I'm glad to hear it, Devon. We'll continue to send rest & recovery vibes your way...
I ended up not sitting at all yesterday/last night. But I redeemed myself by doing 54 bows first thing this morning, then I sat for 20 minutes after letting the dog out.
I hope everyone has/is having/had a great Saturday!
qB, glad to think of your father-in-law, and you, and your partner.
Devon, happy to hear things are looking up.
Ruth - hot baths? and movement, yes, surely that will help. The schedule sounds grueling. Thinking of you.
Leslee, I cry during meditation sometimes and at plenty of other times as well. I'm sorry you're going through a rough patch, and will continue to think of you. If it's any help at all, please know that longterm relationships create nearly as much trouble as comfort much of the time! As grateful as I am for mine, I don't think they are the solution; the only solutions lie within ourselves -- and that's a big reason for the tears when they come. All any of us can ever do is to try our best, which, from everything I know about you, you do. {{{hugs}}}
So many things happening here. qB, I'll be thinking of Andros. I am sorry to hear your news. Devon, glad you're feeling a bit of peace now. Wonderful. Leslee, I'm sorry times are difficult right now. I get the sense you are a strong and capable person, but anyone can go through a rough patch. You are much on my mind. Ruth, I'm glad you're finding times and ways to move, however brief. Brava!
Meanwhile, the news on my friend continues to be grim. Hope lies mostly in experimental therapies if she is eligible. Life is certainly a complex tangle of uncertainties and can be expected to defy all expectations. The lovely and the profane constantly tumble together.
Thanks, Beth. The solution is not to be alone, though, at least not for me. That's an escape. My home relationships were so trying I escaped from relationships altogether. I need to learn it doesn't have to be that way. Yes, it's a lot of inner work of self-acceptance. It's also learning behaviors I neither saw modeled nor experienced, at least sufficiently. It's hard, and it's the work I have to do.
Thanks, MB. And things are much better. I had a breakthrough, and so I'm feeling much more positive. For now! I will be thinking of your friend and hope that she can get the experimental therapies. I have heard of miracles. It can happen.
Just a quick note to say thankyou to everyone for their support - I'm feeling pretty secure with my new sitting routine and feel it's time to just get on with it now. I've found visiting here every day a real added motivator and I've also enjoyed getting to know everyone a little better and finding some new gems of blogs(although I still find online relationships much harder than non-online, for some reason I feel a lot more vulnerable/shifting in print than face to face). Best of luck to everyone else, you've got a good thing going here! Fionax
qb, I am holding you in my thoughts. I have never experienced such a loss but feel like every day is a prparation letting go to that degree.
oh beth. I don't know what to say...except a big hug.
i sat in the bath. oh, i know I'm hangin on a string but i'm hanging ... piles need long baths and exercise so i ran for an hour and bathed in rose oil and meditated in the bath. got really ino the image of the body in the bath - so often do to with death - and how, even without will and control and mind, that body would keep breathing....
so that was my birthday! (except i am now home for 24 hrs and J has flowers on the table and has cooked me a delicious fishy meal...)
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I'm glad to hear it, Devon. We'll continue to send rest & recovery vibes your way...
I ended up not sitting at all yesterday/last night. But I redeemed myself by doing 54 bows first thing this morning, then I sat for 20 minutes after letting the dog out.
I hope everyone has/is having/had a great Saturday!
My condolences to qB. Glad to hear you're feeling better, Devon.
I sat 15 minutes, somewhat distractedly but I did sit.
Have a nice weekend, everyone.
qB, glad to think of your father-in-law, and you, and your partner.
Devon, happy to hear things are looking up.
Ruth - hot baths? and movement, yes, surely that will help. The schedule sounds grueling. Thinking of you.
Leslee, I cry during meditation sometimes and at plenty of other times as well. I'm sorry you're going through a rough patch, and will continue to think of you. If it's any help at all, please know that longterm relationships create nearly as much trouble as comfort much of the time! As grateful as I am for mine, I don't think they are the solution; the only solutions lie within ourselves -- and that's a big reason for the tears when they come. All any of us can ever do is to try our best, which, from everything I know about you, you do. {{{hugs}}}
So many things happening here.
qB, I'll be thinking of Andros. I am sorry to hear your news.
Devon, glad you're feeling a bit of peace now. Wonderful.
Leslee, I'm sorry times are difficult right now. I get the sense you are a strong and capable person, but anyone can go through a rough patch. You are much on my mind.
Ruth, I'm glad you're finding times and ways to move, however brief. Brava!
Meanwhile, the news on my friend continues to be grim. Hope lies mostly in experimental therapies if she is eligible. Life is certainly a complex tangle of uncertainties and can be expected to defy all expectations. The lovely and the profane constantly tumble together.
Love and gratitude to you all.
Oh... I almost forgot: Happy birthday to Ruth!!
Thanks, Beth. The solution is not to be alone, though, at least not for me. That's an escape. My home relationships were so trying I escaped from relationships altogether. I need to learn it doesn't have to be that way. Yes, it's a lot of inner work of self-acceptance. It's also learning behaviors I neither saw modeled nor experienced, at least sufficiently. It's hard, and it's the work I have to do.
Thanks, MB. And things are much better. I had a breakthrough, and so I'm feeling much more positive. For now! I will be thinking of your friend and hope that she can get the experimental therapies. I have heard of miracles. It can happen.
Happy Birthday, Ruth!
Just a quick note to say thankyou to everyone for their support - I'm feeling pretty secure with my new sitting routine and feel it's time to just get on with it now. I've found visiting here every day a real added motivator and I've also enjoyed getting to know everyone a little better and finding some new gems of blogs(although I still find online relationships much harder than non-online, for some reason I feel a lot more vulnerable/shifting in print than face to face). Best of luck to everyone else, you've got a good thing going here! Fionax
qb, I am holding you in my thoughts. I have never experienced such a loss but feel like every day is a prparation letting go to that degree.
oh beth. I don't know what to say...except a big hug.
i sat in the bath. oh, i know I'm hangin on a string but i'm hanging ... piles need long baths and exercise so i ran for an hour and bathed in rose oil and meditated in the bath. got really ino the image of the body in the bath - so often do to with death - and how, even without will and control and mind, that body would keep breathing....
so that was my birthday! (except i am now home for 24 hrs and J has flowers on the table and has cooked me a delicious fishy meal...)
love to you all.
Hey there all. Devon, what a great name you have, and I'm glad you're feeling better, and you too Leslee.
Thanks to Lorianne and Beth. All is apparently calm in the house of mourning. I think there is gratitude for the release of the tension of waiting.
I'm alone in the house with b2 this weekend. We sat together on the sofa this evening for a good ten minutes. I felt refreshed, b2 fell asleep!
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