right now it’s like this
Right now it’s like this.
There’s a notebook in my bag covered in coffee stains and some tears too.
A daily practice that slows me down and meets me where I am at.
A hairbrush that had three leaves in it the other day. Proof that I really am outside often.
A little boy I love madly and is taking me on a daily journey of kindergarten emotions. Up, down, all around.
Puppies who keep us on our toes 24/7 right now.
The most powerful thing I can do for myself is to meet me right where I’m at.
Not the MB of five years ago. Certainly not in-my-twenties me.. thank God. But this version, newly forty and ebbing and flowing like never before.
In my yoga class I often ask “What is needed now?” That could be a child’s pose, a shift in attention or intention, a big sip of the tea next to your mat.
And it’s what I’m asking myself hourly.
“What is needed now?”
Closing for the weekend with these words from Donna Farhi —
“To become a welcome vessel for the breath is to live life without trying to control, grasp, or push away. And how easy is this? The process of breathing is the most accurate metaphor we have for the way that we personally approach life, how we live our lives, and how we react to the inevitable changes that life brings us.”
