Quotidian quote

A favorite quote:

"Even if we do not make such glorious poems out of our ordinary experiences, arranging Easter lilies or making salad, we are free to contemplate both emptiness and fullness, absence and presence in the everyday circumstances of our lives...... We can become aware of and limit our participation in activities that do not foster the freedom of thought that poetry and religious devotion require; I cannot watch television, for example, and write a poem. I might be inspired by something I hear or see on television, particularly in news interviews, but this is rare. The ordinary activities I find most compatible with contemplation are walking, baking bread and doing laundry."

The Quotidian Mysteries: Laundry, Liturgy and "Women's Work" by Kathleen Norris