Winter provides these moments of calm, allows us to slow down a bit, and to just be still. All too often we fight nature, bending it to our will, pushing ourselves to ignore the signs in order to keep up with societal and social demands, as well as our own expectations.
Meditation may not always be sitting with your eyes closed and listening to your breath. It's emptying your mind, releasing the stress and burdens of life for a short time so you can feel balanced and whole again.
Life has a funny way of taking you on journeys that you never planned for and certainly never imagined. Had someone told me ten years ago that I would be married to my ex-husband and the director of a library, I would have scoffed
It's hard to break out of the mindset of materialism, but perhaps in light of the after effects of the pandemic and the changing economy, it's time we get back to simple.
Humans are not robots. We are not designed to go non-stop 24/7. Even machines cannot do this. They have to be shut-down periodically for updates, they overheat, parts wear out, and they freeze up. If machines do this, why on earth would society think humans will not?
In a time when so much strife and division seems to be surrounding this country, the world, it is sometimes difficult to understand what there is to celebrate…