It is late Thursday night. Just finished packing tomorrow's lunch and doing the dishes.

I have been reflecting on the Meeting I attended last Sunday. At the beginning of service, one of the "elders"(??) got up at the beginning of the worship and read from the .... oh I am forgetting the proper name... (basically a collection of people's writings related to different topics put together by the Pacific Yearly Meeting... sorry it is late). Anyways, he read a couple of pieces about simplicity.

I have been reflecting on those statements. I like them. They seemed to go along with the changes I am making in my "diet". I am starting to follow a macrobiotic diet. I like it because it is flexible (ie: if invited to someone's house, it is not the end of the world if I had a hamburger) and focuses on simple, whole food.

Each morning, before I start work, I meditate. I have my own office, and I am usually there before my co-workers, so the building is quiet. I do Shikentaza or "Just Sitting". As I learn more about Quakerism & "sitting in waiting" I am trying to bring it to this time.

To me, it seems that eating simply and sitting simply go together.