Something to try:
How long? Can you sit alone
and do nothing?
Just be. Seated.
Outside, but not at the beach.
You can look.
But not at your phone.
No talking.
You can think.
But not about after sitting.
You can listen. Engines at work,
or children playing. Birds.
You can touch. Your arm, or, chair arm.
No writing or reading.
No poems.
If the neighbor burns leaves,
you can smell the smoke.
If it rains, you can
stick out your tongue.
You can taste the flowers growing.
How long? Can you let this world
happen around you?
Just be. Still.
Quiet.
Seated. Unafraid.
With nothing to do—
with your emotions.
No guessing how long.
Just something to try.
It helps that I’ve made a safe haven here for me and the pups and my turtle. I can sit quietly with no distractions and just BE. Albert (the turtle) is a great teacher…
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Most of us, myself included often times will run like hell rather than allow ourselves to really feel our feelings. I tell myself to be brave and that they won’t kill me. In fact they may even heal me from some chronic condition that has blocked my ability to share in the beauty joy and love that is all around me all the time. I might even get what I want as well as what I need. Pretty cool reason to let myself feel my feelings and yes Sonny I must first slow down and sit quietly alone. Thanks for the reminder, my friend.
What a difference the world would be!