Last June I attended a 21-day retreat at a Buddhist monastery in France (www.plumvillage.org). Most days were filled with meditation, dharma talks and working, but once a week we had what was called a "lazy day.' Our teacher, Thich Nhat Hanh, challenged us to be as lazy as we could. We discovered it is sometimes difficult to be really lazy.
All of which is to say that today is a lazy day for me. I will try. Of course, I am already making up lists of things to do. That is my nature. I will try to resist it.
Speaking of laziness, I have fallen out of my routine of running regularly. So I vow to resume running Monday. My ideas schedule (which is hanging beside my desk) calls for me to run between 3 and 4 every afternoon. I will try to get back into that Monday afternoon.
On Sunday, I have been asked to give the lesson at the service at Unity on Cape Cod, because the regular minister is under the weather. I plan to focus on love, compassion, and mindfulness. I found a lovely video by Louis Schwartzberg that demonstrates mindfulness beautifully. I plan to show it in church. Here is a link to it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nj2ofrX7jAk
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