Listening
Though it says March 23rd, these comments are my reflections for Friday, March 24, 2006! I will be away from a computer when I would normally write my Friday thoughts.
How do we listen to our personal rhythms of life? As I noted in the comments on developing rhythms, I have felt through the years that I am not a morning person. Yet, I also know that, (along with my walking in the morning) I often find my greatest peace in times of meditation at that time of day. By evening, I have so many thoughts running through my mind that it is very hard to stop them, settle down, and be present to the Holy. Sarah's question, "What patterns yield a sense of simultaneous energy and peace?" begs me to reconsider my natural life-rhythms. She says that by finding our natural patterns, we engage our deepest selves in our practice. " Perhaps my daily routines actually are congruent with my personal life-rhythms. Maybe I am doing better at it than I thought I was. What patterns yield a sense of simultaneous energy and peace in your life? Share your ideas with others via the blog!
-Joan
How do we listen to our personal rhythms of life? As I noted in the comments on developing rhythms, I have felt through the years that I am not a morning person. Yet, I also know that, (along with my walking in the morning) I often find my greatest peace in times of meditation at that time of day. By evening, I have so many thoughts running through my mind that it is very hard to stop them, settle down, and be present to the Holy. Sarah's question, "What patterns yield a sense of simultaneous energy and peace?" begs me to reconsider my natural life-rhythms. She says that by finding our natural patterns, we engage our deepest selves in our practice. " Perhaps my daily routines actually are congruent with my personal life-rhythms. Maybe I am doing better at it than I thought I was. What patterns yield a sense of simultaneous energy and peace in your life? Share your ideas with others via the blog!
-Joan
posted by Melanie at 3:28 PM
1 Comments:
I am with the rest of you bloggers in that my mornings just don't lend themselves to my best efforts, and evening, well, when there's a free spot with kid's activities or my own busyness, I am not fully in tune with God... so I have settled on late afternoons... It's right before the kids get off school and right after I run out of physical energy and need a little "pick me up"... I do my bible study and then some peace with God... I walk in the mornings when the weather is good, but find I don't do well praying and walking... I'm not sure why that is, but it may have to do with the fact that it's, well, still morning... I walk at night at our health club with Jeff so I am focused on him then... At night I can work on my to-do lists for the next day, and in the car I can do my "conversational" prayers with God, or listen to the Bible on CD...but I seem to be fully wired at about 1:30, and can focus on my studies... I'm so blessed to be home during the day, because I don't know how other people find time if they have no alone time... When my family is around, I'm too focused on them... I can't think about my own needs...
I hadn't thought about this too much before this, and it's cool to have this "exercise" to realize we all have different rhythms... This works for me... It's good to think outside the "AM or PM" box and look for times that you may not have thought of before that may work better for your individual rhythm...
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