Yesterday I went birdwatching. This is not something I regularly do. It’s something I pretty much never do. I was invited to join others who were doing it.
All the same, I started to notice how much can be gained from spending time in slow observation. I’ve been creating fictionalized facsimiles of nature by writing fantasy stories, but I don’t take as much time as I should to sit in nature, to let it pass through me. Slowing down has always been hard for me, but I think it’s really important.
Maybe I’ll set aside a half-hour to just sit in silence today and see what happens. Maybe fifteen minutes. Maybe five minutes. I think my writing could benefit from more patience, and so could my mood and my life. This could also be tied to the reason I struggle to read the work of others.
Lord, I see the task set out before me, but I don’t know if I have the strength to do what needs to be done.
I worry that if I sit still too long, I’ll burn out like a flickering flame, get stuck. That’s probably a fear I need to face. I need to get stuck so that I’ll know how to get unstuck again.
Thank you for coming to my blog and listening in while I shout at myself in the mirror. Sit in silence today.
It could be good for your health.
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