Of Rhythm and Rest
Hola Reader,
This marks my last scheduled missive for the next few months. I'll be 36 weeks pregnant on Saturday and am "closing down shop" at my day job, my consulting - even my personal email inbox - as we near baby's arrival. I will be fully on leave until late June but anticipate that I may drop in occassionally before then when inspiration strikes. Thanks to all of you for accompanying me this far, and into this new chapter.
Marking this turning of the page, tonight I share a poem that emerged as I reflected on just how hard it is to simply press pause.
Reflection
Of rhythms and rest,
the ultimate test
is not how far we can go
nor what we achieve
but
if we can stand still
and what we are willing to leave.
Leave in the rearview mirror.
Objects closer than they appear -
rearing their heads, nearing,
approaching
in those spaces ever encroaching.
It's why we keep moving,
keep striving,
keep choosing
busy and hustle.
Keep flexing our muscle,
with something - just anything -
to prove.
And if we stood still?
Allowed, if you will,
the quiet and space to seep in?
What might float to the surface?
What might we notice?
If we open ourselves and begin.
Begin to just be
to let ourselves see
to hear
to taste
and to touch.
Returned to our senses,
humbled and awed,
what sense might we make of the world?
Audio-Visual Landscape
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Dot Connecting
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See you on the flip side ( of this big belly at least )
In Service,
Kate
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