Tag: <span>meditation</span>
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I believe that we always carry the best version of ourselves within us. Deep down, we are all peaceful, radiant, loving, and wonderful. (Please, don’t burst my bubble!)
“I still have to do laundry and prepare for dinner. I have to play ball with our dog Vader, quickly water the hanging plants outside, and feed the dogs,” and while I’m piling up the daily I-have-do-mountain in my head, old familiar feelings rise again.
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An old Zen proverb says, ‘Meditate for 20 minutes a day, unless you don’t have time for it, then meditate for an hour.‘
“A monk decides to meditate alone. Away from his monastery, he takes a boat and goes to the middle of the lake, closes his eyes and begins to meditate.
“if the ocean can calm itself, so can you. we are both salt water mixed with air.” ― Nayyirah Waheed
I have learned a lot about myself during the quarantine. I don’t need much to be happy. Strip me of my $7 coffee or tea, take the take-outs away, and I am still comfortable and content. The simpler life suits me just fine. Being at home with my husband, cooking every day, cleaning up together -declaring dishwashing part of his Physical Therapy, because he is still not allowed to lift anything that’s no heavier than a coffee cup.
I was a bouncy, happy little girl who was full of questions and laughter. The silence came later when I grew up and rooted deeper.
The daily prompt is asking about my daily ritual, you mean there is something else, than reading blogs like it would be the Holy Grail? I have a ritual, a daily routine that I do, because it balances me. It helps me to be the person I want to be.