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cedar_groveFrom The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have.
"This is who I am when no one's looking." For each of us is a fledgling that eventually, if fed, will fly.
I almost missed this one somehow… I want to just talk about the last one of those things in the quotation on the right, of people mistaking peace for boredom.
Sometimes there's nothing nicer than just… sitting. Not reading, not doing, just… sitting, breathing… allowing my mind the chance to unwind or to process what's going on in there. I'm not bored, I get restless when I'm bored, I'm just… taking a moment. (Anyone tell I've been watching too much Ally McBeal?). It means there's quiet, it means there's nothing external going on… but trust me. I'm happy.
I'm wondering actually if that's not part of the problem with me not really sleeping well. I've not been giving my mind time to process... not been having any of these quiet moments.
We are so unused to emotion
that we mistake any depth of feeling
for sadness, any sense of the unknown
for fear, and any sense of peace for boredom.
"This is who I am when no one's looking." For each of us is a fledgling that eventually, if fed, will fly.
I almost missed this one somehow… I want to just talk about the last one of those things in the quotation on the right, of people mistaking peace for boredom.
Sometimes there's nothing nicer than just… sitting. Not reading, not doing, just… sitting, breathing… allowing my mind the chance to unwind or to process what's going on in there. I'm not bored, I get restless when I'm bored, I'm just… taking a moment. (Anyone tell I've been watching too much Ally McBeal?). It means there's quiet, it means there's nothing external going on… but trust me. I'm happy.
I'm wondering actually if that's not part of the problem with me not really sleeping well. I've not been giving my mind time to process... not been having any of these quiet moments.
