Corner of a picture of my grandparents taken 40 years ago. A candle in a glass jar, one third of its 72 hours burned. Stones collected from a 2018 road trip with a best buddy. A potted houseplant vine. Post-it notes of names of people from a recent gathering. It’s all a kind of altar in my office. The simple of it is that I’m a person that values physical and symbolic artifacts.
I’ve been asking people lately, near and dear, and often — What is the simple story here, now? It’s a form of the question, “What is happening?” It’s a form of the question, “What matters now?”
I love the responses. There’s a little extra permission to get to the values. To get centered. To get simple. In the simple story, there is room created for the more nuanced stories that are still working themselves out.
It’s in all of that spirit that I wrote these guiding words this morning. Thinking of grandparents, stones, and people I admire.
Live a good day.
Live a good hour.
Live a good moment.
Opened
in heart.
Going well
within
and with others.
For inspiration.
going well
within
and with others
within and with others
quite a turn of phrase.
love this kind of turning.
seems like there are many opportunities for this turning to occur.
in a labyrinth, we turn and return and turn again.
until we come to the center place,
where we pause to consider where those turnings have brought us.
and then we turn and return as we come back to the world.
the world outside us, at least.
the most interesting turns in a labyrinth walk are when you walk with others. because we meet on the path, sometimes directly, sometimes adjacent. and then we shift our place in space and time to “be with” the other, for a moment at least.
going well
within
and with others.
lovely. and thank you.
Appreciated Saoirse. A breath and a bow.
So simple. A touchstone for how life might be…
Much love and kindness, friend.
Received. Thank you Katharine.