Stillness: Study 11
The morning hours are here - the world is dark and quiet. A new day—dawn—emerges slowly. In the quiet, I settle. With the day before me, how should I go about living it? So many tasks and so many possibilities—where do I begin? Just as the day begins, I begin in the black void of dawn; all creative potential rests here. And in the stillness, clarity comes.
I still my mind, and I gain clarity.
I take a deep breath. I notice so many thoughts rushing around. I breathe again and let them go, focusing on my breath:the perfect pattern of the inhale and the exhale. I scan my body. There is tension. I breath into that tension and release. I let go. I become the emerging day, still, and yet happening. I am expectant—what will be will be. All turmoil settles - and I wake to clarity.
“When you don’t know what to do, get still. The answer will come.”
“We don’t have to go anywhere to obtain the truth. We only need to be still and things will reveal themselves in the still water of our heart.”
Making a Connection Through Art Journaling
I am posting this short video showing you how I cultivate stillness through art and nature. Enjoy!
“In stillness the muddied water returns to clarity.”
Blessings
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December Reading List
Silence: The Power of Quiet in a World Full of Noise by Thich Nhat Hanh
Stillness Speaks by Eckhart Tolle
Too Deep for Words by Thelma Hall
Snow Crystals (Dover Pictorial Archive) by W.A. Bentley
“Be Still”
Today I am thankful for the clarity I find in stillness.