It had been an ordinary day, cleaning my apartment with my daughter, sorting out her closet, making lunch, grocery shopping.... yet at the same time it was anything but ordinary. The serenity I felt in that very moment sitting on my balcony was indescribable. The evening light on the mountains, the birds chorus filling the air, the laughter of kids playing at the park. In my meditation practice the notion of "this is it" has kept coming to me. A strong feeling that there is