Certainly, being in the moment would seem impossible in our culture’s time-fissioning present, our iPhoned, Facebooked, Googled, Twittered restlessness, our desperate fear of missing the latest morsel of information, our attention never more than a nanosecond from seduction — our discontinuous, du jour present, a Smithsonian so densely packed with experiential exhibits that no lingering look, no settled examination, seems permitted. No sooner do we settle into a moment than another gallops by, all dust and flashing hooves.
~ Jerry DeNuccio, from “A Moment.” Just as you’re ”in” the moment, another moment comes. What to do?.
Notes: Quote – Thank you Beth at Alive on All Channels. Photo: Richard Baxter (Harcourt, Australia) with Spirit Dance
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How to slow down the gallop…?
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That’s it.
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yup. so true! ❤
Diana xo
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Thank you, Dave, for these words worth a lingering look and for turning me on to Alive on All Channels. Happy holidays.
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Hi Martha. Beth’s blog is a wonder. Happy Holidays!
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Guilty as charged.
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So me too Van.
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Is this even healthy?? :0)
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That’s the question.
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it’s important to come to a full stop at times, so that we don’t miss things.
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Or for some of us who can achieve a full stop because if the momentum, a pause would be good!
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Even horses stop to eat and nourish themselves. Its a good place to start for galloping humans.
They also sleep standing up, but I wouldn’t recommend that 😉
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Laughing. Lot of truth in that!
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But sometimes it’s pixie dust, not dust dust. How does one get enough pixie (magic) dust?
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That’s True!
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So true!
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Go to Netflix now and watch the documentary “The Minimalists”. You’ll thank me. http://www.theminimalists.com/netflix/
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On my way. Thanks!
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