I'm currently struggling with the inability to use my left hand due to some neurological screw up that's still being investigated. I whined about it on social media and then a friend who's an incomplete quadriplegic remind me that she too struggles with the loss of function in a limb. I felt slightly like a dirt bag, but as I've experienced over and over in my life, there's always someone out there who has it harder. I think that was my reminder from the universe to slow down, let my medical situation play out, and do the best I can with what I've got right now.
Admittedly, I don't make a very patient patient, and I don't like not being functional (and I hate not riding, crocheting, sewing, WORKING), but I will take the lesson.
I have good dictation software, maybe it's time for me to do some writing, myself.
I think both things can be true: you are having a hard time and someone else always has it harder. I love the reminder to slow down that you took from this (which is always easier said than done, for me). I hope you're getting some answers to this really tough situation.And it's been awesome to see that you are writing!
This spoke to me. I also believe in slow and the intentional mindfulness and sensibility to one's surrounding that de-escalation allows. As I struggle with a portion of my novel, I decided to stop pushing against it and I took a cat nap. Granted, I didn't fall into a rem sleep, but I woke up refreshed with the understanding that I could actually scrap a lot of the chapter. Permitting the slowdown freed me to let go of something unnecessary, a clarity that cannot be discovered when we rush and strive. I noticed the tallies on the bottom of Camden Whitehead's Visual Manifesto. How curious. Thank you for this lesson all around us, Mary Chris, and the reminder to value slowing down, listening to our inner voice and enjoying the squirrels. This smiley fellow is especially charming. Cheers.
Thank you so much for sharing! And I love the story about giving in, taking a nap and then feeling clearer about how to proceed with your writing (as a side note: I feel like deleting things is almost always the answer, in my writing). Cheers to you, too!
I'm saving this post so I can return to it later. I loved it. The idea of elevating the mundane particularly resonates with me, because so often, I DO feel like the minutiae of life competes with the Important Goals, like writing a novel, reading a book, sitting still in nature, snuggling my animals. I like the idea of all of it serving all of it. I'm going to try to embrace that.
I also really love the reframe of "elevating the mundane." It's so easy to feel like all of the day to day stuff gets in the way, but also is part of life. Every now and then in those mundane tasks I see glimmers of things- like someone being really kind to a stranger in the line at the grocery store and it helps me feel this sort of integration between the day-to-day and the big stuff I want to be focusing on. Thanks for sharing!
I'm currently struggling with the inability to use my left hand due to some neurological screw up that's still being investigated. I whined about it on social media and then a friend who's an incomplete quadriplegic remind me that she too struggles with the loss of function in a limb. I felt slightly like a dirt bag, but as I've experienced over and over in my life, there's always someone out there who has it harder. I think that was my reminder from the universe to slow down, let my medical situation play out, and do the best I can with what I've got right now.
Admittedly, I don't make a very patient patient, and I don't like not being functional (and I hate not riding, crocheting, sewing, WORKING), but I will take the lesson.
I have good dictation software, maybe it's time for me to do some writing, myself.
I think both things can be true: you are having a hard time and someone else always has it harder. I love the reminder to slow down that you took from this (which is always easier said than done, for me). I hope you're getting some answers to this really tough situation.And it's been awesome to see that you are writing!
This spoke to me. I also believe in slow and the intentional mindfulness and sensibility to one's surrounding that de-escalation allows. As I struggle with a portion of my novel, I decided to stop pushing against it and I took a cat nap. Granted, I didn't fall into a rem sleep, but I woke up refreshed with the understanding that I could actually scrap a lot of the chapter. Permitting the slowdown freed me to let go of something unnecessary, a clarity that cannot be discovered when we rush and strive. I noticed the tallies on the bottom of Camden Whitehead's Visual Manifesto. How curious. Thank you for this lesson all around us, Mary Chris, and the reminder to value slowing down, listening to our inner voice and enjoying the squirrels. This smiley fellow is especially charming. Cheers.
Thank you so much for sharing! And I love the story about giving in, taking a nap and then feeling clearer about how to proceed with your writing (as a side note: I feel like deleting things is almost always the answer, in my writing). Cheers to you, too!
I'm saving this post so I can return to it later. I loved it. The idea of elevating the mundane particularly resonates with me, because so often, I DO feel like the minutiae of life competes with the Important Goals, like writing a novel, reading a book, sitting still in nature, snuggling my animals. I like the idea of all of it serving all of it. I'm going to try to embrace that.
I also really love the reframe of "elevating the mundane." It's so easy to feel like all of the day to day stuff gets in the way, but also is part of life. Every now and then in those mundane tasks I see glimmers of things- like someone being really kind to a stranger in the line at the grocery store and it helps me feel this sort of integration between the day-to-day and the big stuff I want to be focusing on. Thanks for sharing!