Curtains Floor tiles and instant gratification.

"If your mind is clam and peaceful enough, you will find gratification in just living. There is no need to chase any dream." - MML

Instant gratification Curtains.

I have been observing my boring mind for few minutes on the mat. Until my eyes started to scan all over the room looking for gratification. Trust me there was nothing of that sort. There were no fancy chandeliers flower bouquets, there were no Banksy drawings on the walls. There were no paintings of African savanna. No Moving pictures. Finally, it ended up on the curtains of the doors. Sometime ago, someone had selected these curtains, which I did not know who. Imagine the trouble that person has gone through to select, perfect color for the curtains. I can remember last time I did that kind of shopping; we went through half of the material on display in the curtain house just to pick up the perfect match for our windows. If it wasn't there, we would have walked away into a different shop. And now I am looking at similar curtains picked up carefully by someone, who chose them because they were aesthetically pleasing for the eye. I have been living in this place for some time now, have I ever appreciated the curtains? For their vivid blue colors, Nice white circles on the light and dark blue background? have I appreciated the fact that these circles were not same size, or in same rows but in the sides of the curtains. Did I appreciate the blue stripes which divided each circle vertically? Maybe I did not up until now.

But I feel happy just by looking at these curtains. It is not a boiling happiness when I listen to a standup comedy. Or watch SNL. It is serene, and calm. The fact that someone made this art hanging on the doors, just for someone to appreciate. And I am sure who ever lived in this place before me, even did not care, with good reason. When did you appreciate your curtains, like you appreciate a painting in Louvre Museum. I am sure if we just show these curtains to men and women of 1800's they would appreciate not only the colors, but also the texture and technology.

Instant gratification floor tiles.

Similarly, were the tiles. I wasn't aware or appreciating these floor tiles which made reflections like mirrors as they were polished to the maximum by modern equipment. Now they give a comfortable cool feeling on my soft feet, which is not used to the rough terrain of the earth. I cannot remember the last time I walked bare feet, and mud squeezed between the toes. Or I stepped on a sharp rock to feel pain. But the tiles are amazing. They were of top quality that someone would use them to build the Taj Mahal if these were produced in that era. Here I am living a luxurious life surrounded by curtains with vivid colors and tiles with soft soothing surface. Should I Not be grateful about the life I am living. Forget the fact that I had thousand troubles at work, and there are hundreds of problems for me to solve tomorrow. But I am happy as a tiny ant, who crunch on a breadcrumb under my couch.

Maybe If you implant some deliberate boredom and dopamine detox, and water your mind with mindfulness you will start to feel your curtains of life. And will have a source of instant gratification available to serve you at any time.