Leave it alone…
let the bones cool…
~ Lisa Taddeo, Three Women (July 9, 2019)
Notes:
- Inspired by: “One of the most difficult aspects of the frantic rush through a busy life is that we often do not allow even the smallest notion of “completion” to enter the picture of our daily lives. We often rush from task to task, so much so that the end of one task is just the invitation to start another. There are no gaps in between in which we could take even a few seconds to sit, to take stock, to realize that we have just completed something. Just the reverse: how many times do we hear ourselves say, “I haven’t achieved anything at all today?” If you can practice cultivating a sense of completeness- even a glimmer, right now, in this moment, with the little things of life- there is a chance that you would be better able to cope with those aspects of mind that keep telling you that you are not there yet; not yet happy, not yet fulfilled. You might learn that you are complete, whole, just as you are.” ~Mark Williams & Danny Penman, Mindfulness: An Eight-Week Plan for Finding Peace in a Frantic World (via Make Believe Boutique)
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Yes!
literally, float.
So true. Sigh.
Isn’t it?!?!
Let the bones cool…
Exactly…the punch line.
Absolutely!
Why, oh why do we not do this more?
Take one moment to appreciate what we’ve done.
And THAT is the question.
Maybe we should stop questioning it and actually stop and DO it! 🙂
“What’s next?”
It’s no wonder we’re exhausted.
~ Julian Summerhayes, from “Making the most of life” (August 2, 2019)
Seriously. Why do we always have a “What’s next?” on our list… Heaven forbid we choose to just stay in the moment till we feel we’ve been there long enough. Truly feel it, not pretend we have 😉
Dear Dale; I’ve got news for you – just you wait a bit longer, to the point when life itself has ‘worn you out’ sufficiently, so that you *must* stop and tell yourself: That’s it – you are *enough* – right now, stop and be content with all you have achieved.
You know, we *are* entitled to be happy with (just) being ourselves….. I can now (due to being exhausted by it all) finally say at the very end of a day: OK, I can’t and won’t do or go that extra mile – I’m done. And guess what: The world is still turning, the work is still waiting the next day, the night-time fairies haven’t done the job while I’m sleeping…. and I go to bed not at 2am but maybe at midnight 🙂
I think we can learn to do this before life has worn us out…
Not so sure Dale. Not so sure.
Neither am I. But I’ll keep on trying.
Wisdom. Just breathing is an enough sometimes. Our world is insatiable. 😔
It is all that.
What a GREAT sentence – Let the bones cool…..
Yes!!!