Praying Mantis

Yesterday while fueling my car, a Praying Mantis caught up my attention.
She was in the middle of the station on some decorative red stones. No vegetation around.
She was green with white spots and looked like a Holy Thistle leave.
When I approached she turned her head 120 degrees and looked at me.
We both kept still looking at each other. When I retreated back to my car, she turned her head back again, withou moving.
Messages from nature are the most powerfull messages I get.
So what was the message here?
She was telling me to be still. To slow down. That is exactly what I need now.
She was telling me not to react to negativity at work. By keeping still I can protect myself. To reply and say only what can make a difference.
So I'm taking her advice.

By the way this is the second time I meet a PrayingMantis at a Gas station.

Balance

My home computer crashed about a month ago. Something to do with the motherboard. It was a rainy cold day with lightning. Usually when it is very cold the Electrical Company increases the voltage. This can cause malfunctions in some electrical appliances.
As the company from which the computer was bought is located far from home I didn't have time to drive there yet.
But I've found out that now I have more free time. More time to exercise and to read books. I'm going to bed earlier and sleeping better. Before that , almost every night before going to sleep I would be at the computer. Sometimes getting into pointless discussions on the net.
I would write something and when going to bed, I would continue thinking about what I wrote and what would be the possible replies. This would overload my intellectual center and would affect my sleep.
So I have decided that in order to be balanced I need to cut my daily leisure computer time to a maximum of one hour.
I don't need to express my opinion on every subkect that comes up on the forums I visit.
So I need to paln my time:

During week days:

work: 8 hours
driving to/from work: 2 hours
sleep: 7 to 8 hours
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Total : 17 - 18 hours

So what do I do with this time left of 6 to 7 hours?

Eat: Breakfast + Dinner 1 hour
Exercise: Half to one hour
Meditation: Half to one hour
Personal Hygiene: one hour
Spiritual practice: one hour

Total : 4 to 5 hours.

Still 1 to 2 hours left.

I can increase my spiritual practice which can include reading a book or something more active or see a film on TV.

During the weekends I go whenever possible out in the nature. There is so much to learn in the wild!

So what is the conclusion? Computers are ment to compute. It is intellectual work. It is man made. It is using the talking self instead of the younger self. I cannot connect to the divine through a com+pu+ter.

Le there be BALANCE

Blessings