Experience the Sacred in the ordinary

I would like to share with you some thoughts from 'Simple Abundance' :

It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth-and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up-that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had. -Elisabeth Ross ' In Thorton Wilder's play Our Town a deeply poignant scene takes place in a graveyard. (I am currently reading this play) Ghosts comfort the young heroine, who has recently died in childbirth. Emily, still longing for the life she has just left, wishes to revisit one ordinary, "unimportant" day in her life. When she gets her wish, she realizes how much the living take for granted. Eventually her visit is too much for her to bear. "I didn't realize," she confesses mournfully, "all that was going on and we never noticed. . . Good-by, world. Good-by, Grover's Corners. . . Mama and Papa. Good-by to clocks ticking . . . and Mama's sunflowers. And new- ironed dresses and hot baths . . . and sleeping and waking up. Oh, earth, you're too wonderful for anybody to realize you."

On our new path we seek everyday epiphanies---occasions on which we can experience the Sacred in the ordinary --- and come to the awakening, as Emily finally does, that we cannot longer afford to throw away even one "unimportant" day by not noticing the wonder of it all. We have to be willing to discover and then appreciate the authentic moments of happiness available to all of us every day.
As we become curators of our own contentment on the Simple Abundance path, one of the great payoffs is that we start to seek peace and comfort in the joyful simplicities. Little things begin to mean a lot to us. Joyful simplicities nourish body and soul by engaging our senses. They teach us how to live in the present moment. Life comes together when we seek out the Sublime in the ordinary.
We all have days in our lives that are marked by great moments of rejoicing and celebration and there is also a lot of drudgery to most of our days: sheets to be changed, laundry, dishes, garbage to put out . . . To keep our daily round from being all drudgery, we've got to savor the art of the small: discovering diminuitive delights that bring us peace and pleasure.'

These words from Sarah Breathnach have really made me ponder on the joys of our every day lives. I have been putting these thoughts into action and you can truly experience the sacred in the ordinary.