Such a Blessed Day

I woke up very early in the morning before the alarm went off. Oh, such a blessing! I could have overslept sometimes even after the alarm could wake me up just on the time I usually set. Then I had a hot bath – another blessing. There might have no water in the tap as usually happened these days. I had my morning meditation that filled me with peace and tranquility. What a blessing! I might have missed it as it sometimes happened when I did not have enough time for preparation. 

I went to office, but before I entered the building I got my shoes polished. I had never realized that such a simple act could be an opportunity for a blessing. One thing, I had some money in my pocket to pay for the service. There were times when I wanted to have my shoes polished but I did not have the money on me. Another thing, I had become an instrument for this shoe-shine boy to earn a living and perhaps be able to feed his poor family. Apart from that I looked much better with my shoes polished. I hope other would feel good to see me in a better condition as I always feel great to see other people in a good shape.

I had quite a rough morning with my work as there were a number of things to have accomplished. That was not the only problem. When I started to focus on a specific task, my boss asked me to do something else, and before I could finish one, he gave me another order. I felt a bit lost as I was not able to concentrate on one particular aspect of my work. I took a coffee break to reorganize myself, and the coffee was so tasty; I noticed what a blessing to have such a coffee right in my office.  Well, it would be possible that I might not drink coffee when I wanted to have one. That is not all. I might not have such a good coffee even when there was no problem of availability.

Now, I was able to focus on the most urgent part of my work. It actually took me the rest of the day to finish it. But I felt contented as I managed to finish it the same day. Of course, there were also other things to do on that day. But I did not feel bad as I normally would because I did not manage to accomplish all at the top of my to-do list. Now I had completed one important piece of my job, I know I have time to deal with the remaining ones as well. So great! Just another thing! A colleague of mine provided me support to get done with another aspect of my job. I sent her an email appreciating her support. How blissful I felt afterwards. There were times when I failed to notice others’ support let alone recognized it and rewarded them with a heartfelt appreciation the way I did today.

When I went out of office, I went to the meditation center as I had planned for the day. It proved to be another blessing. There were some occasions where I could not go to the center according to my prior plan because of some other urgent matters. In my meditation, I realized that I had such a blissful day. But the day was pretty much the same as any other day in my life. What was different about this day was that I recognized the small things that would make my day such a blessing. I shared my realization to other people at the meditation center which made me even more blissful. I did not walk away with all the blessing I was experiencing at the moment as I sometimes did before. That simply act of sharing brought me more blessing. I hope I will have such a blessed day tomorrow as well if I do not forget this blissful recognition of my little blessings on a day as I did all my life and as others are living their lives without counting the countless blessings they all have on everyday in their lives.

Oh, one last thing! What a blessing it is to have this opportunity to share with you my blessings.