Your trip to Spain looks so wonderful! It must be the year for lovely Spanish travels! I’m so glad you had a lovely time.
I can really relate to wanting less of a rigid writing schedule too, I think I’m going to take a break over the summer and then see how I want to move forward with my writing. I think as soon as I make it a ‘must do’, it takes all the joy out of it and writing for pleasure was always the main point. I hope you find a more flexible and enjoyable way forward too.
I needed to hear this today. Your comment made my day.
These days I'm questioning and reflecting on many things including where my energy is going and whether I want to continue doing certain things or make changes in my life.
As I wrote in a previous post, I feel that I'm getting "too old" to not be more mindful about my life. At this point, I feel that time is so short in this lifetime and I want to make sure I feel I've lived life as fully as I could and been as present to it as I could. I don't want to miss anything. I want to be free to be more fully myself, to explore the wonders and beauty of this world. To spend time with those I love and care about.
Spain's culture really struck me to the core. I loved how everyone seemed to be so much more present to each other. So attentive. So gentle, loving, and kind. Look, I'm sure there were some mean people too; but, I fortunately didn't meet them. I just observed how everyone was living their lives, enjoying each other and themselves, and being very affectionate regardless whether they were friends, siblings, parents and children, or partners. Everyone seemed to be close and having such a lovely time. And, these were not tourists. These were locals. I loved that about Spain. I wish I could experience that back home. Alas, the culture I was raised and live in is so different.
I feel that I've lived life on a hamster wheel for so long--going, going, going...to no real place. Just going...I'm tired of this merry-go-round. It hasn't been so merry. Now, my head is spinning and I feel that I need to get my bearing.
What I do know for sure is that the most important thing in life is not the acquisition of things, but the people we meet and the relationships we cultivate. One day on my death bed, I won't give a damn how many things I had (those things won't matter at all), but on the quality of my relationships, the people in my life, and the memories that I created.
Your trip to Spain looks so wonderful! It must be the year for lovely Spanish travels! I’m so glad you had a lovely time.
I can really relate to wanting less of a rigid writing schedule too, I think I’m going to take a break over the summer and then see how I want to move forward with my writing. I think as soon as I make it a ‘must do’, it takes all the joy out of it and writing for pleasure was always the main point. I hope you find a more flexible and enjoyable way forward too.
Thanks for another brilliant post.
Thank you, Allie. You're very kind.
I needed to hear this today. Your comment made my day.
These days I'm questioning and reflecting on many things including where my energy is going and whether I want to continue doing certain things or make changes in my life.
As I wrote in a previous post, I feel that I'm getting "too old" to not be more mindful about my life. At this point, I feel that time is so short in this lifetime and I want to make sure I feel I've lived life as fully as I could and been as present to it as I could. I don't want to miss anything. I want to be free to be more fully myself, to explore the wonders and beauty of this world. To spend time with those I love and care about.
Spain's culture really struck me to the core. I loved how everyone seemed to be so much more present to each other. So attentive. So gentle, loving, and kind. Look, I'm sure there were some mean people too; but, I fortunately didn't meet them. I just observed how everyone was living their lives, enjoying each other and themselves, and being very affectionate regardless whether they were friends, siblings, parents and children, or partners. Everyone seemed to be close and having such a lovely time. And, these were not tourists. These were locals. I loved that about Spain. I wish I could experience that back home. Alas, the culture I was raised and live in is so different.
I feel that I've lived life on a hamster wheel for so long--going, going, going...to no real place. Just going...I'm tired of this merry-go-round. It hasn't been so merry. Now, my head is spinning and I feel that I need to get my bearing.
What I do know for sure is that the most important thing in life is not the acquisition of things, but the people we meet and the relationships we cultivate. One day on my death bed, I won't give a damn how many things I had (those things won't matter at all), but on the quality of my relationships, the people in my life, and the memories that I created.
Thank you, again for your support and kind words.