I’m sitting in my bed in my house on the Island. I’m still a bit jet-lagged and so I’m waking earlier than usual. Every summer when I first arrive I become reacquainted with the experience of early morning calm, those moments that you often see poets write about when the house is quiet, the sun is newly risen and the day is undemanding. Once I’m time adjusted I guess I’ll go back to dragging my sorry ass out of bed groggy and already feeling behind schedule. I’ve never been a “morning person.” But these first summer jet-lagged mornings remind me how much I wish I was. And sitting here in bed gazing at the tree limbs playing with the breeze and the sky turning blue just beyond the walls of my house instills in me a sense of quiet contentment I usually only get after a session of meditation (when I remember to do it).
I have my little “meditation pack” that I travel with — a bag with a necklace of beads, a small finger chime, a shawl and a cutout cardboard drawing of my favourite deity, Saraswati — the goddess of art and creativity (kind of a funny thing for a nice little Jewish girl from New York to carry around with her, but hey — life is change). But for all this, I have somehow fallen out of the habit. It wasn’t a decision to stop. I don’t think I even noticed that I stopped. It just recently dawned on me that I was no longer taking the time to do it. More and more things started to take priority, and then time would get away from me and then another day would pass and then….the habit, and the good that came with it, had slipped away.
It sounds idyllic x
I’ve never tried meditating but I do think it’s really important to make time for yourself!! When I get all stressed I either do some drawing or I listen to music…I think music is good for the soul!!
I’m glad you managed to take time to enjoy the peace and I hope you have a wonderful summer!!
C x
Ps. Of course we will all still be here when you get back 🙂
Yup, I agree with Carol. I hope you have a fabulous time.
Rnjoy.
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I’m a bit like you, Sue, I dream of being an early riser but never quite manage it. I do feel that the quiet time of the morning allows your mind a bit of space. I’m glad you’re getting to be up then even if it is jet lagged induced.
I think sometimes tricking yourself into thinking another thing can’t happen until you do a certian thing, keeps you doing things such as meditation. For example, I now feel unable to work at the computer until I’ve had my walk/run with the dogs. Now it is just the progression of my day.
Enjoy your time away.
I know just what you mean about falling out of the “habit” of meditating, I find it happens all the time – we get so distracted by everything else going on around us. Funny, I remembered to “fall” back into it just this morning, and then alarmed myself by produced the most spectacular lightning, courtesy of the blanket I’d draped over my shoulders – huge blue sparks and flashes – hey, shoo, wow! 😉
I agree that meditation has amazing restorative powers. I was at my most balanced when I was doing a mix of meditation and pilates a few years back. However, at the moment my meditation has taken the form of morning walks listening to the birdsong as well as playing Beethoven on piano. Probably a bit of an odd mix, but it does seem to work. Enjoy your holiday!
I’m a sporadic meditator – keep intending to try to do it more regularly, but haven’t got into a routine. I love the early mornings, though – for writing, reading and walking.
Hope you have a wonderful summer on the Island, Sue.