Hey there, everyone...hey, where *is* everyone??? :-)
This has been an "airhead morning" for me. After flitting around trying to get the usual Monday stuff done, I realized two different deadlines I'd missed & had to do some damage control in response. It's nothing major...but I feel like such a flake whenever I fall into the Absent-Minded Professor role!
So, I was a bit scattered when I finally got around to practicing. I did bows first, which at least dissipated some of my nervous energy...and then I sat for the usual 20 minutes even though I didn't "feel" like it.
I'm coming to realize that practicing is like showering: you really need to do it everyday whether you "feel" like it or not. And just as you don't judge your morning ablutions as "good" or "bad," simply as *necessary*, the same applies to practice. Even Absent-minded Airheads need to meditate...actually, *especially* absent-minded airheads need to meditate... ;-)
Hello all I sat this morning for 15 minutes prior to going for a job interview. Some days I just have to concentrate on staying seated for a given length of time and if I can do that, then that's OK. And then on other days it flows so naturally. Nice to be here. I should be at a Pilates class right now but it is so very dark and cold I chickened out.
Am a bit jumpy this evening because I learned today that the neighbouring apartment to mine was burgled and ransacked over the weekend, and apparently there have been other burglaries in the near neighbourhood, all in apartments on the ground floor which is where I am. The police are currently taking fingerprints have told all residents to keep doors and windows locked and lights on. Still a bit scarey when you live on your own though - but I do have good neighbours both on my floor and upstairs and we all have each other's phone numbers.
Definitely an evening for watching the breath and clearing the mind of panicky thoughts. Thinking of all in this little group carrying on with all the stuff we have to deal with. I love the solidarity here. Jude, the warming thoughts are much appreciated.
Mary, good luck with the job search, and soothing hugs during this scary time. Crime has such a terrorizing effect: even though you've not been directly victimized, your sense of security has been violated, and that's plain wrong.
Here's hoping the police find & prosecute the person(s) responsible, and here's hoping you get your peace of mind back.
Jude is trying to make us Northerners envious :-) but it won't work. We love winter, truly we do. I second Leslee's request to hear about the online meditation course.
Mary, you have my sympathy. I hope the police can catch the burglars.
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Jude, what course are you taking?
Hey there, everyone...hey, where *is* everyone??? :-)
This has been an "airhead morning" for me. After flitting around trying to get the usual Monday stuff done, I realized two different deadlines I'd missed & had to do some damage control in response. It's nothing major...but I feel like such a flake whenever I fall into the Absent-Minded Professor role!
So, I was a bit scattered when I finally got around to practicing. I did bows first, which at least dissipated some of my nervous energy...and then I sat for the usual 20 minutes even though I didn't "feel" like it.
I'm coming to realize that practicing is like showering: you really need to do it everyday whether you "feel" like it or not. And just as you don't judge your morning ablutions as "good" or "bad," simply as *necessary*, the same applies to practice. Even Absent-minded Airheads need to meditate...actually, *especially* absent-minded airheads need to meditate... ;-)
PS: I didn't mean to imply that Jude & Leslee "aren't anyone." It just seems weird that at noon EST, there are only two comments...
Hello all
I sat this morning for 15 minutes prior to going for a job interview. Some days I just have to concentrate on staying seated for a given length of time and if I can do that, then that's OK. And then on other days it flows so naturally. Nice to be here. I should be at a Pilates class right now but it is so very dark and cold I chickened out.
Am a bit jumpy this evening because I learned today that the neighbouring apartment to mine was burgled and ransacked over the weekend, and apparently there have been other burglaries in the near neighbourhood, all in apartments on the ground floor which is where I am. The police are currently taking fingerprints have told all residents to keep doors and windows locked and lights on. Still a bit scarey when you live on your own though - but I do have good neighbours both on my floor and upstairs and we all have each other's phone numbers.
Definitely an evening for watching the breath and clearing the mind of panicky thoughts. Thinking of all in this little group carrying on with all the stuff we have to deal with. I love the solidarity here. Jude, the warming thoughts are much appreciated.
Mary, good luck with the job search, and soothing hugs during this scary time. Crime has such a terrorizing effect: even though you've not been directly victimized, your sense of security has been violated, and that's plain wrong.
Here's hoping the police find & prosecute the person(s) responsible, and here's hoping you get your peace of mind back.
Ay, Mary, I hope things settle down soon in your neighborhood. That doesn't sound peaceful at all.
Neither does a job search, particularly (in my experience, anyway). Good thoughts to you on both fronts.
Jude, thanks for your "warm wishes"!
Lorianne, your point about absent-minded airheads is well taken, since I seem to have been one these last couple days. Time to sit!
Jude is trying to make us Northerners envious :-) but it won't work. We love winter, truly we do. I second Leslee's request to hear about the online meditation course.
Mary, you have my sympathy. I hope the police can catch the burglars.
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