Cleave
December 28, 2011 
This Christmas break contains nearly everything I have asked for: quiet, underscheduled, uncrowded. I am trying to honor the simple rhythm of tasks that must get done. Stove stoked. Meditate. Breakfast. Dishes. Play Dough. Wood split. Firewood loaded. Sledding. Snack. Nap. Etc.
It sounds more peaceful than I feel.
I am halfway through my 30-day meditation challenge. I imagined claiming space for this would bathe me in a peaceful, dreamy light, but it hasn't really been like that. It's been like watching my mind quiver and buzz and alight onto a million trivial things that I would like to care less about. It's been observing that even when I give myself room to be alone, I bring with me a dozen real or perceived snipes, snubs and gripes that I know I need to let go. I know. But here we are, sitting in the dark and quiet together. I notice that I feel alone, and not in the good way.
I am thinking a lot about 2012 in the quiet of this week. Considering what to invite with me and what to leave behind. What to cleave to, and what to be cleaved from. More doing. Less thinking. More alone. More together. More dreams. Less doubts. More hope. Less reason. More movement. More rhythm. More joy. Yes, please.
Reader Comments (5)
Yes, please, me too.
New Years does that to us all...makes us look inside ourselves. Sometimes I think this is the only time of year some might take a breath and actually look. But all to soon, they are running and doing. So here's to a year that is lived with intention, not reaction -- who knows, maybe joy will show up more than we think.
I like the more this and the less that. Much more mindful than standardized resolutions. I think I might need to borrow this.
It really is that time of year when we clear out the old making space for the new. Wishing you more joy and laughter and light in this new up and coming year. Love..love..love the image!!
I'll take an order of that too Corinna. Love this shot...timing...time...year...new year...
Wishing you and your awesome family all the peace and joy in the world in 2012.