Mary Chris, loved reading this, and thank you for the shout out!! I *also* read the Brené Brown email and found myself in awe of the Viktor Frankl / not-Viktor-Frankl quote. And your suggestions-for-self of how to maintain (or create) more space for yourself absolutely resonate -- meditation first, go to bed early, stop the scroll. I'm finding myself waking up with the sunrise these days, and it's giving me a really fresh / silent morning that I don't know I'd find otherwise. In reflecting back, the irreparable change of the past two years has been so much for the better, but I wonder how different things would look. Another what if 😉
(Otters are absolutely cuter than squirrels, but I can respect that someone has to find squirrels cuter than otters). God bless otter cams!
You're welcome! Your post about sitting still and "what ifs" came out while I was drafting this and I it truly felt so nice to know that someone else was feeling called to stillness. Very resonant! I do love the silence of the morning-- with very little traffic noise I can hear the birds chirping and there is something about the dim light just after sunrise that is just... peaceful. I absolutely agree that I wonder what things would look like for me without the enforced pause of the last two years. Another what if, indeed!
(We can agree to disagree on the otters vs. squirrels! 🤣 )
Mary Chris, loved reading this, and thank you for the shout out!! I *also* read the Brené Brown email and found myself in awe of the Viktor Frankl / not-Viktor-Frankl quote. And your suggestions-for-self of how to maintain (or create) more space for yourself absolutely resonate -- meditation first, go to bed early, stop the scroll. I'm finding myself waking up with the sunrise these days, and it's giving me a really fresh / silent morning that I don't know I'd find otherwise. In reflecting back, the irreparable change of the past two years has been so much for the better, but I wonder how different things would look. Another what if 😉
(Otters are absolutely cuter than squirrels, but I can respect that someone has to find squirrels cuter than otters). God bless otter cams!
You're welcome! Your post about sitting still and "what ifs" came out while I was drafting this and I it truly felt so nice to know that someone else was feeling called to stillness. Very resonant! I do love the silence of the morning-- with very little traffic noise I can hear the birds chirping and there is something about the dim light just after sunrise that is just... peaceful. I absolutely agree that I wonder what things would look like for me without the enforced pause of the last two years. Another what if, indeed!
(We can agree to disagree on the otters vs. squirrels! 🤣 )