I find I don't have much to say this week. At least not well formed thoughts ready for sharing. There are times where words don't come or when they do they spill
jumbled and fragmented. Best not to force them I have learned. They need time to simmer and find their own way. Forcing only makes them take an old form, a familiar one, when what they are seeking is something else.
What do I do when the forming is
happening? Below are few things from my week. They make space and time for the jumbled to find its way to clarity and ease. What are yours?
I hope you have space for the new forming and re-forming in your world. I hope you have and find your moments of
tiny magic.
1.
Beauty gathering.
Some roses are still blooming in the neighborhood. This one grows in the front of a self-storage place a couple of doors down from me. Not the expected place for a beautiful rose garden but very welcomed.
A dose of beauty is a powerful thing. It doesn't change the hard parts of living but it reminds us what we endure for. Take a moment for it when it crosses your path.
2. Slow time, invite ritual.
Now
that November is here the wild sprint through the holidays and into the New Year has begun. The productivity/coach/mindset camp is ramping up about how to get it all the year's work done before the clock runs. It is not so much ramping up my productivity as my panic, because I really wont get it all done, and -gasp- I don't want to.
Instead of trying to do more and move faster I look at where am I moving too fast, doing too much.
I welcome back small rituals. It slows time so I can find myself and my true intention. Making my morning tea and thanking the water, the heat, the tea leaves, the time to be while it steeps. Making the bed and thinking how much my future self will enjoy this kindness tonight. A neighborhood walk as the sun sets to shift into evening mode. Lighting some incense as I work. Tiny things that bring sacredness into the day.
My yearly goals may be unmet but I will be meeting myself and my world and that is ultimately why I make any goals anyway. I fall into trust that the important things will find their way.
3. Make something. Bring something into being.
A cake, a letter, a cleared space that has been gathering the ephemera of busy days... I can be affirming during times of uncertainty, confusion, or jumbled thinking about bringing something completely unrelated into tangible form.
Bonus, the slow stitching also slows time allowing my mind to relax.
4.
Rest.
I know I talk a lot about it. I do because I see so much exhaustion. Because I know how easy it is to let our noble goals run us into the ground. Because rest itself is a worthy and noble goal. Because the world is really, really hard, especially right now and it takes a toll. Because even if we try and ignore it, this takes a toll. Because nothing happens for long without it.
A big moment of rest for me this week was going to the Children's Museum with my friend Nik, her toddler and newborn. I mean they have a mud kitchen complete with running water, plenty of pie pans, muffin tins, scoops and bowls to make all sorts of mud creations! Watching children play while
snuggling a 5 week old is ultimate grandma vibes. Also, my grandma self knows how to take it easy and savor.
Rest isn't always sleeping in or napping. It is also enjoying the goodness of the
world.
5.
A blessing for your
week:
(John Bauer Tarot by Lo Scarabeo)
May you find wisdom and companionship in your journey.
