11. Baking

Today things kept falling out of my hands, things ment to be there were missing and so it went. I apologized for things I had not really wronged and few I could have done better. Whatever we may all think of taking lower ground, it can be beneficial, taking a step away and simply bowing down, leaving the rest to some higher powers.

But a thing that really made me feel grateful today was this afternoon when I ended up baking. Filling numerous forms with the cup-cakes batter is a calming process too, repeated movement with focus and patience. Most likely just what I needed. What to speak of the very fact that I had all those ingredients coming from all sides of the world, cocoa powder, strawberies, bananas.Things many of us nowdays take for granted to find whenever we need them, at any time of the day or year. Not exactly everyone has that luxoury however, but I do forget, forget to see it as a thing worth being grateful for.

 At the end there were some croissants there too and a portion of a pizza dough. Some time spent with family as all boys dropped in to help a bit. However tired and sick I felt today, somehow I felt encouraged, rested and revitalized during the baking that really felt like a good meditation time. So, I am grateful, for many small moments of this day and for the baking evening, with hands full of grace.