past in dancing groups every evening whoosh past in two of the most spectacular clouds of movement I’ve ever seen, right in front of my window.
They fly so fast I only see them for three seconds, but those three seconds are so blissful it gets me thinking about what else lasts just three seconds but shifts you inside, even after a hard day.
And how easy it is to take three seconds out of your day to experience joy!
This is what I’ve come up with so far:
- the first sip, savour and swallow of morning coffee, made exactly how you like it because you made it
- the first soft, cooling wave that falls across your feet when you stand in the sea
- that feeling of sitting down when you’ve been rushing around all day and just SINKING into the seat
- closing the front door behind you when you’ve been out in the maelstrom for hours and letting out the breath you didn’t know you were holding
- the smile you receive when you give one to a stranger you pass in the street
These are some of my three second wonders. What are yours? Maybe we can do some swaps. 🙂
Beautiful post, Tara. I love that concept, “send” – can really feel it from you in your writing.
My partner made me little chocolates for my birthday – they’re vegan with a creamy centre and absolutely divine. They’re so good I actually have to sit down and close my eyes when I eat them, so I can savour them. That’s one of my current favourite 3-second wonders 🙂
And now, I’ve been inspired to look out for more… Thanks.
Thank you Corrina! The chocolates sound like a perfect three second wonder!
Hi Tara, I found my way over here from Corrina’s site – and I’m so glad I popped by!
I LOVE this post – this is exactly the kind of thing I try to remember to be present and aware of every day – but inevitably life ‘happens’ sometimes and I forget – so it’s great to be reminded – thank you!
One of my favourite 3 second wonders is hearing the joyful, unabashed giggle of a toddler, totally absorbed in the thrill of the moment 🙂
I also love the first three seconds of dropping into meditative space, when the noise stops, and that inner bliss emerges – I can never maintain that sense for long, but whilst it’s there, it is utterly wonderful!
Thank you Helen, I’m so glad you popped by too! It’s good to meet you here. 🙂 GREAT examples of three second wonders, thanks for adding them to the pot!
Oh that was a lovely read- for me those first three seconds under a hot shower, the first bite of a dinner you spent a long time preparing and then…. bliss! : )
LOVE these examples! That dinner one is a great one for me too. 🙂