Dear Caminoheads,

I don’t know about you, but to me, it feels impossible to think that tomorrow would start the 4 weeks count-down to Christmas. How comes…? Just a bit ago Phil was talking about getting ready to the Oasis, then just another bit ago many of you were posting the pictures of the Oasis, another bit ago we were waving safe travels to Phil, and a tiny bit ago was Thanksgiving… it is not possible that the sum of the “bits” added to six months at least… don’t you think?

 

Maybe this is the best reminder to not leave things for “_____” (to fill in with “next summer”, “when I lose weight”, “when I have time”, etc.) because the next moment is coming up so soon that it is not an excuse not to do it now… I am sure we all find ourselves pushing things for a later moment when probably it would be a better approach to do them now… but “pushing things for later” is kind of a routinely sports in this modern world when our days seem all packed…

 

Another thought I have had around this topic has to be with items of clothing… In my family, and I know it is true for many, there was this concept of “clothes to go out” and “clothes to stay at home” (“ropa de entrecasa”). Under this concept, you would never be well dressed at home, any item that was nice or well cared, would be used to go out. But this simple maths was losing the variables: you would grow up, or gain weight or lose weight, the fashion would change, the number of days you would stay at home was greater by far than the opportunities to go out.

 

The pandemic has made me think that the “live in the present moment” is not just about being attentive to my breathing, but much more about the “sports” I practice routinely, the choices I make daily with the clothes I wear and the “getting things done” once I have clear what action they need from me. I am not saying that this decreases the speed the earth turns around the sun but I have the hope that the 28 days of advent will go by slower.

 

Low speed loves,

Cris

 

Health report: Feeling much much better, less coughing, no sneezing, but  my voice sounds like my school male mates when they were changing theirs during puberty!!!!