Our society has forgotten that all of life can be a work of art, even the most mundane-seeming tasks... There is great beauty in cleanliness and order and bringing it into being. Watering the plants is as necessary as cleaning the stove, and vice versa. All these tasks bespeak care for oneself and others, and appreciation of the opportunity to create a temenos -- a sanctuary, a safe and sacred place.
When before the beauty of a sunset or a
mountain, you pause and exclaim, "AH," you
are participating in divinity.
~ ancient Hindu text as quoted in EVERYDAY GRATITUDE