I haven’t picked up either of my cameras for two whole days. That is somewhat of an August record for me as I had been making photographs every single day. So what have I been doing today?
Just Being Here
watching the rain and the sun and the birds at the bird feeders. Also taking an online Soma Yoga class, running errands, taking a walk, and finishing a book.
If you feel lost, disappointed, hesitant, or weak, return to yourself, to who you are, here and now and when you get there, you will discover yourself, like a lotus flower in full bloom, even in a muddy pond, beautiful and strong.
― Secret Life of Water
It’s enough, I realize, just being here. I don’t need special things to do or places to go so long as I have the beauty of the world around me and a good book to while away the time.
I’ve been enjoying cloud watching as the clouds move in, then move out, then move in again this week. There have been some spectacular clouds that appear and then suddenly are gone.
Sometimes I need
only to stand
wherever I am
to be blessed.
― Evidence: Poems
As an introvert I feel that I’m lucky that I am easily entertained at home as I definitely live with a spouse who needs very little outside entertainment or socializing. When I was younger I wished that we went to more plays and events and had more friends. But now, I find that I am most content whiling away the hours with my camera or a good book or with family or a few friends.
When I fully enter time’s swift current, enter into the current moment with the weight of all my attention, I slow the torrent with the weight of me all here.
― One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are
How about you? Are you content just being here now?
May you walk in beauty.
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