Today has been a very peaceful and joyful day. I went for a short walk at a nearby park and sat at a picnic bench to practice a still and present mind. While keeping a still mind as possible, I watched the adorable ducks and squirrels run around scrounging for food. At one point, one of the squirrels actually jumped up onto the picnic table I was sitting at and looked at me curiously. I took this to mean that my mind was pretty calm. Animals often reflect the state of our minds. The parent duck and baby duck waddled over within just a few feet of me as well. I love watching animals and birds, they are so peaceful.
When I practice present mindedness in nature, I become aware of everything all at once… birds, insects, grass, trees, wind, sun, people, animals, etc. It’s a true feeling of euphoria, peace and harmony.
Anyway, here is what I grabbed at Whole Foods…
- Arrowhead Mills Sweetened Shredded Wheat Bite Sized Cereal
- 3 Dr. McDougall Chicken-noodle style soups [vegan]
- organic rainier cherries
- organic cut mango
- organic bananas
- 4 organic jazz apples
- 2 organic pears
and…
- Earthbound Farms Organic Carrot Juice
- Arctic Zero 150-cal cookies and cream ice cream
- Arctic Zero 150-cal chocolate peanut butter ice cream
- organic peanut butter
- So Delicious Coconut Milk French Vanilla Coffee Creamer
- Unpasteurized fresh-squeezed pineapple juice
- VitaTops blueberry 100-cal muffins
- Spice Black Bean veggie burgers
- Whole Soy Lemon soy yogurt (1 carton)
- Aura lime cucumber water
- Tempt vanilla chocolate swirl hemp milk ice cream bars
- Brown Rice Tamari Seaweed Snaps
- 2 house plants (not pictured)
- 2 gallons of reverse osmosis water (not pictured)
Whew! I went a little overboard as usual. I probably won’t need to go grocery shopping again for quite some time.
In adding to my breakfast intake, I’ve had a peanut butter and honey sandwich, organic cottage cheese and organic blueberries and some dark chocolate almond milk. I haven’t yet had dinner.
