MB, oh I see your (initially disruptive of meditation by licking you, but now accepting) dog is on your blog. How lovely to see him!
I am having trouble. This feels like such a time of flux, so up and down from exhilarition via quiet contentment to inexorably renewed desperation and weakness, and meditation is proving something of a casualty. Only averaging every other day at present. A day missed seems to alarm me into sitting the next day, but not into re-anchoring the habit.
Jean, I'm afraid I've humiliated my dog by posting him as he was slinking across the bridge, but yes, that's him. Under more typical circumstances, he is a very happy and mellow dog. Hard to photograph, though, since his face is all black!
I'm sorry to hear you feel you are having trouble. I must say it sounds like you are doing no worse than I am. That may not be terribly encouraging, and I am sorry if it's not, but I mention it on the chance that your misery will love my company. ;-) In any case, every other day is better than none at all, and perhaps you can find more solid encouragement in the notion that during trying times you *still do* return to it at all! I have confidence that at some point you'll return to your daily routine.
Well, Jean & MB, if you're looking for more company to love, I've been struggling too. It's the last week of my face-to-face classes, so I'm feeling overwhelmed with pre-exam-week grading, etc. It's nothing terminal--this too shall pass, etc--but I'm deeply mired in my usual habit of procrastination, which causes me to feel icky about nearly everything.
I'm trying to meditate...but the little dribs & drabs I manage here & there don't feel adequate. I tell myself things will get better when grades are done in another two weeks (!!!)
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MB, oh I see your (initially disruptive of meditation by licking you, but now accepting) dog is on your blog. How lovely to see him!
I am having trouble. This feels like such a time of flux, so up and down from exhilarition via quiet contentment to inexorably renewed desperation and weakness, and meditation is proving something of a casualty. Only averaging every other day at present. A day missed seems to alarm me into sitting the next day, but not into re-anchoring the habit.
Jean, I'm afraid I've humiliated my dog by posting him as he was slinking across the bridge, but yes, that's him. Under more typical circumstances, he is a very happy and mellow dog. Hard to photograph, though, since his face is all black!
I'm sorry to hear you feel you are having trouble. I must say it sounds like you are doing no worse than I am. That may not be terribly encouraging, and I am sorry if it's not, but I mention it on the chance that your misery will love my company. ;-) In any case, every other day is better than none at all, and perhaps you can find more solid encouragement in the notion that during trying times you *still do* return to it at all! I have confidence that at some point you'll return to your daily routine.
Well, Jean & MB, if you're looking for more company to love, I've been struggling too. It's the last week of my face-to-face classes, so I'm feeling overwhelmed with pre-exam-week grading, etc. It's nothing terminal--this too shall pass, etc--but I'm deeply mired in my usual habit of procrastination, which causes me to feel icky about nearly everything.
I'm trying to meditate...but the little dribs & drabs I manage here & there don't feel adequate. I tell myself things will get better when grades are done in another two weeks (!!!)
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