Just sit there

“You have traveled too fast over false ground;

Now your soul has come to take you back.

Take refuge in your senses, open up

To all the small miracles you rushed through.

Become inclined to watch the way of rain

When it falls slow and free.

Imitate the habit of twilight,

Taking time to open the well of color

That fostered the brightness of day.

Draw alongside the silence of stone

Until its calmness can claim you.”

                              John O'Donohue

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Don’t just do something

Sit there

Really

Put down the phone

Turn off the TV

Leave your computer

And take a walk

(having a dog will help)

Look at the mountains

Listen to the owls hoot

Think about nothing

Think about everything

But let each thought go

Into the deepening sky

And just notice

Your feet as they touch the soggy earth

Notice the rain on your face

And the wind brushing against your cheek

Be in that moment

Or sit on your deck

(if you prefer)

And sip your coffee

Noticing its heat

Its taste

Think of nothing

Think of everything

Just let it go

And feel yourself

Rooted to the earth

You have traveled to fast

Over false group

It is time to let your soul

Catch up with your body

And take you

back