It’s been awhile since I write about a mindful moment. Here’s one from today.
My boys have been in Florida playing at the beach, driving golf carts (into grandpa’s garage door) and taking over the controls of the cockpit for the pilot to get a break (I’m kidding of course).
Little C and I have been hanging with Grammy. In shopping, riding the escalator,
eating icecream
and taking naps
I got a moment to use the bathroom. At my brother and sister-in-law’s house. 
This isn’t just any ordinary toilet. Oh my goodness. Their newest bathroom addition is a heated seat! Oh yes. My cheeks had no idea sitting on the pot could be so…warm. And comfortable.
One angle I could go with this is that our egos are just like this: we have some pleasurable experience and we want to make it happen again and again. True, I did “move out of the now” by jumping to seeing me buying one of these hot seats and loving how warm my buns are on those nightly middle of the night visits to the pot. And then, of course, the ego would want something else and then something else.
But another angle is this: I didn’t even realize how cold my behind can be until I sat on this warm seat. I didn’t even think there was another way to sit on the pot. That got me to thinking: how often do we not realize the coldness in our lives? The harshness of some things? How we relate to others, what we say to ourselves, how we hold our bodies, what we put in to our bodies, how we go about our days without the comforts of good rest, sweet embraces, kind words, and warm cheeks. We just take the way we do things as a given and the only way to love, relate, and be.
Often we can be numb and unaware that it could all be different. Less harsh. More gentleness.
Well this toilet experience made me wake up…to the comforts around us in our everyday lives – the sacred pauses, the sweet warmth of good friends, the warm embrace of my beloved, the loveliness in nature no matter where you live – …
and the ways I can offer warmth and comfort to others. It may not be with a seat warmer on the pot! But maybe through a more present Lisa.
Blessings,
I enjoyed this. 🙂
aww thanks krista! i can see you “getting” this!
Dear Lisa, As always, so thoughtful and thought-provoking!! Susan & I have had just this same kind of experience in buying our new Subaru Impreza after owning a Toyota Corolla for over 16 years. We subliminally knew that we were sitting WAY Down Below most other cars, sitting on a very thin seat (not much cushy anywhere), getting maybe 3 ‘good’ radio stations and smiling knowingly when others spoke of ‘heated seats’, ‘heated windshields’, moonroof’s, etc.–certainly we didn’t need any of those EXTRA’S in ‘our’ car!! Well, now we are converts–we have lovely warm tushes, sitting right up there looking into all but the most ridiculous SUV’s, smiling as we constantly get information from our clock, engine, radio, bluetooth, etc. (they must have 16 FM stations in Japan–we are still trying to locate all of ours here) We still see no value in seeing ‘instantly’ what our mpg is but….We are ready for Change and WE WILL NOT GO BACK!! Congrats for getting on FACEBOOK–We are still holdouts there!! Love & Happy Easter, Bonnie (and Susan!)
Hello sweet Bonnie and Susan!!! I love love love the image of your tooshes being warm! Esp. in the Boston winters! Laugh out loud! Makes me smile and sing.