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Lightly child, lightly (not…)

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Our Zeke (December 26, 2007 – September 5, 2016)

Notes:

  • Inspired by Pam Houston, Deep Creek: “And if I say, even so, that it has been only the rare human who has given me an animal’s worth of love back, it’s not because I underestimate the power of human love. It’s because I have been lucky enough to live in the unconditional, unwavering, uncommon, gale force of love directed at me from my animals.”
  • Post Title & Inspiration: Aldous Huxley: “It’s dark because you are trying too hard. Lightly child, lightly. Learn to do everything lightly. Yes, feel lightly even though you’re feeling deeply. Just lightly let things happen and lightly cope with them.”

Sunday Morning

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The wind stills for a moment
and
the whole world is silent as a prayer.

~ Pam Houston, Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country

Photo: Alex William Helin with Still at Lake Buttermere in North West England

T.G.I.F.: still for the count of one, two, three . . .

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I’d made the appointment hoping to get advice on how I might help him. After giving me advice, the therapist, a kind, smart and soft-spoken man by the name of Jeff Pollard, asked simply, “And how are you feeling these days?” I felt my body go utterly still for the count of one, two, three . . .

~ Pam Houston, Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country 

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It’s been a long day

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I am only a little better at giving in than I used to be,
at slowing down,
at sitting still.

But progress is progress.

~ Pam Houston, Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country 

 

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