I’ve been with great people the last ten days. In very powerful connection and learning. In a way that has been very life-giving, affirming, satisfying, and generative. I feel like my brain and heart have been finely enhanced to be able to see and feel more. It’s an open and awed feeling, a bit, perhaps, like realizing the library just doubled in size (and I have easy ability to read and access all of the extra).
I continue to learn that that’s what deliberate circle practice and circled way of being does. It enhances and amplifies us. I’m glad for that.
Today, however, points me to another fulfillment that also is quite affirming, satisfying, and generative. Today points me to a more introverted and quiet space. Or, to more internal, rather than the external. I continue to learn that there is great power and necessity to return to the still and quiet.
This morning, I wrote these words:
Still and Quiet
Though I appreciate
a certain high
that comes from juggling much,
or being efficient,
or accomplishment,
with many people,
I also need,
in well-placed moments,
and stretches,
to be with self,
still and quiet.