Synchronicity! Synchronicity! I read this in Joko Beck's Ordinary Wonder today: We resist feeling that pain because experiencing it is not easy. But the act of seeing the resistance is part of the work we do, which allows us to have contact with our unwillingness. And the more contact we have with our unwillingness, the more the transformation to willingness begins to occur. It’s just a matter of being persistent, of being willing to experience our unwillingness a greater and greater percentage of the time. We can’t make ourselves willing. But, contact with our unwillingness gradually transforms it into willingness.
So, I guess your call to feel the feelings is resonating with me. And, your hint of unwillingness with the "why bother," too.
And I can't not comment on the lilacs!!!! Oh the lilacs. I am so in love with the lilacs.
Yes. I'm wondering how this works with worry. Like when I'm awake at night worrying about work - if I notice (accept, identify, feel) that I'm worrying about work, will I eventually stop worrying so much about work? I don't know. I wish that could be so.
My lilacs are about to burst open. The flowers in my garden are bringing me joy, as they always do...
Feeling these feelings with you, Mary! Thanks for your words!
Thanks, Christi!
So true. There are thorns everywhere...but also a lot of beauty.
Synchronicity! Synchronicity! I read this in Joko Beck's Ordinary Wonder today: We resist feeling that pain because experiencing it is not easy. But the act of seeing the resistance is part of the work we do, which allows us to have contact with our unwillingness. And the more contact we have with our unwillingness, the more the transformation to willingness begins to occur. It’s just a matter of being persistent, of being willing to experience our unwillingness a greater and greater percentage of the time. We can’t make ourselves willing. But, contact with our unwillingness gradually transforms it into willingness.
So, I guess your call to feel the feelings is resonating with me. And, your hint of unwillingness with the "why bother," too.
And I can't not comment on the lilacs!!!! Oh the lilacs. I am so in love with the lilacs.
Yes. I'm wondering how this works with worry. Like when I'm awake at night worrying about work - if I notice (accept, identify, feel) that I'm worrying about work, will I eventually stop worrying so much about work? I don't know. I wish that could be so.
My lilacs are about to burst open. The flowers in my garden are bringing me joy, as they always do...