“Sometimes I think there are only two instructions we need to follow to develop and deepen our spiritual life: slow down and let go.”
- Oriah Mountain Dreamer
go slowly, move deliberately.
let yourself languish in the sun.
allow the warmth to envelope you like a blanket of bliss, like a veil of beauty that needs nothing but your presence and attention for just this moment in time.
gently take this gift, this pause, this breath.
it will change you, if you let it.
it will speak to you in soft whispers,
it will deliver treasures of delight you might not notice in your otherwise hurried hours.
even when it is forced upon you, disrupting your beloved routines, the relentless productivity you have so carefully crafted, if you can surrender to the unintended idleness, I promise you, there is beauty to be found.
embrace this going slowly, this steady stillness
try to see and feel and taste the beauty, as if you had all the time in the world.
it will change you, this going slowly.
it will allow you to remember who to be in this tangle of tired days.
it will give you back your body, to be embodied in the most gentlest of ways.
it will help you to remember that our lives are not simply handed to us, they are a offered as a gift, and that nature always knows the way.
go slowly, my friend.
return to this forgotten destination, and I will meet you there.
let yourself languish in the sun.
allow the warmth to envelope you like a blanket of bliss, like a veil of beauty that needs nothing but your presence and attention for just this moment in time.
gently take this gift, this pause, this breath.
it will change you, if you let it.
it will speak to you in soft whispers,
it will deliver treasures of delight you might not notice in your otherwise hurried hours.
even when it is forced upon you, disrupting your beloved routines, the relentless productivity you have so carefully crafted, if you can surrender to the unintended idleness, I promise you, there is beauty to be found.
embrace this going slowly, this steady stillness
try to see and feel and taste the beauty, as if you had all the time in the world.
it will change you, this going slowly.
it will allow you to remember who to be in this tangle of tired days.
it will give you back your body, to be embodied in the most gentlest of ways.
it will help you to remember that our lives are not simply handed to us, they are a offered as a gift, and that nature always knows the way.
go slowly, my friend.
return to this forgotten destination, and I will meet you there.
X Alisa
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