The End of Life As We Knew It
May 10, 2020 As I said last time I wrote — I’m learning to meditate. This is a great time to be doing this, since what I’m learning is to put my attention on something (my breath, while I’m meditating, but it could be anything throughout the day, which I’ve now learned is called “being mindful”) and keep my attention on that thing, without being distracted. It’s not easy. I’m learning the hard way. Today was an especially go o d day for learning not to be distracted. It’s a sparkling spring day today, the air is filled with birdsong and the rustling of our neighbor’s Confederate flag. I decided to meditate on our back deck, to get some sun on my face, so I sat myself down, blue-toothed my phone to Headspace, closed my eyes, and… Our back yard runs along the sidewalk of a narrow street, so we sit on our deck and watch the people walking dogs, and jogging by without masks. When we moved here in the 80s this was a quiet little suburban street, across from a forest. It’s now apartments, to...