cosmos
Nothing else is required of you but to just be here now.
In solitude, we learn to allow things to grow slowly and gently. To feel cradled in the quiet; to feel whole as you are. Marilynne Robinson once said, “I grew up with the confidence that the greatest privilege was to be alone and have all the time you wanted. That is the cream of existence.”
“We should write because it is human nature to write. Writing claims our world. It makes it directly and specifically our own. We should write because humans are spiritual beings and writing is a powerful form of prayer and meditation, connecting us both to our own insights and to a higher and deeper level of inner guidance.
We should write because writing brings clarity and passion to the act of living. Writing is sensual, experiential, grounding. We should write because writing is good for the soul. We should write because writing yields us a body of work, a felt path through the world we live in.
We should write, above all, because we are writers, whether we call ourselves that or not.”
— Julia Cameron
How heavy my mind is, filled with the past.
Is there enough room for the world to penetrate?
It must go somewhere,
it cannot simply sit on the surface—
Stars gleaming over the water.
The leaves piled, waiting to be lit.
Insight, my sister said.
Now it is here.
But hard to see in the darkness
You must find your footing
before you put your weight on it.
— Louise Glück, "Autumn"
We go through phases of doing, resting, and (just) being. We are encouraged to move with each stage, embrace it and even celebrate it; all are equally important. Most significantly, rest.
"Nature reminds me that healing is natural. My body, spirit, and mind want to heal, and I need to create the space and time to do that." — Andrea Quijada
