Kim, I have similar practices except the gardening. Living in mid-town Manhattan my green thumb is dormant. However, I love to walk in Central Park or visit a grove of trees along the Hudson. Instead of Yoga I do Tai Chi and my creativity is all channeled through my poetry and video production of my weekly poems. Thanks for sharing your work about how to stay centered in this wildly spinning world.
Thank You, Frank, for subscribing, reading and joining the conversation here at Word Work. We have a lot in common! I've only tried Tai Chi a couple of times, but learned that Yoga and Tai Chi have such similar effects on the nervous systems, breathing patterns, balance and flexibility.
Kim, you are so right. I feel and hear about the exasperation and sense of futility in others, and it is especially heart-breaking when it comes from young people.
The activities and practices you listed are many of the same that help me. I built a trail in our forest and building it, walking and maintaining it has certainly helped me focus on what remains good, benevolently powerful and rejuvenating in the face of everything else going on.
Thank you for this wonderful post and beautiful poem.
Yes! The sense of futility coming from young people is particularly unnerving, but also a clarion call for those of us who are able to listen and assure them of the opportunities for creating a new and better reality. Rejuvenating is exactly the right word, Angela!
I have found three that you listed especially helpful as well, Kim (daily meditation, walking in nature, and creating.) I notice that if I do not do these regularly, the mundane things of daily life tend to annoy me more and more. They truly do nourish the mind, body, and soul.
Same habits for me, Kim: contemplative prayer, movement (hiking, yoga) and creative expression.
I enjoy the microseasons in all these ways. When I started, I thought it was about nature study. But the more I practice, the more I realize it’s about living in small windows of time. Staying present to the unfolding day and the moment that is now. This tiny season of challenges and joy.
Oh... I love your way of describing it, Ann -- living in small windows of time. And I'm reminding that this way of being makes nothing impossible. We manage every challenge little moment by little moment.
Kim, I have similar practices except the gardening. Living in mid-town Manhattan my green thumb is dormant. However, I love to walk in Central Park or visit a grove of trees along the Hudson. Instead of Yoga I do Tai Chi and my creativity is all channeled through my poetry and video production of my weekly poems. Thanks for sharing your work about how to stay centered in this wildly spinning world.
Thank You, Frank, for subscribing, reading and joining the conversation here at Word Work. We have a lot in common! I've only tried Tai Chi a couple of times, but learned that Yoga and Tai Chi have such similar effects on the nervous systems, breathing patterns, balance and flexibility.
Kim, you are so right. I feel and hear about the exasperation and sense of futility in others, and it is especially heart-breaking when it comes from young people.
The activities and practices you listed are many of the same that help me. I built a trail in our forest and building it, walking and maintaining it has certainly helped me focus on what remains good, benevolently powerful and rejuvenating in the face of everything else going on.
Thank you for this wonderful post and beautiful poem.
Yes! The sense of futility coming from young people is particularly unnerving, but also a clarion call for those of us who are able to listen and assure them of the opportunities for creating a new and better reality. Rejuvenating is exactly the right word, Angela!
I have found three that you listed especially helpful as well, Kim (daily meditation, walking in nature, and creating.) I notice that if I do not do these regularly, the mundane things of daily life tend to annoy me more and more. They truly do nourish the mind, body, and soul.
“We manage every challenge little moment by little moment.”
💛 Yes! I’ve gotten through some terrible things exactly this way.
Same habits for me, Kim: contemplative prayer, movement (hiking, yoga) and creative expression.
I enjoy the microseasons in all these ways. When I started, I thought it was about nature study. But the more I practice, the more I realize it’s about living in small windows of time. Staying present to the unfolding day and the moment that is now. This tiny season of challenges and joy.
Oh... I love your way of describing it, Ann -- living in small windows of time. And I'm reminding that this way of being makes nothing impossible. We manage every challenge little moment by little moment.
I have found the same, Neil. Our habits dictate our happiness, don’t they?
Completely agree.