Cloud Travel And Other Small Pleasures.

Do you remember the first time you stretched out on the grass, or on a plank of wood, on a hilltop, on the beach, by the riverside, and stared at clouds?

Remember the wonder, the magic, the sensation of drifting, as if you were moving with the world, at one with its rhythm?

When was the last time you did this? Don't remember? Why have you stopped? 

I remember the last time I watched the clouds. I stretched out on the cool faux-marble floor of my apartment and gazed through the wide windows. That was a few years ago. I so badly need to do this again even though the house where I stay in now doesn't have a ready view of the sky. I will have to go outdoors, into the backyard.

What made me think of doing this again? Yesterday, I was writing about the people who gaze at clouds, and those who call them mad. Have a look here: Excerpt from the thoughts of a woman they call mad.

Now, you must be asking what this has to do with earning and running your own small business. 

Think about this. Running a business can bring stress at times. Cloud-gazing will help you to unstress as you deal with your daily struggles. It can help to bring you back to the center of yourself, to that place where no one but can enter; it's that place where you learn to love yourself the most. 

Now, think of this: the business of mind, body, spirit, where you help not only yourself, but others heal. There are endless ways to do this. Teaching clients to return to the simple pleasures, to appreciate the small things by practising yukori.

Excited now? 

Yes, the possibilities are endless.

I will update the Money Tab soon to give you a few ideas.