My Daily
Search for … Continues…
What am
I searching for…?
When I
was a new family and marriage counsellor I had a young client.
She came
out to South Africa from Holland? Germany? and found herself
in a
complex situation she could hardly have imagined.
She
looked at me earnestly and said “All I want is a nice quiet life…”
We
worked together to deal with her newly realised reality.
I’ve
pondered her words lots in the intervening 30+ years.
“Yes.
That’s what I want too.” I remember thinking at the time.
“ And
now I have the words to express my deepest desire. Thank you!”
In some
respects my life is not what others would call “quiet…”
What
then does “quiet” mean to me?
Sufficient
harmony within myself and with those I live and work with.
And I
have that most times these days...
I
conserve and nurture my goodwill with myself and with particularly these
others.
I create
the peacefulness I need, within myself, and around me every day.
I heard
someone talk recently about important “holy habits” and “righteous routines.”
I have
developed what works for me and gives me pleasure.
Tai Chi
every week is important to me.
It helps
me be physically and mentally more peaceful.
I found
my Tai Chi group I used to belong to at the Botanic Gardens this week!
They
meet an hour earlier!
That’s
why I have missed them since we got home!
Happy
Day!
Steve,
one of the leaders, said “I can see you did Tai Chi while you were in KZN…”
Indeed,
I did, every week. Sometimes on the beach, sometimes in the garden,
sometimes
in our apartment, sometimes on our West balcony.
One of
my righteous routines…
The
group has progressed to level 4. I am
well-schooled in levels 1 and 2.
On
Tuesday I was delightfully clumsy in the next two levels!
I
giggled and giggled as I tried my best to follow.
As you
know I have difficult with my left and my right.
So when
Lynda said “drop your left hand and circle your right” it was
a
significant mental feat for me to follow her…
There’s
a child-likeness to not knowing that is very blissful for me.
Another
righteous routine is a bath in the afternoon.
It helps
me physically and gives me a good soak. “Relax. Unwind.
Soak.”
Oh
yeah…! Thank you Dianne for “Relax. Unwind!”
She has
those words on her bathroom wall.
What are
you searching for, reaching for?
How’s your
search going?
Some
searches take a life-time… and beyond…
“A happy
life must be, to a great extent, a quiet life – for it is only in
an
atmosphere of quiet that true joy can live.”
Bertrand
Russell said in “Boredom and Excitement” –
(Reader’s Digest – How To Live With Life, p 219 “Slow Down - and Live.”
May we
all prosper in the deepest meanings of the word this 2020.
Love
Mom /
Judy
Yep... it was chilly enough - in January! to wear a cardigan on Sunday.
PS We
began functioning as Young Single Adult advisors…
A Whole
New Learning Curve for Us!
Working
together… that is a new one…
We’re
good at parallel work… Now we’ll get to working on companion work…
Here’s
hoping…
I liked
these companion sculptures at
The
newish Cradlestone Mall Muldersdrift, near Krugersdorp.
