Thursday Thoughts...

“I always forget how important the empty days are, how important it may be sometimes not to expect to produce anything, even a few lines in a journal. A day when one has not pushed oneself to the limit seems a damaged damaging day, a sinful day. Not so! The most valuable thing one can do for the psyche, occasionally, is to let it rest, wander, live in the changing light of a room.” 

May Sarton

I spent a fair bit of time pondering how this one came to be filed under 'art' and not under 'life' in my document, and in the end decided it felt more like life than art, so rather than write about it last week, here I am today, pondering Life!

I should probably have this one stuck on my wall, on the inside of every cupboard door, tattooed on my forearm and on the heads up display of our car as I drive!

There simply are words and thoughts that are meaningful and true and that continue to be life companions.

If only I could learn from them...

After returning from Scotland I knew I would be super busy for a month or so, and yep I have been. Tomorrow I fly to New Zealand to present at the Conference, and return home on Monday - literally a flying visit. And then maybe, just maybe, I can begin to work out more ways to incorporate these words into my daily ways of being.

How precious for time to be spend simply being, and not to be judging oneself harshly for not achieving masses of things. Oh to sit and rest among the quietly changing light in a room....