Posts tagged with "Being"

Fitting back into the “real world “?

After the week, it was another 7 days  holiday for me, just to have the benefit from the week away in Knoydart. Easing oneself into the busy work arena was strange this week in that the automatic pilot was not wanting to step onto the treadmill  and hasten the pace. Awareness of ” being” and the time on solo kept coming back to my thinking and accepting that change could be made by me in the way I approached my work and other people. It was interesting telling people about the week and how it had developed over the five days and what changes had occurred – several kept saying ” But what outputs are expected from you ? “

Posted: October 27, 2010 | Author: Eric Burton | Comments: Add 

Life after the experience

So here I am, more than a week after returning from Knoydart, trying to hold onto something resembling the peace and tranquility of what Knoydart gave me.  Realising I didn’t miss emails or the phone, I am reluctant to get back on that old familiar path of doing instead of just being.  I am trying to sit that while longer when the ants start appearing in my pants, not easy though!  As I look around, I am not liking a lot of what I am seeing.  I am longing to be in touch but not making contact, I wonder what that is all about?  Do I need more time and space?  My morning reflection this morning spoke loudly to me, it read

‘To know what we prefer, instead of humbly saying amen to what the world tells you you ought to prefer, is to keep the soul alive’  Robert Louis Stevenson.

My favourite since I came back though is

‘What is life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare’  W H Davies

I need to make the time and contact, I think!

Posted: October 26, 2010 | Author: John Daffurn | Comments: Add