It was a quiet day.

Not so much from without; but from within. I kept to myself today .... didn't talk a lot .... didn't interact a whole lot .... was just .... quiet. I wasn't being introspective or thoughtful, either. I wanted to get away. Get away from everything that's been making me think and feel the way I have been lately. I'm too tied up in knots so much of the time, and I know I have to stop and
just
be
quiet.
I didn't allow the worried thoughts to enter my mind .... nor the hurt feelings to sting .... I didn't spend time on the computer .... and I didn't beat myself up for not writing, or creating .... I just let myself be. It felt good ... it felt relaxing (which is a very foreign feeling for me these days); but then .... lol .... typical me ... I started feeling guilty for doing nothing. lol Ohh man ... I can't win for losing. lol But all in all, it felt good to take a day off from me. :)

Tomorrow I go back to the grind .... but hopefully, this day-long vacation from me will have begun its lesson in knowing I cannot be all things to all people. Not if I want there to still be any of me left in the end, that is.

Now I think I will go back to my quiet place and relish the last few minutes ......

hmm... that sounds good =) hope you're enjoying.
"Truth lies within ourselves: it takes no rise from outward things, whatever you may believe. There is an inmost center in us all, where truth abides in fullness and to Know rather consists in opening out a way whence the imprisoned splendor may escape than in effecting entry for light supposed to be without."

love, monica

Thoughtfully shared by: monica at December 16, 2002 10:50 PM

in a world of deadlines and stress it is comforting to know that there is one place in our life where it is better not to rush, and that is the place of Spiritual Growth.

Escape to Freedom! :))

Thoughtfully shared by: Debbie Hunt at December 17, 2002 02:51 PM