Practicing Contentment

July 26, 2026 - sunrise has moved back almost 30 minutes already!What would it feel like to be content in this moment?The Halloween pennant dragonfly looks quite content as he rests on a perch.Even though my breath isn’t smooth, my hip hurts, and the house sparrows have built a nest in my fireplace vent that I have no idea how to extricate?Is my phoebe friend content in this moment?Even if it’s too hot and there’s not enough time and the cucumber has a bad spot all through the middle of it?The male birds seem to show their discontent a little more than the females. (indigo bunting)Could I feel content simply with the sensation of the blessed air conditioning gently moving across my skin?Does the hackberry emperor moth feel content at rest? In the air? I wish I knew!Could I feel content that my salvia, which I thought had died, has suddenly begun to produce new flowers just in time for the hummingbird migration?A hummingbird found the salvia immediately! He looked so joyful as he…