i do and i do not
Last week (or was it the week before?) Thea tagged me with the do/don't meme...I am finally sitting down to write a response:
I do love dairy products more than any other food group.
I do not love the way my body sometimes responds to dairy products and the way my thigh holds onto ice cream and cheese to remind me, forever, of this fact.
I do wish I could swim with humpback whales and sea otters.
I do not love deep water or putting my head underwater...in fact, they both terrify me.
I do think that there is a power, an energy, that is greater than me.
I do not go to church and currently have no desire to attend any kind of organized Sunday morning service other than my teacher's yoga class.
I do love being the passenger on a nice long car ride to a favorite spot.
I do not sit quietly (unless I am asleep) and often try to tell my dear husband how he should be driving (this happens during the interludes when I am not in concert).
I do stand in front of people every week and invite them to love their bodies and take care of themselves.
I do not love my body all the time and I often forget to take care of myself (but when I am teaching yoga I forget how much I do not love my body and just live in my own skin).
I do believe that expressing gratitude is one of the most important things you can share with a person.
I do not tell people thank you enough (this changes today).
I do know that my heart already has all the answers I need.
I do not listen to my heart enough, though I am trying to sit in the quiet more each day.
I do think about writing a book (and I have started talking about it).
I do not spend time actually writing it. This needs to change.
I do the way our garden looks in the summer and I love eating the tomatoes and fresh herbs we grow ourselves.
I do not like weeding or general garden upkeep and wish little gnomes would come in the night and do it for me.
I do love the song "Galileo" by the Indigo Girls because it reminds me that I am not the only person who wonders "how long 'til my soul gets it right?"
I do not love that I cannot answer this question (but appreciate that Blue Poppy had similar thoughts about this last week).
Please share any do/do nots that come to mind...I would love to hear them...
liz lamoreux
Reader Comments (16)
I have similar do's and do not's. I'm also still wondering "How long till my soul gets it right?"
nicely done, by the way.
I do love having new blogging friends
I do not love that most of them live so far away, I can't meet them NOW!
Yours is a great list!
I loved the part about telling people to love and take care of their bodies, even though you might not always do the same.
I always look so admiringly at my yoga teachers that sometimes I forget they are human too.
isn't it funny
how a prompt
like this
can open up so many
possibilities...
loved your answers.
:)
what a beautiful list.Thanks for sharing it. :)
Seee, I KNEW we were kindred spirits! I have most of your "do's" too!
The dairy, the whales, the soul learning, the thoughts on religion...I echo all of it!
It is always great to read these, to learn a little more!
XO
I do relate to so many things on your list.
I don't have any don'ts I want to say right now. :-)
Great, honest list. You sound like a neat person! I love that you teach Yoga. I am just starting it, for the all the reasons you say.
Looking on your blog, and I see Story People! I love Story People, and I even have it saved on my favorites list!(but not on my blog)
I did a Do's and Dont's last wednessday. It was fun, huh?
:)
Juicy, juicy bits..so glad you shared them.
I too wish the gnomes would come to my garden in the night:)
I do love getting to know you better
OK, so you and I should never take a long car trip together ... two people who love to ride and sleep and jabber a little but neither who really likes to drive! A wonderful list.
And you changed your picture! This is very exciting to me, I love this picture of you!
dearest liz,
do you have the soundtrack to il postino? i received it for my birthday and i love it. if you don't have it you must, must, must!!! and i will make a copy of it and stick it in the mail to you! let me know!
love your list, and your new pic! you're one of the sweetest bloggers around....
i loved reading your list. your blog makes me happy. what do you want to write a book about??? that's very exciting i think.
Great list Liz, I loved reading this.
a.
liz, i love your new header on the blog (or at least it's new to me) it fits you PERFECTLY!
oh yeah, and this list. another good read from mi amiga, liz! :-)
I do love Fritos, Ben & Jerry's ice cream and Frosted Flakes.
I do not ever buy them at the grocery store, because I know I will eat them.
;)