Today I come to you from my Dad and Sheila’s new home in Spain. And the timing couldn’t have been better.
It’s been planned for quite a while - another flight changed over from a time when Covid did it’s usual trick of putting the kibosh on any nice plans.
Things had been getting more and more frantic in my ‘normal’ life. So much stuff to ‘do’. I was at the ‘meeting myself coming backwards’ stage.
So now, sat with my cup of tea and taking some time to just sit and listen to my surroundings, I managed to ‘press pause’
Their new house seems to be surrounded by birdsong. And the occasional car from the road which is fairly close but which you can’t actually see.
I am enjoying just sitting and listening and actually just being here in this moment.
My mind has switched off from it’s usual planning, organising, evaluating mode, bouncing from one thought to another. I am am still.
But even if I didn’t have the luxury of being here in Spain, I could have quite easily taken myself off to a quiet corner of countryside.
Or even have just sat in my own garden (granted I wouldn’t be in my summer shorts and T shirt)
Sometimes it’s just about recognising the need and doing something about it.
I needed to be still.
So I am still.
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