Well, when you first begin a blog, what do you write? I'm sure there are many ways to begin but I shall begin like this...
I love to write. I write everyday. Everyday something glorious comes out of my pen and appears on the page. (except for the days when it doesn't) I have been a seeker for sometime now... I found this great definition of seeker on Urban Dictionary. Seeker: someone who has become enlightened in the ways of the universe by accepting they know nothing about it. This seems to fit me. Everyday I write in the hopes that I might be a little more aware of me and my place in the universe. I'm not sure if it's working but I love the process of writing and the expanded feeling I have when I do it. I love when the energy seems to expand out of me and the separation between me and everything around me gets blurry. I love when that energy moves and all of a sudden I can take a breath that is deeper by far than the ones before. So I'm a seeker and a writer. What else.. Kindness. I think if you asked almost anyone who knows me one of the first things they would offer as a descriptor of me would be "kind". Really! Ask anyone. Now self kindness, that's a little different. I've been becoming increasingly aware, lately, that I am generally not that kind to myself. The things I say to myself. The things I allow for myself. Not kind. When I look in the mirror. Not kind. When I look back at what I did today or 3 weeks ago. Not kind. When I examine my progress or performance. Not Kind. I have this little song going through my head from when I was little, it went something like this: I want to be kind to everyone, For that is right you see, So I say to myself, remember this- Kindness begins with me. "Kindness begins with me." I must be kind to me me. This is where all kindness begins. And here begins My Kindness Project: a major undertaking to discover what it is to be kind to me. I'm not sure what this will look like. What will it take to be kind to myself each day? What can I do today that will be a kindness to me? I asked and wondered. I took a nap, ate, and began to write this. Where will this take me? What fun will I have? Maybe you'd like to come along for the ride? Becky
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"Be kind to yourself, dear - to our innocent follies.
Forget any sounds or touch you knew that did not help you dance. You will come to see that all evolves us." Rumi Beckywriter, artist, seeker, kindness enthusiast Archives
December 2016
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