"You are the most magical creature," he says.
My brows furrow thoughtfully
and I tilt my head to the left side
as I contemplate his words,
simultaneously strange and alluring.
Then the animal that dwells
invisibly beneath my skin
arches her back,
and stretches out her long limbs
as she wakes from her stunned slumber.
I came to the sea to just be.
To let the wild wind carry away all the stressful thoughts about not being able to get everything done, not knowing enough, my fear of failing and the invisible implications of not getting it right.
I roared with the wind.
I followed the dogs running excitedly along the wet sand and shook it all off.
Read MoreIt’s 5.43am. Between the gap in curtains the slate grey pre-dusk light mingles with the dark amber glow of the fluorescent street light. A deep silence fills my bedroom, the house, the immediate world around me. But in the distance I can hear a stream of traffic on the freeway already.
I’m not an early riser but this morning, I can’t get back to sleep and my usual tactic of lying still and ignoring my state of sleeplessness until I fall asleep again is not working.
This morning I feel the pull the to get up and write, a pull I haven’t really felt for some months: my blog has remained frozen in time and my newsletters have fallen into silence.
My outer life has been busy in changing ways.
"Freedom is the oxygen of the soul" ~Moshe Dayan
Once again the silence and stillness wraps around.
No impulse to move or to speak,
only be here now amidst the rapture of breath.
Again I have broken the vow I made to myself
only now to ask:
who is the one that demands that I am consistent and why?
“If you abandon the present moment, you cannot live the moments of your daily life deeply"—Thich Nhat Hanh
The immediacy of your life
demands that you pay attention now,
be present here and now,
and tend to the aches,
the tiredness,
the fear,
the sadness,
the anger,
the hopelessness,
the helplessness,
the confusion,
the shame
as and when it arises.
“I ask of life to shine meaning in everyone who is searching.” ~ Aurora Hernandez
I am sweeping out the rooms of my house.
As I work my way down towards the basement
I discover rooms I never knew existed.
Some rooms have been locked for years
and I’ve only just discovered the key.
"Today is the greatest day I've ever known" — William Patrick Corgan
Today...
dark red juicy strawberries,
sweet sugary nougat,
fresh cut grass,
the polarized sun setting, splintering golden light through a naked tree;
Kym Wilson is an Australian writer, coach and pilgrim. In late 2013, she walked 2,022 kilometres alone along the Via Francigena pilgrimage trail from Canterbury to Rome seeking inner wisdom and healing.
