Accelerating Time

WOW! Summer was a blink and whoosh… September already!!!

I really pride myself on being mindful of how living in the present is a conscious and spiritually fulfilling lifestyle. Usually a major distraction like moving might persuade one to slip into a state of anxiety. The move I have actively been planning began in mid June. August 26th was the day all of my possessions, at least the remainder of my entire adult life’s acquisitions that would fit into a 20ft. container, were packed tight as sardines with my piano sandwiched between queen size mattresses. My home had an echo; you know how an empty room sounds.

Timing the departure came down to an estimate from Royal Hawaiian Movers that a realistic arrival date would be 4 weeks. They were indeed accurate. Now September 23rd, on a beautiful full moon and the Fall Equinox, Bekins, the affiliate mover in California skillfully backed their truck, hitched to the 20 ft. container, down our rural canyon road. Their greatest moment quelled my anxiety when, through a second story window two brave young men named Baldo and Alex maneuvered a four poster bed frame into the master bedroom. The climactic moment came when the entire team of six men rolled out the red carpet for my piano…literally. 42 brick stairs awaited the journey of my piano to her destination. Success!

Surrendering a lifetime of collecting precious belongings to the handling of virtual strangers was transformed in a few hours to a bond of gratitude   and are all richer for the experience. A residue of tension from the time the decision was made to this moment of realization nags at my shoulders. In Hawaii, my friend the Ocean relieved my aches. The City of Angels offers Beverly Hot Springs, an actual natural hot spring in the heart of the city. Ooh, help is on the way. I think I’d better do some unpacking before soaking in soothing baths. It’s time to remain in the now from Now On!