A Word Or Two To Heal

[cedar_grove]

Brigid went out in the early dawn,
and saw a hose with a shattered leg.
Bone to bone she knit, flesh to flesh,
vein to vein she sewed, sinew back to sinew.
Bigid, by her woman's power, healed.
And by my woman's power, I can heal myself.

--Traditional Irish song

Learning when to turn inward for our own healing is one of life's hardest lessons.

Today is the beginning of the Read-athing on Librarything.com and I actually set an alarm so that I wouldn't sleep through the first session I had committed to. No, that doesn't mean it was a chore, it means that I didn't want to miss it. As it happens there as a 1 hour gap between the first session I had signed up for and the three others. In eality, what happened was that I just read through all five hours.

I spending so much time today reading, I realised just how much I missed it and how much it is something I enjoy. I mean, sure, I've been reading in little bits, and hour here, a few minutes there... but not a long period of sustained reading, like I did today, and will do tomorrow, and the next several days. I'm just going to have to keep going once the Read-athing is finished.

It's small things like this that provide the steps to our healing - spiritual as well as physical... things that make us 'feel' better make us feel better... ease our dis-ease. It's like, in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, one of the first things you're asked to do is to identify activities that you enjoy doing, that make you feel good - and to set aside some time each day to engage in these activities. Mood boosting I suppose. But it does work. I love to read almost more than I love to write, but I've had so little time to do either, as stupid as that sounds - that I'm missing both. Now that I'm reading more, even in the last couple of days, I'm already feeling more relaxed.

Maybe in a few days I'll even be able to write something, (beyong book reviews and stuff for work). There are journals to write for, on Trek Blog and Stargate Blog... novels to continue... assignments to write, and all these are things I really want to do. It is frustrating coming home so tired and drained from work that I'm really good for nothing... which is why I never have the 'time' to do these things I want to do.

So... having the kindle and reading has been immensely healing for me. I hope it continues.

Comments

[mirrani.livejournal.com]

I hope it continues. Today's Aslan entry .. not what I wrote, but what I read sent someone of mine to be pushing. "Watch my show, make me a post." She is, however, not as severe about it as Michael. When Michael says something, you drop everything to do it. When Polly says something, you take it under strong advisement and put it on your list of things to do. :)