Incredible weather. Cooling at
night; low 50’s. Warm and dry by day; 70’s with humidity in the 20’s. For the Midwest that is like perpetual Indian Summer. Greens are
greener. Blue skies are deepest azure. Colors of flowers are vibrant. A hint of
color change among the trees. Breezes are modest, even wafting.
With gentle weather comes pause for
thinking. Wondering. Appreciation for feelings and relationships. A time to
think things through and feel good about them. In short, putting things into
perspective.
Doe Zantamata (www.happinessinyourlife.com)
suggests “Taking time to do nothing often brings everything into perspective.”
To make this work for you find a place
that provides a calming view. Maybe it is sitting upon a rock on a hill looking
toward a horizon of nature. Maybe it’s a log in the woods with damp decomposing
woods, leaves and soils underfoot while gently fluttering leaves of surrounding
trees provide sheltering cool. Perhaps it is a rocky outcropping in the desert
giving silence three dimensions. Silence. Whispering nature. Depth of
aloneness. Just for a while. Peace.
These then are moments of ease.
Feel it in your bones and sinew. Relaxation slowly bringing tensions to rest.
The brain responds. Fills the space
with thought patterns. Who am I? Where am I? What is happening? Where am I headed? Am I all
right?
“The happiest people don’t have
the best of everything, they just make the best of everything.” ~ www.justequotes.com
Moments to appreciate the little things and
make them big: weather, deep full breaths, strides that pull muscle and bone in
harmony with a bit of stretch, a view that pleases all the senses, loved ones
nearby, a sense of home, good friends puttering about with purpose and
enjoyment. All good things. All so basic and simple. Like a meal with simple
flavors which spark memories of years gone by, people now gone. A sip of cool
water to soften thirst.
In moments such as these we reflect
on meanings. We value what we often forget while busy or stressed. We do those
things why? To make a happy life? To earn the means to buy food, shelter and
nurture? Yes; but remember the why!
“Some people create their own
storms, then get upset when it rains.” ~
kushandwizdom.tumblr
So why don’t they create their own
peace to avoid the rain and drama?!
Mary Travers cautioned us when she
said, “It’s not politics. It’s ethics, it’s humanity. It’s community, trying
to figure out a way to live.”
Along this pathway is found what is
really important to us. It’s not about government, is it? It’s not about
religion solely, is it? It’s not about power over others, is it? What it is is
basic. It is about finding place for self. That rarely has value unless self is
found with others. Definition of the person is found through relationship with
other persons. So evident yet so difficult to realize.
This is a journey. The travel is
challenging yet enjoyable. The mind alerts to differences encountered. The journey
takes on a life of its own and partners with our personhood. So much so is the
journey itself important that it is the destination! It matters little where we
arrive or intend to get. It matters greatly that we are on the journey and
seeing ourselves in new ways and different situations.
“Pain makes you stronger. Tears
make you braver. Heartbreak makes you wiser. So thank the past for a better
future.” ~Anonymous
And one should add,…thank the
journey for providing the perspective of the past so we can use it for building
the future.
We mustn’t get lost in the past. It
is important to live in the present but also not get absorbed by it. These two
prepare us for future. Enjoy all the tenses but move from one to the other
fluidly.
Now is that putting things in order
or not?!
August 21, 2012
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