A friend requests info about books on mindfulness.  I peruse my shelf of books on prayer.  Nothing seems right.

She asks again. We talk about life and death and accomplishments and grief.  We talk about books on mindfulness that have changed other people’s lives and sit unread on our shelves.  Should we try again to read them?  As an aside, she mentions scrapbooks; she has made beautiful ones for every occasion in her family’s lives.   She LOVES to scrapbook. It hits me like a lighting flash.  “Just scrapbook!”

For her, scrap-booking is a way of paying attention, of celebrating life and its ups and downs.

Sometimes (often!) the things we need to do to stay centered are right in front of us.  Sometimes (often) the answers are in our hearts.  🙂