My goodness this was stunning with all the kingfishers! I was reading with my 3 year old nestled in against me and he LOVED them! Sorry to hear about the pain. I'm a fellow Type A who loves planners and schemes, so I can only imagine the pain must be so frustrating, especially if you don't know if or when it will improve.
Thanks Rebecca and I LOVE that your 3 year old enjoyed the birds. Pain is certainly a challenge but I think the truth is that we all have things that we carry over to the new year that place boundaries around our plans and dreams. They change with the seasons of our lives but there is always...something (or multiple things!).
I think if we are dreamers we can't help but still dream! The biggest shift I've made since writing this post is to think about goals and rhythms for the next month instead of the entire year. And I'm loving this shift.
You're so right. Having babies is teaching me this - I'm currently pregnant with my third and knowing that newborn season is coming is forcing me to put down my dreams and plans. This time around but I really know they will come back. I love the idea of rhythms for the next month. Much less overwhelming! Thank you 💛
I am so familiar with this pain dance. It's such a tricky messenger, because sometimes I begin to feel like if I'm listening to what it's trying to tell me, it's my fault when the pain still appears. I didn't listen well enough. And I don't know what the answer is. Sometimes suffering is just suffering. But sometimes it's wisdom our body delivers in ways we couldn't hear otherwise. I wonder if there's a particular message associated with expectations and a part of you is just over it? I've noticed that as I live more congruently there's also more vehement kickback when I return to old patterns. Regardless, I love the poem, and I hope for many pain AND pressure free days in this year for you!
Yes, yes, and yes, Annelise. Yes, I believe there are things to learn from the pain. I've experienced it many times over these years. But there are plenty of times when it makes no sense and there's no logic. It's pretty crazy-making. I just said to someone this week that if getting pain free is entirely based on my ability to feel and think things in the "right way" for my nervous system, I'm out of luck. I'm only human.
Glad you liked the poem. Highly recommend a small Mary Oliver collection I've come across called Owls and Other Fantasies. It's mostly poems along with two excellent essays.
My goodness this was stunning with all the kingfishers! I was reading with my 3 year old nestled in against me and he LOVED them! Sorry to hear about the pain. I'm a fellow Type A who loves planners and schemes, so I can only imagine the pain must be so frustrating, especially if you don't know if or when it will improve.
Thanks Rebecca and I LOVE that your 3 year old enjoyed the birds. Pain is certainly a challenge but I think the truth is that we all have things that we carry over to the new year that place boundaries around our plans and dreams. They change with the seasons of our lives but there is always...something (or multiple things!).
I think if we are dreamers we can't help but still dream! The biggest shift I've made since writing this post is to think about goals and rhythms for the next month instead of the entire year. And I'm loving this shift.
You're so right. Having babies is teaching me this - I'm currently pregnant with my third and knowing that newborn season is coming is forcing me to put down my dreams and plans. This time around but I really know they will come back. I love the idea of rhythms for the next month. Much less overwhelming! Thank you 💛
I am so familiar with this pain dance. It's such a tricky messenger, because sometimes I begin to feel like if I'm listening to what it's trying to tell me, it's my fault when the pain still appears. I didn't listen well enough. And I don't know what the answer is. Sometimes suffering is just suffering. But sometimes it's wisdom our body delivers in ways we couldn't hear otherwise. I wonder if there's a particular message associated with expectations and a part of you is just over it? I've noticed that as I live more congruently there's also more vehement kickback when I return to old patterns. Regardless, I love the poem, and I hope for many pain AND pressure free days in this year for you!
Yes, yes, and yes, Annelise. Yes, I believe there are things to learn from the pain. I've experienced it many times over these years. But there are plenty of times when it makes no sense and there's no logic. It's pretty crazy-making. I just said to someone this week that if getting pain free is entirely based on my ability to feel and think things in the "right way" for my nervous system, I'm out of luck. I'm only human.
Glad you liked the poem. Highly recommend a small Mary Oliver collection I've come across called Owls and Other Fantasies. It's mostly poems along with two excellent essays.