I dug out this cute little book because it shows exactly how to pleat by hand, it's from the 30's or 40's I would guess looking at the fashions on the cover. Back then it was assumed that you would be pleating by hand.
So as I sat and carefully picked up the dots in straight rows I strated thinking about how often people seem to be in a hurry to get things done, over with so they can move onto the next thing, and how nice it is to allow yourself to just take the time to do things by hand, slowly. I had no reason to rush, the beds were made, the floor was swept, the breakfast dishes were washed up and I had nowhere to be, What else was there to do but to sit happily in my chair with my work in my hands and meditate on all this while I listened to Rosie dog snore in her basket beside me. As I did so a wave of contentment swept over me, not because my life is perfect but because I was for a short time living truly in the moment.
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