finding the joy {a meditation}
At the end of this post there is a meditation...
but a couple of other things first.
Thank you all for your kind comments about my Sunday Scribblings post. Your words fill my heart. I am so grateful that I can come here to this space and write and someone reads my words and a connection is made...
but I want to let you know that...
I do watch Project Runway, Survivor, and this last season of American Idol. My current favorite summer program is Entourage on HBO. Johnny Drama is the funniest character on television in my opinion.
I sometimes get really pissed off and say the worst kinds of words (my husband will nod his head when he reads this).
We subscribe to Entertainment Weekly and I often read it right before I go to sleep because I have found it helps me to avoid nightmares (and if you subscribe too, check out their article about Mr. Gibson this week...wow).
I recently spent way too much money on clothes and other stuff to try to measure up to my very cool, thin, beautiful friends.
I ate at McDonald's for dinner tonight. Ugh.
If I had to choose between a bowl of haagen daz ice cream and spending a day with a friend who only wants to talk about herself and not ask me how I am doing, I would choose the ice cream every time. (Wish someone would give me that choice sometimes.)
but I also...
Read poetry to feel grounded.
Organize my theology and philosophy and other spiritual books in a way that I hope the authors talk to one another while sitting on the shelf (I have probably already told you this but I have just moved a few and thought of it again). Maybe they will solve some of the world's problems and I will receive some of their energy.
Cry when my mom sends me a dishtowel she found that had a note attached to it from my grandmother to me. (Why is it that seeing the handwriting invites so much longing? Something tactile in front of you I guess.)
Am not talking about anyone who reads this blog in the ice cream comment. I am just sayin' some people suck the life out of you and ice cream, chocolate creamy ice cream, can simply be a better friend.
Believe blogging has reintroduced me to myself.
Drink daily mugs of woodsy green tea to feel a connection to the earth.
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edited 1/24/11: There used to be an audio meditation here but the service I used to house the audio file no longer exists. The "space around your heart" (downloadable) audio meditation in the sidebar could be used with the mirror meditation I write about on my blog. You could keep your eyes open, looking in the mirror, during the meditation or you could do the meditation in front of the mirror with your eyes closed and then open then at the end, noticing how you feel.
mirror meditation in breathe.
Reader Comments (13)
liz, this is such a nice post - as if you want us to know all the little crevices you live in. thanks for the sharing and the caring...
oohhh haagen daz is divine! I often do escape in a bowl of ben and jerry too:)
I love this meditation challenge
Handwritten notes and ice cream...two of my favorite things.
I love reading your blog!
i never thought of positioning books so that the authors commune with each other....what a whimsical idea.
liz, it's bee...slightly more anonymous this time. :) my new site is www.waitingonthefrontporch.blogspot.com
I have a friend like that too :) Arranging your books brought a huge smile to my face.
I did the meditation and it was just what I needed for today :)
Your voice is so soothing.
Hugs
So glad to hear you aren't a robot, Liz. My next bowl of Marsha Marsha Marshmallow will be in your honor!
Your meditation was wonderful. I can't say I'm comfortable looking in the mirror yet, but your words take me to a calmer, more accepting place. Thanks for uploading them.
thank you for sharing your beautiful human-ness with all of us beautiful, messy, humans. i always find it amusing when people see me as someone who is calm and has it together...if only they could have heard the string of f-words that probably left my lips about 30 seconds prior :) imperfection is true beauty, in my opinion.
keep choosing that ice cream, darlin'...
happy tuesday, and love and peace to you!
i may have to compose a post about the "real" me that nobody sees on this blog...
can't wait to use the meditation. i have things to say today and tomorrow about the journey...
Ice Cream....mmmmmm. It may not be better than a great friend, but it's way better than spending time with an emotional vampire.
I love the way you arrange your books on the shelf too. Makes total sense to me!
I loved both this post and your Sunday Scribblings one. (Trying to catch up after my trip!)
Liz :) Liz :) Liz :)
You are such a delight. I love your honesty and the way you share yourself (literally) with all of us...Thank you :)
xxx darlene
I did this meditation this morning and LOVED it. I let go, and let the joy in and just BREATHED. Thank you so, so much. I needed it!
L. Thankyou. Thankyou.
Beautiful post, Liz. Thank you. And I know someone like you describe, who talks only about herself. I'd rather have the ice cream too.