Spring brings anxiety for me but it’s just a microcosm of a larger concern within my life. There is the pull of the “do, do, do” when I want to be (if I’m moving at all) slower and more exploratory. I know that this anxiety comes not just in Spring but in the whole of life. Gratefully, I am feeling more confident in being motivated by Nature (and less by the world) as I get older. I have found throughout my lifetime that my thresholds for burnout seem unusually low. And as I get older they become lower and lower.…
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Am I the only one who looks around in amazement (and maybe with some healthy skepticism) at life as it is, wondering “Is this who I am? How did I get so blessed?” (And the skepticism chiming in “Are you gonna be able to make this last?”) I have an insane amount of and insanely wonderful people in my life. Sometimes I wonder if I am dreaming. As a child, connection, community and friendship were absent. A big part of this was due to location and familial circumstances. When you only have so many people physically living around you at…
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(but this time it’s not about lotion) I get anxious about a lot of things. You would never know it to look at me. And honestly, you will likely never hear me say it when it happens. But I do get it. And I do have thoughts. And these thoughts definitely tie into this (though it’s not about the lotion.) It’s about how we all still think – this + that = this result – no matter the circumstances, timing, or the MYRIAD OF MILLIONS of other factors that influence a result. I am currently in a health program –…