There are some days where I just need to take a deep breath. I either get running to fast, get pulled into multi-tasking, or end up stressed out about something that may or may not be related to anything else. When that happens, I feel this pressure – this pressure to move and do. At times it can become almost frantic. When that happens, I just need to step back, take a big, deep breath, and then slowly re-engage, focusing on one thing at a time. Today has been one of those days.
"…Living only for the moment, turning our full attention to the pleasures of the moon, the snow, the cherry blossoms and the maple leaves; singing songs, drinking wine, diverting ourselves just floating, floating….refusing to be disheartened, like a gourd floating along with the river current; this is what we call the floating world…” Asai Ryoi, in Ukiyo Monogatari (Tales of the Floating World, 1661)
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Take A Deep Breath
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