I’ve been MIA on {Hope Scribbles} again this week. I’m excited to have edited almost half (the second half – yay!) of “The Abolitionist“. And I’m excited to hopefully get back into a regular blogging routine next week … : )
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Let’s do it. Let’s just write without worrying if it’s just right or not.
For only five short, bold, beautiful minutes. Let your mind and your words and your heart fly free; wild – no editing, no over thinking.
Won’t you join me?
Go
Awake. What do I do with a word like “awake”? Maybe I’ll skip this week. Oh, but wait, isn’t awake what I am at this moment? It’s what I’ve been for more hours than are wise most days this week. It’s what I’m not sure I want to be at this moment. Awake is what I wanted to be ALL THE TIME when I was a little girl. Awake is what I’m often too tired to enjoy now I’m all grown up. Awake requires that I open my eyes and my soul, but if my eyes are open for too long every day then my soul gets sleepy. Awake – REALLY awake – requires that I close my eyes sometimes. Then, awake, I can open my eyes AND my heart and see the sun shining through the leaves and the frost sparkling on the grass, the tears and smiles of others, the words on the page and message in the words. Awake is being alive to grace and wonder. Awake is dreaming dreams and visions. Awake is painful, but GOOD. And now I’ve REALLY run out of ideas about awake at four and a half minutes …
Stop
yes, being awake to read, really read and digest and understand and see what is in front of us. that is the challenge. every day.
great thoughts!
Excellent post! I struggle all the time with how to make myself set wise boundaries between awake and asleep, to get enough shut-eye that I can be truly awake when I’m up and moving around my world.
“Awake requires that I open my eyes and my soul, but if my eyes are open for too long every day then my soul gets sleepy.” Good reminder! Thanks for posting.
“Maybe I’ll skip this week.” I feel that too, sometimes.
This week, I felt a little funny writing about awake while struggling with sleepiness. But yes, what you say is right. Awake is good.