Sometimes the thought runs through my head that I just want to have a cocooning weekend. I think that desire is not so much about hunkering down on the couch with a blanket, good book, and a crackling fire (although, that will often do just fine), but about wanting some guilt, obligation, resistance, and 'should' free time.
I believe my cocooning desire is less about actually cocooning and more about finding and fostering the essences of (perhaps read these slowly enough that you can feel them) peace, ease, freedom, fun, spontaneity, creativity, and relaxation. And honestly, I could experience those essences in so many activities.
So I wish you all a cocooning weekend (whatever that means for you), and if a whole weekend doesn't seem possible then maybe a day, and if not a day maybe an hour.
Happy Groundhog Day!
Living On Purpose (LOP) is remembering, believing in, and expressing who we really are. This blog is the sharing of the moment by moment experience of practicing Living On Purpose . . . because we all want to feel good.
Friday 1 February 2013
The Sweet Spot
People sometimes talk about finding the 'sweet spot' of some activity. And no, this is not about adding sugar to something.
Golfers may find the 'sweet spot' with their swing when they let go of everything they have learned and experienced, and allow the intuitive body to take over and find the perfect swing for that shot with effortless knowing.
A speaker may have a well crafted speech planned, each word selected, and then during the delivery they listen to a flash of intuition that leads to a saying, or a story, or a statement, that is felt as a ripple of knowing throughout the audience.
A jogger may find a rhythm where they feel they could go on forever.
I love it when I find the sweet spot cross country skiing. It feels like the waxing. the conditions, and my energy level have all culminated at this perfect place where each glide is effortless and beautiful -- like I am flying.
'Sweet spots' may seem to be something that we only experience out-of-the-blue. As if they only happen when we are not expecting them, that they sneak in through the back door and then we find ourselves immersed in their wonder. However, I don't believe 'sweet spots' are meant to be an oddity in our life. They may not be normal occurrences, but I do believe they are natural.
Perhaps if we let go of what we have learned and experienced more often, listen to our flashes of intuition, and allow ourselves to find our rhythm, life would be more sweet.
LOP is living more of my life in the 'sweet spot'.
Golfers may find the 'sweet spot' with their swing when they let go of everything they have learned and experienced, and allow the intuitive body to take over and find the perfect swing for that shot with effortless knowing.
A speaker may have a well crafted speech planned, each word selected, and then during the delivery they listen to a flash of intuition that leads to a saying, or a story, or a statement, that is felt as a ripple of knowing throughout the audience.
A jogger may find a rhythm where they feel they could go on forever.
I love it when I find the sweet spot cross country skiing. It feels like the waxing. the conditions, and my energy level have all culminated at this perfect place where each glide is effortless and beautiful -- like I am flying.
'Sweet spots' may seem to be something that we only experience out-of-the-blue. As if they only happen when we are not expecting them, that they sneak in through the back door and then we find ourselves immersed in their wonder. However, I don't believe 'sweet spots' are meant to be an oddity in our life. They may not be normal occurrences, but I do believe they are natural.
Perhaps if we let go of what we have learned and experienced more often, listen to our flashes of intuition, and allow ourselves to find our rhythm, life would be more sweet.
LOP is living more of my life in the 'sweet spot'.
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