Letting go

Creative Living: Weary of Words

I woke up this morning feeling weary of words, still thinking about last night’s film on Pina Bausch. So Michele Obama’s recent Chicago speech resonated. Both women know the limits of words.

walk softly and take a deep breath

I have been aware lately that I have been more nervous that usual, more anxious, more tense. I am aware that the disruption, destabilization and disasters around our world are disturbing me. What can I do? As individuals we may feel powerless, but we are not. Just as other people offer us the opportunity to look at and amend things in ourselves that hold us back, so the world today is offering us this as a species.