Of Glimmers And Triggers!

Most of my time goes in cooking and - washing the dishes. The dishes, they are never-ending. The basket in my kitchen is almost never empty, always overflowing with washed dishes waiting to be dried. 

Some days, the dishwashing starts as early as 5.30 in the morning. 

That particular morning, I just had had tea and when I went to the kitchen, I saw three dishes waiting inside the sink, to be washed. While usually I try to view my household chores as an exercise in mindfulness, that day it irked me, that at the wee hours of the morning, instead of doing something productive, I was washing dishes!

But then, I experienced a moment of glimmer. Have you come across this term, 'glimmer'? It is said to be the exact opposite of the word 'trigger'. While a trigger ushers in negative reactions/emotions within a person, a glimmer invokes positive feelings such as wonder, awe or bliss. 

As I sullenly washed the dishes, a cool breeze wafted from the window of the kitchen. This window is directly over the sink, so I felt the full impact of the breeze. Have you experienced the breeze of the dawn? It feels ethereal, like the sigh of Nature as she unfurls another beautiful day. The breeze brought in the fragrance of dewdrops and I found myself smiling all of a sudden, my mood considerably brightened and refreshed. 

May be its all about balance. The days will bring both triggers and glimmers, and somewhere between these two, we find our moments of peace and bliss.