Mixed Meditation

I sit in meditation.

I hear the sounds of the Tibetan bowls,

And I let the sounds flow into my contemplative efforts.

Yet, I notice an annoying vibration humming at a lower pitch

But it is matched by pleasant melodious ringing at a slightly higher volume.

My mind wanders to a thought about how this is like life.

The sweet and good happens at volumes louder or softer, intermittently,

with the incessant rubbing of elbows

and clashing of ideas

and the sometimes 

horrendous pangs of hurt feelings.

Then my phone buzzes and I stop and look at my phone,

It is a brief text comment from someone I love dearly despite

a relationship that has become more complex and challenging.

I think to myself is this interruption of my meditation

an annoying vibration 

or a pleasant and melodious ringing?