"The soul requires duration of time -- rich, thick, deep, velvety time -- and it thrives on rhythm. Soul can’t be hurried or harried .... We may go through many events in the day and experience nothing because the soul has not had the opportunity to feel them from many different points of view."
-- Robert Sardello
Soul cannot exist when our connections in life remain superficial. An experience of soul requires that we take time to be fully present to the details of our lives.
Explore what happens when you take the time to STOP and PAY ATTENTION. When we choose to slow down and really experience the qualities of our lives, we get a whole new perspective on what living’s all about.
"We must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind us to the fact that each moment of life is a miracle and mystery."
-- H. G. Wells
"The well of Providence is deep. It’s the buckets we bring to it that are small."
-- Mary Webb
Have a good night---Wren
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i found god in myself/and I loved her/i loved her fiercely--Ntozake Shange
oh chris i sooo needed this.....i go through EVERYTHING like i am double parked....
i mean i don't even stop to feel/ or anything...life in th epast was ALWAYS, almost, something to "get through" just "get through it" and i think it stems from having to "get through" the abuse....now its habit.......i "go through the motions" with no feelings, really...i am practicing HOLDING me in the now...trying to feel in my body.....to be aware of my breath, etc....... to find something pleasurable in the midst of all this turmoil with my recovery and potential job loss......i thought when it happens i would take a month off and just "get with me".......thank u for ur GR8 shares.......i love reading ur stuff.......ur friend in recovery, rosie
same as rosie, takes a lot of concious effort to stay "present" because of the years of abuse and trained to disassociate. getting better at this, a great help has been learning what my "triggers" are {post traumatic stress] . finally found a great recovery doctor[shrink] who is very experianced with my kind of issues so have made good progress resolving , working through whatever you want to call it the worst of it [ been doing this for 2 years now] got hooked up with my doc when i landed in the psych ward for suicidal depression 2 and a half years ago. this not what i thought sobriety would be like! but you know the weird thing is that at times when the storm of pain subsides a bit i feel different than i have ever felt, made new somehow. i feel like i've lived in winter all my life and now i have some hope that there will be "summer" someday. bless you all.
