This is my first week back from holiday - a holiday that i really needed. I was finding that the pressure to ‘create’, to ‘complete’ things, to ‘perform’ was starting to slow me down. Even the pressure to write for this space felt difficult.
But after a week, i find new energy, albeit in some ways a fragile truce.
There is always too much to do, but without taking small steps we will never traverse the landscape. The trick is to be kind enough to yourself on the journey.
Use your sixty seconds today for yourself.
Stop - breathe - reflect.
What are you proud of this week - who have you connected with - what did you hear - what one thing did you touch that made a difference, even if only in the smallest of ways.
If the answer is ‘i don’t know’, then that is fine: but use that knowledge to consider your journey next week.
We are ‘in practice’ not crossing a finish line. Being mindful of when we are exploring, and when we are being swept along in the rapids, is important.
Day #374 - In the Rapids