Being home-bound this weekend, still sick but definitely on the mend, I’ve been riding the waves that can accompany such an experience. At times, I’ve been really grateful for the time/permission/necessity to rest, relax & recover sans any pressure to participate in outside life. Then this passes & the childish part asserts itself, bringing with it small heapings of self-pity, woe is me, as well as a wish for someone to come take care of me. Granted, I have some serious perspective on this issue so this phase passes pretty darn fast.
To feel better, I made myself a cup of tea today from the Yogi Cold Season Sampler. It’s a must-have for a sickie if you ask me, although no one I know can get through the “Throat Comfort” variety. It’s just too something. http://www.yogitea.com/
Not only do these delicious teas add a little boost to the healing, but each tea bag bears an inspirational message as well. I’ve been collecting mine in a jar & it’s nice to know all those good thoughts are keeping my kitchen uplifted in my absence. Today’s message was this: “When ego is lost. Limit is lost.”
This remined me that my time of healing today is not about me & what I want. Some greater purpose is at work this weekend & I shall surrender rather than complain or kvetch about my cold. The old ego doesn’t like be hushed but too bad. I’d rather lose limit!
So, sipping on my tasty tea, I picked up the new Unity Magazine. In an article by Mary Rose O’Reilley, I got the gift of poetry. These lovely words came from the fourteenth-century renunciate, Lalla (http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/L/LallaDedLal/index.htm), a name I’d never heard before:
My teacher told me one thing.
Live in the soul
When that was so
I began to go naked
and dance.
So that is my mission today, to commune with the Divine in me & all things, sailing on from my soul, naked & dancing. Well, dancing may be pushing it but I’ll do what I can. & I’ll let you know what living in Lalla Land is like.
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hey lalla lady,
hey enjoy this gorgeous weather. who luvs ya? - elaine
so I finally closed on that condo. what a trip that whole process was. i’m happy! (”i’ll always be happy, jennifer”;-) Sorry you are sick. I am doing good but working too much. I will call you soon while in my new home sweet home, perhaps while sitting in the sunlight on my little deck
…then I think my wife should live in the soul. Well, on weekends around the house anyway.
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