life has a way of slowing down a bit, especially in the midst of the fleeting days of summer in maine… i always appreciate an occasional gray day. my energy and attention is much more external in the summer, which leaves this space quite neglected…and i realize too how grounding making my way to this space is.
i was looking through the collection of unpublished beginnings i have archived and thought it might be fun to resurrect them and send them off…snap shots of the past that have been laying dormant, unfinished percolations, incomplete ruminations…cleaning out the virtual clutter that may free a new chapter in the blogosphere with the coming of a slower season…well at least for today anyways…
the original title of this post was “inspiration”…such an amazing thing to witness emerge in my children…as if there is a vision that simply must be born onto paper or in imagination and it will not allow them to be still until it has its way.
and i am slowly learning that inspiration is no guarantee for longevity…releasing expectation that if i have it today it would be a failure to not have it tomorrow. there is a beautiful prayer that taps into a similar notion that it offered before offering reiki healing:
“ Just for today, I will not worry
Just for today, I will not anger
Today, I will live honestly
Just for today, I will respect the oneness of all life
Just for today, I will be kind to everyone I meet
Just for today, I will show gratitude to all living things”
though this is my hope for each day, there is something noble and honest about re-naming it each day…as today is all we have to work with.
so, just for today i will play with digging through the archives and seeing what inspiration may emerge…who knows what tomorrow or the next day might bring?
