Run while you can! Are you with me? Just kidding…but I know we might feel like running away in the million forms that can take. It’s all too easy to get caught up the currents of the world-in achieving, being “good enough,” avoiding what hurts, trying to be someone or something, going here and there, and hustling to make all of our dreams come true.Īnd now, in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, we are being asked to do what many of us fear most of all: to sit still. The tears feel like a soft liberation rolling down my cheeks. So once again, I find myself curled up in exhaustion, reading Pema’s words-and I sigh and cry and laugh a little. I forget how to deal when things get sh*tty. I forget what life really is about, what I’m here for-or how brave I can be. You’d think the dog-eared, highlighted, and bookmarked pages would be burned into my brain, line by line.īut I forget. I have read it so many times that you’d think I’d have it memorized.
~ Waylon Someone recently reminded me of Pema Chödrön’s book, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times. Relephant read: Elephant’s Continually updated Coronavirus Diary.
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