Peace and Serenity

This feels like the right thing. A bike ride to top up our food supplies
 for the coming storm.

“When you do the right thing, you get the feeling of peace and serenity associated with it. Do it again and again.” 

- Roy T. Bennett

Today I rode to the food store for a small order of items. It was a balmy +13 degrees Celsius, but also overcast, moist, and blustery. 

At one point I almost got blown off my bike. Instead of being afraid, or angry, I was exhilarated, challenged.

I returned home feeling victorious. 

This feels like the right thing: A bou-kale of yummy, organic, and
free greens from the garden.

Now, close to midnight, the temperature is falling and the rain has turned to snow. It is so quiet that I am sure I can hear the flakes falling.

Tomorrow will be below freezing all day, and the snow will continue. We will be snug in our nest, with everything we need.

But back to now. What about the kale in the garden? It will freeze. I feel some urgency to go out and save it, although when it warms up, the kale could bounce back yet another time.

I don't want to wait, so open the door and go out into dark whiteness. Or is it white darkness? 

The kale is gathering snow, and the full moon behind the clouds is making everything glow. 

I invite the kale to come in with me. It accepts my offer, and shakes off its white mantle. Together we make bundles of hearty leaves. 

I give a bunch to our neighbours next door, and present a beautiful bou-kale to Linda. She loves it even more than if it was roses.

Finally, doing something else that feels right, I go to bed, satisfied and spent.

For fast acting relief in dark times, do things that feel right. Do them again and again. 

Then step back.

Peace and serenity are sure to follow, just as winter follows fall, and good health follows the eating of things you have grown and gathered yourself.

This is what we will wake up to in the morning.