I just sat down with a cup of hot tea to read your post this week and it immediately calmed my mind. The idea of "undoing" that you mention towards the beginning particularly resonated with me, as I'm finding myself adding and adding (tasks, things to do, people to talk to, stuff to write) and despite the fact that I'm in one of the most beautiful cities in the world, I'm stealing away from myself the space to simply sit quietly and take it all in and just observe. So I started thinking today about how to simplify, how to "undo". I did go to the park today and just wrote down what I observed and that was lovely. I want to do more of that!
I love the flower photos (not surprising) — my husband and I were doing the same thing when we moved here, always taking photos without any real point. So we decided to set up the camera in the house looking at our favorite view, taking the same photo of every day so at the end of the year, we could rewatch the seasons as they changed, noticing the micro-differences between days. It's not terribly original in its conceit or in its purpose, but we enjoyed it.
As the last words of this post slipped past my eyes I realised that my world has now been enriched by this idea that you have planted in my mind with your beautiful words. The way you write alone inspires flowing feelings of peace ! It's true time has behave strangely in the past two years, or well at least we have behaved strangely towards it, which has caused us to notice it more than before, and we should pay attention to that, I'm glad you drew my attention to this, I as your grateful reader will most certainly keep this in mind from now on and joyfully play the game with you ! I may not have majestic mountains or a bustling city outside my window, but I have a beautiful tree or two to gaze at and lovely bird song to listen to (when I'm lucky enough that the annoying suburbian noises remain silent) in fact I could even make it a point to observe these annoying suburban noises and turn them into a special memory, why not. I know being mindful is not a new concept you've invented but the special way your words sang it to life this morning was very inspiring and I intend to remember this feeling ! Thank you Nora !!
I just sat down with a cup of hot tea to read your post this week and it immediately calmed my mind. The idea of "undoing" that you mention towards the beginning particularly resonated with me, as I'm finding myself adding and adding (tasks, things to do, people to talk to, stuff to write) and despite the fact that I'm in one of the most beautiful cities in the world, I'm stealing away from myself the space to simply sit quietly and take it all in and just observe. So I started thinking today about how to simplify, how to "undo". I did go to the park today and just wrote down what I observed and that was lovely. I want to do more of that!
I love the flower photos (not surprising) — my husband and I were doing the same thing when we moved here, always taking photos without any real point. So we decided to set up the camera in the house looking at our favorite view, taking the same photo of every day so at the end of the year, we could rewatch the seasons as they changed, noticing the micro-differences between days. It's not terribly original in its conceit or in its purpose, but we enjoyed it.
As the last words of this post slipped past my eyes I realised that my world has now been enriched by this idea that you have planted in my mind with your beautiful words. The way you write alone inspires flowing feelings of peace ! It's true time has behave strangely in the past two years, or well at least we have behaved strangely towards it, which has caused us to notice it more than before, and we should pay attention to that, I'm glad you drew my attention to this, I as your grateful reader will most certainly keep this in mind from now on and joyfully play the game with you ! I may not have majestic mountains or a bustling city outside my window, but I have a beautiful tree or two to gaze at and lovely bird song to listen to (when I'm lucky enough that the annoying suburbian noises remain silent) in fact I could even make it a point to observe these annoying suburban noises and turn them into a special memory, why not. I know being mindful is not a new concept you've invented but the special way your words sang it to life this morning was very inspiring and I intend to remember this feeling ! Thank you Nora !!