Image credit: Photo by Baloulumix on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons I was cleaning up outside earlier today, an activity I'm finding much more soothing than cleaning up inside the house, because it turns out that Nature is less destructive than my family, so I get to enjoy the fruits of my labor a little [...]
Posts under ‘stillness’
Just for Today: Throwing Out the To Do List
Image by: catdancing on Flickr Licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0 After really struggling last week between my need to sleep and my desire not to sleep, I decided that this week on my day of spirituality I would spend one day throwing out my to do list and letting go of all the things I [...]
Background Noise
Image credit: Photo by fd on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons "The level of sexual imagery in modern life is astounding. I knew intuitively this was true, but when you tune into it, you just can't believe it. I click on the Yahoo! finance page, and there's this blond model in a low-cut dress looking [...]
And We’re Back in 3-2-1
Image credit: Photo by juanpol on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons Whew! I sat down today, with both kids finally healthy and off at school, with my husband healthy and off at work, with a house covered in a summer of chaos (which I am steadfastly ignoring) and thought, "I'll write about my daughter's huge [...]
Doing Nothing
Image credit: Photo by monkeyc.net on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons One summer day, when I was eighteen, I was lying outside in the sun, eyes closed, just (supposedly) relaxing. But I could feel every tense muscle in my body. I could feel my mind racing, uneasy with the stillness. What was I doing just [...]
Not Ready for the Day to Start Haikus
The house is asleep: Soft hum of my computer its gentle waking. My cold toes wiggle under a still sleeping cat: warm, furry blanket. There's movement outside, the light is getting sharper, but I'm not ready. I want to cling to that last moment of stillness like a lost lover.
Being Still
Image credit: Photo by h.koppdelaney on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons My mind races. Often it races at the same brick wall again and again. I was sitting down at the computer earlier trying to compose a post about something I'm working through in my recovery. My mind was spinning and spinning on the topic, [...]
