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I find it very difficult to relax.
When I read posts about sitting still
enjoying the sunshine, reading a book,
I feel envious and a little mystified.
There is always a list of chores
unrolling noisily in my head
and I have not discovered how
to switch it off, to make space.
I know all about the techniques
which teach you to use your time
but what I want to do is unlearn them,
to rediscover how to let go,
to give the myriad things a rest.
Is it possible?
When I read posts about sitting still
enjoying the sunshine, reading a book,
I feel envious and a little mystified.
There is always a list of chores
unrolling noisily in my head
and I have not discovered how
to switch it off, to make space.
I know all about the techniques
which teach you to use your time
but what I want to do is unlearn them,
to rediscover how to let go,
to give the myriad things a rest.
Is it possible?
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You won't ever read about me sitting still.
ReplyDeleteI lay still today for two hours while My six week old grandson slept on my chest. He took two short breaths for every one of mine. I listened to the sounds of his mother in the kitchen creating a fruit tart and never wished for one second to be anywhere else doing something different. I experienced relaxation. It will come.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, I seem to have developed quite a knack for letting go as the bum shaped indent on my sofa and state of my kitchen floor will stand witness to.
ReplyDeleteIt's the Olympics. Cannot stop watching.
Well I achieved a personal best yesterday as my post will testify. I sat still in the garden for the length of time it takes to drink a cup of tea. My body may have been still. Unfortunately my mind was not.
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ReplyDeleteNot sure about that one, if I can make space in my brain I will give it a thought or two.
ReplyDeleteI find it very difficult - like you everything that needs doing and I'd like to do runs on in my head. So I do what needs doing hope there'll be time for the rest and just sitting comes a poor third......
ReplyDeleteI wish I could stop all those thoughts in my head that go back and forth, up and down, run, cross, fight with each other and don't.give.me.a.break.
ReplyDeleteIt's killing me lately.
I can do it if I close my eyes and listen very hard. I concentrate on what that sound would feel like and what colo(u)r I would use to describe it. The air conditioning a gray green, the siren a yellow-orangey-red, the car driving by a silver-gray streak, the sound of a door a sharp electric blue. Or maybe a florenscent pink. After 4-5 minutes I feel relaxed and can get back to work.
ReplyDeleteI simply can't stop the cacophony in my mind.
ReplyDeleteLet me know when you discover how!
ReplyDeleteMy mental 'to do' list does pester me I am afraid, however I have found I can relax in the conservatory, it is the quality of light that draws me in and once in there I can do happy things - listening to Richard Burton on my iPod in Under Milk Wood, it works for me.
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