Cambridge, Fall 2009.
Cambridge, Fall 2009.
It is funny how it goes…
Perhaps it’s because I feel incredibly rested and peaceful… But today I woke without any longings. I got up without any desires or dreams to become this or that. I walked out of the house, just wishing to be kind to whomever I see. Wishing to love what I have.
Suddenly a bigger truth just hit me. I really don’t want to accidentally fall into another rat race. All along all I wanted was to claim and embrace some parts of me that were forgotten and silenced. I wanted to have fun again. The realization that I have done that is crisp and clear. What happens next is not my concern. I like it right here. I feel the openness and the expansion. I feel the lightness. I don’t need much more than that. Certainly not an image or prestige. What I want is to gently punt down the river and enjoy the ride.
Peaceful
November 4, 2009
This post is just lovely. It gives me hope. I just quit my job so that I can experience the things that you described. I am longing for fun and peace and lightness. And more than that, I’m longing for the day that I release the longings.
Enjoy the ride. I am certainly honored that I can witness your journey from afar.
Sigh. This is so beautiful and wise. I’ve been very caught up in yearnings lately and I am not enjoying the sensation! Time to take a deep breath and go for a walk and remember why I stepped away into this space in the first place. Thank you friend.
lovely post! even though i try to be conscious of being in the moment, i still sometimes find myself getting caught up in the running around, and achieving, instead of enjoying. {and those river images make me want to go to Venice… ahhh.}
oh Alex, this is beautiful, simply beautiful! xxoxo
“All along all I wanted was to claim and embrace some parts of me that were forgotten and silenced.” Thank you for these words, Alex. They mean more than I can express right now. Such a lovely post. Thank you. Kxo
The feeling of coming home.
How beautiful. I’ve been struggling with some similar thoughts and feelings. Thank you for the gentle reminder to be.
Amen.
yes.
i sensed that in you the other night dear alex. serene alex.
xxx
yes.
i sensed that in you the other night dear alex. serene alex.
xxx
Amazing photos! Very inspiring work. :)
oh, what a beautiful place to be. and i love the words.
oh, what a beautiful place to be, to not yearn. i love the words.
hello. i stopped over from hula seventy. i really like this post- inspiring!
perhaps this lovely breeze of a deep feeling is sweeping all the way across the sky from Northern California to New Hampshire as I have just gone through some kind of release that is just as you described. it feels heavenly, to have stopped pushing, to have stopped driving– to step into a place of trust and breathe and observe and breathe. love what you have expressed here– feel very connected to this–
oh, what a beautiful place to be. and i love the words.
oh, what a beautiful place to be, to not yearn. i love the words.
Alex, this post really hit home for me lately. I think sometimes we yearn for what we don’t have just because we have been taught that…doesn’t make it true though. Thank you for a beautiful thought and way towards action…