We all had a lot of laughs over ME having ADD. (Thank you daughter for the negative diagnosis.) People from yoga enjoyed that too, considering I have such severe focus in class, the teacher often tries to break into it.
So, no ADD, but the warnings to go slow still keep coming. After the one on my way home from yoga today, I truly know God means business. I turned onto my street and braked because an elderly gentleman was ambling slowly across the road. After he passed in front of my car, I caught a glimpse of the words on the back of his T-shirt. It said: What’s the rush? Now, if, on top of all the other “slow down” messages from the last two days, this one doesn’t nail the coffin shut, I don’t what else would.
Today’s message in yoga did provide some clarity to all these messages beckoning me to take things slowly. The instructor said, “Change and new possibilities are in the air with the change of the season.” The affirmation was: “As I love and approve of myself and others, my life will get better and better.” Suddenly all the troubles I’ve had this week in class began to make sense. The change in season signifies changes in both body and mind. Poses I flew through all summer are giving me trouble. I’m wobbling and falling out, and yesterday had to take that knee. Things are moving and shifting in my body causing things that used to be easy, to become difficult. This shows me how our minds, bodies, and lives change with the change of season.
As I paint in the gorgeous afternoon weather, I feel change and movement all around me. I have a sense of something changing in my life and I am supposed to “take it slow” and not push ahead like I usually do. I feel a real need to “let go and let God” and just keep painting my house. Just be quiet and paint. That’s the message I’m getting this week. Even if the change in my life is small, at least my house will get painted, I’ll get a lot of great exercise and fresh air, and I certainly will sleep well. What I do know though, is, I cannot ignore those warnings.
And so, as another day goes by, September 1 is a day to stop and be aware of changes in the offing, and….I have written.
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