Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Creating places to BE


"Before I can tell my life what I want to do with it, I must listen to my life telling me who I am.” 
― Parker J. Palmer, Let Your Life Speak


It's funny to me how each spring, the first thing I rush to DO is to re-establish my places to BE.  All of the chairs, hammocks, swings - outdoor locations for rest and relaxation - come out from the long winter.  We rarely see the living room in summer- choosing the screened in gazebo instead.









I even make "deals" with myself.  I will sit in each chair at least once per month this summer - turning my time for being into a to-do list.

I have been sitting in front of a computer screen all winter - my body yearns to haul water and till soil - not sit!


Still, the calling to create sacred places for respite remain. Perhaps for some of us, there is being in doing