We are paying full attention when there is nothing between us and the task at hand. If you are facing a sink full of dirty dishes and the mind is taken up with aversion to the task, impatience with how long it is taking, thinking about what movie you’re going to see that night, you are separated from what you are doing. The hands are washing but the mind is not. To be divided this way is to be less than fully alive. Giving our whole body and mind over to a task being undivided and intimate in your action is what the Chinese masters called giving life to life
Larry Rosenberg, Breath by Breath
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Mindfulbalance 
It’s exactly what I experienced after the week-end.
And talking about chinese matsers, Now that I have to re-start learning Tai Chi from the beginning and surrendered to it (previous post) a tremedous joy, energy and confidence can be felt.
I think a lot of us tend to “drift” and be someplace else mentally, which is really a shame, as we miss out on so many beautiful moments, while working on autopilot.
Thanks for posting
Regards
Jessica Tanner