“The things that excite you are not random. They are connected to your purpose. Follow them.”
Susan Roderick
It’s Saturday morning. Arrived at the natural area shortly after sunrise. Birds were singing and in my imagination they were asking me why I was late. Then I wondered, maybe we’re never too late for those few moments when we are immersed in nature. So my answer was, I’m here now.
I wrote almost nothing in my journal over the past two days, a total of 8 lines in those two days. That is so not like me. Also aware of some feeling of depression, also not like me. Even my meditations has been a struggle. Seem to grab the commentary of my thoughts and run with them more than usual. And yet, there is a tug within me to enter into more times of quiet meditations,and so I did.
On a positive note I was given a gift that brought a smile and lifted my spirits when I returned form the natural area this morning. I watched two women get out of their cars at a coffee shop and share a long heartfelt hug. Both were brimming with smiles as they walked towards me. I told them how wonderful it was to see them hug and the emotions it seemed to have. I was told it had been a year and a half since their last shared hug. I’m hoping experiences like that will be the new normal. Those missing hugs are things that excite many of us.
Thanks for listening. 😍
4 Comments
Tom Dills
I think a lot of people have been experiencing those kinds of reunions lately, and they are long overdue. We don’t realize how much those connections mean to us until they’re taken away.
I’m saddened to hear of your recent feelings of depression and hope they are short-lived.
Monte Stevens
Thanks, Tom. The hugs are a vital part of our human experience, one of the five senses. I’m also enjoying sharing in a few again. I also have a good friend who lost their battle with pancreatic cancer and the celebration of life gathering was yesterday. I know life is good when I live it rather than turn away from it or numb myself from it. Life is to be lived fully.
Mark
It has been great to return to “normal” life recently – we have been eating out a bit, seeing many people we haven’t seen awhile.
I am pretty sure your lapse of words for your journal will be temporary at best. But knowing even a prolific writer such as you can often have those moments is one also of comfort to those of us that perhaps struggle a bit more getting those words on a page.
Another great quote Monte, solid advice.
Monte Stevens
Thanks, Mark. I’m not all that worried about the lapse in journaling. It always seems to return in due time.