A Table

A table can be so many things—from a desk to an altar. It is around the table that we gather for meals. At the table we study, play games, sort the mail, pay bills, and do so much of what is needed for a household.

Tables are often cluttered. In a rush we pile them high, be they counters, bureaus, sideboards, desks, or ordinary tables. An empty surface invites this kind of use...

...M E D I T A T I O N

Dust rag in hand we wipe the table.
We clear it of things—
our keys, our books and papers,
our unfinished, unsorted business...


Taken from Simple ways by Gunilla Norris