The subliminal peace of simplicity...

There have been many a times when I have peeped into the room, caught the neatly stacked line of cars and the figure reclining next to it, driving them all soundlessly...wordlessly...and felt a fleeting sense of admiration for how perfect that line was and independent and peaceful that reclining figure was, and then gone my way to do whatever it is that I have deemed more important to do, than to linger to watch him.

But not tonight.

Tonight, as he lay there, a little after dinner, my legs, for a change ignored my super jumpy mind and its directions and danced to the tune of my heart that was playing the song of sweet sentiment...go to him...go to him...it seemed to croon, and that's what I did. And when he sensed me draw near...he patted the ground next to him and said daa daa...which is his weird lingo for...sit next to me. I did daa daa, and soon found myself in the same flat position at him, at the exact eye level that he was, trying to understand what all this fascination with cars was about. He pulled out a sky blue sedan and rolled it over to me in invitation, choosing a red for himself. And I wheeled it up and down, around and around, just like him. He did the same and we lay there in a quiet companionable silence.

A few minutes later, I tired of the blue car and asked permission for the green sports one, and after some seconds of consideration, he backed it out and gave it to me. And our game continued. After the green, I drove the red fire car and then the blue Home Depot truck, and the luxury of so many choices for change was exhilarating. As was the quiet deliciousness of knowing how ridiculously simple life was at that moment....

And I realise, that this is exactly the moment I live for when I go through all the other motions of life. This one deep luxurious breath I can take in all the shallow breathing that I allow myself to endure. Its not about the highs or the lows....its about this subliminal peace...where my mind rests with my heart, the very same way a mother lays down to rest with her blissful son...