10.23
It's funny what will and will not come to you when faced with a blank page. So often i feel that i have so much to say, and now sitting here, the words just aren't coming...i will take the stream of thought approach and see what comes to me.
I took a walk around my neighborhood this morning, as i do most Saturdays when i wake up before noon, and i noticed for the first time that the leaves have begun to change. I noticed how bare many of the trees were and it hit me that my eyes just haven't been open. I've been looking ahead, probably looking down, but not taking the time to just stop moving for a minute and look around and enjoy where i am...see the beauty in what is. I've spent so much time in recent months trying to make things happen, looking to the future, making moves...and i've been rushing past the simple pleasures like the affect of the seasons on my surroundings.
It's not that i've been completely unaware. i can feel the change on my skin. i've closed some of the windows in my apartment, broke out the "transitional" coat...but i haven't even caught up to myself yet...not enough to enjoy where i am, (i haven't even unpacked from my last business trip) and i realized today that if i don't just STOP, i'm going to miss it.
Today will be about appreciating what is. the things i have in my life, the people who make me smile, the good things...the beauty. today, i will sit still for a minute and just breathe.
love.
It's funny what will and will not come to you when faced with a blank page. So often i feel that i have so much to say, and now sitting here, the words just aren't coming...i will take the stream of thought approach and see what comes to me.
I took a walk around my neighborhood this morning, as i do most Saturdays when i wake up before noon, and i noticed for the first time that the leaves have begun to change. I noticed how bare many of the trees were and it hit me that my eyes just haven't been open. I've been looking ahead, probably looking down, but not taking the time to just stop moving for a minute and look around and enjoy where i am...see the beauty in what is. I've spent so much time in recent months trying to make things happen, looking to the future, making moves...and i've been rushing past the simple pleasures like the affect of the seasons on my surroundings.
It's not that i've been completely unaware. i can feel the change on my skin. i've closed some of the windows in my apartment, broke out the "transitional" coat...but i haven't even caught up to myself yet...not enough to enjoy where i am, (i haven't even unpacked from my last business trip) and i realized today that if i don't just STOP, i'm going to miss it.
Today will be about appreciating what is. the things i have in my life, the people who make me smile, the good things...the beauty. today, i will sit still for a minute and just breathe.
love.
