Not long ago Jon Stewart of  ”Daily Show” fame… picked on me for his “Moment of Zen”.  He told his viewers something about me looking so happy on the air when reporting…. happy stories. Well, duh.  He was making fun.  But, honestly, it was a hoot to have my friends emailing and telling me about it.  I didn’t actually see it when it aired ‘cuz I don’t too get his late night show.  My point?  He was right– about one thing.  We should all have a moment of Zen.

A girlfriend of mine is an emergency room doc.  We try to vacation together at least once a year… even now that I’m a mom.  She’s one of my favorite people and our husbands are best friends. 

Truth is, I’d like to be more like Doc Lori.  Somehow she really unplugs… not just on vacation but, whenever it’s her time to chill.  She really does disconnect from the phone/pager/bbrry in her life.  Even if it’s just for a few hours… she can escape the world’s distractions and negativity.

So, why can’t I?  Seems like no matter how hard I try… turning off the world is impossible.  Just this past weekend… went to a beautiful lake and park in our neighborhood.  An hour and a half to have fun with my family and take in the fresh, warming pre-spring air. 

What did I do?  Put my bbrry on vibrate and attended to it EVERY time it buzzed… you know, just to see if it was important.  Mind you even my friend who saves lives takes 90 minutes to herself over the course of a weekend.  Heck we all have to shower!

Finally came to a head this morning… as I was making breakfast for my 2 year old and saw she was “air thumbing”.  She was pretending to be on HER blackberry.  Of course, she doesn’t have one.

I stopped dipping the bread into the eggwhites and spices… took a deep breath, picked her up and held her in my arms.  Had plenty of time before the day began to gaze out the window together at the birds greeting the morning.

A moment of happiness and peace before the clutter and chatter of the world beyond our front door got their chance to distract me.  A time to smile at the happy story of birds landing on our back fence to see a mom and baby… both in footed pj’s!

Be sure to take your own moment of Zen… you just might make the “Daily Show”.  Of course, as a rule… I try not to make that my goal.

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