En Este Momento

Our way is not to sit to acquire something; it is to express our true nature...There is no preparation for something else. That is our practice. (Shunryu Suzuki)

In Costa Rica

I'm in Costa Rica--we're in Costa Rica. The first month was about setting up, and we successfully covered the basics: enrolled kids in school, found house, bought car, opened bank account, accessed internet. Then it was settling in, meaning we established routine: up by 5:00, wake kids by 6:30, prepare breakfast, brush teeth, put on sun lotion, drive to bus stop, exercise, write, etc. All this seems to work well, and is perhaps necessary, but I wonder to what extent routine romoves me/us from Costa Rica? At the same time, I remind myself, when preparing breakfast, prepare breakfast--there's nothing else needed in that moment, even in Costa Rica.