Musing -12

 9:44 AM

I'm sitting in the verandah, soaking in the winter sun. I've no sunscreen on but, who cares?

Sitting here was not in my plan. I had a number of things lined up before I leave for work. But here we are, whiling away time scrolling through the phone which has only 9% battery left, writing this piece squinting our eyes. 

The grass in my lawn looks fresh and radiant. Should I take a stroll? The tree with no leaves looks relaxed, at peace. Maybe because it has nothing to lose. 

My phone was buzzing with notifications so I turned them all off. Now I don't have to reply to any messages. I open Instagram, a friend has sent some reels. I watch them all and react, also noticing how the reels I sent to them have not been reacted to. I send 3 more reels to them. 

I'm trying to find something meaningful, something purposeful from my current state of being, but to no avail. It's amusing how sometimes your mind goes blank and has no thoughts at all, like the tree in my lawn with no leaves. Peaceful!

As the time is passing by my mind is procrastinating and rescheduling all the tasks and goals I had to accomplish this morning. Slight disruption in the peace, but okay.

I see a mongoose in the yard as it was gushing out. It stops on its way and turns around. Is it looking at me? It reminds me of 'Rikki Tikki Tavi' from school. I look at it more intently and it too reciprocates. Just as I was lost in my eyelock, my phone buzzes with a call. You can't mute those, can you? It's from work.

 I can ignore it, who cares? I do actually. I pick up the call and myself from the chair and head inside. Peace has been disrupted, until next time.