The Magic of Breaking Bread

The crux of our meetings has always been breaking bread together.  And there's something very special about this, for a few reasons.  We each bring something to share and we usually don't plan what we'll eat. We just show up, and somehow every aspect necessary to create a complete meal happens to be there.  This time is also a buffer between our personal lives and our creative work. We catch up on each other's days and lives until we're satisfied, and then we move on to the "work."  Our work is what it is because of our mealtimes!  We gather because we want to be together, we want to enjoy each other and relish the moments we share.  We talk and talk and talk.  And there have been times when we don't even get to the rehearsing part yet we leave totally satisfied.  

This past week, spending each day together, we agreed we would take turns cooking a full meal each evening. I did worry, as I have on occasion in the past, that we wouldn't have the time. Time to do what we needed to do...  But what I discovered, as I always do, is that what we need to do gets done. Not just in a direct, checking-off-the-checklist way, but in a more profound, foundational way. You have to experience it. Perhaps you already know what I mean. You just have to experience it.

And the crazy thing about Allowing and Letting Go and Enjoying and Basking and Nourishing Yourself and Taking Time To Be With Others is this: Magic Happens.
We finished our week in a place of inspiration that we never would have imagined beforehand. We have a more focused direction to move into.  
We. Have. Achieved!

Cheers!
Melanie