Flowers make every day a little nicer...
Sometimes when the weight of life is comes barreling down on me, I have the unfortunate tendency to first discard the self-renewing practices from my schedule. Over time, the elimination of these practices from my life extends and perpetuates this weighted down experience. Yoga, meditation, exercise and other internally rewarding activities are put to the side to attend to external matters. And when it is put in this context, it seems altogether silly that I should do such a thing. But the regression of these internal practices occurs at such a gradual and unconscious rate that it never really seems like a decision at all. And that is the scariest part of it all.
So I decided to break that chain today, and went to the gym for a quick work-out. Amidst a week filled with deadlines and doubts, I made time for myself again. I made time to focus on the here and now, to check in with my body again, and was reminded of one of my favorite Joseph Campbell quotes: The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature. And that made today a pretty good day.
Other things I've been into lately:
* The artistic dialogue of Roadsworth
* Various puzzles and tidbits at Cliff Pickover's site
* Daily advice and tips from Zen Habits
So I decided to break that chain today, and went to the gym for a quick work-out. Amidst a week filled with deadlines and doubts, I made time for myself again. I made time to focus on the here and now, to check in with my body again, and was reminded of one of my favorite Joseph Campbell quotes: The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature. And that made today a pretty good day.
Other things I've been into lately:
* The artistic dialogue of Roadsworth
* Various puzzles and tidbits at Cliff Pickover's site
* Daily advice and tips from Zen Habits