Do you make these lists? Go to grocery store, drop off at Good Will, drop books at library, bank deposit, pick up birthday present….etc etc etc. I sure do, I even try to figure out the most efficient path between errands. (If I go to this store the library is on the way, but if I go to the bank first….) As many of the recent posts have alluded to-there is a lot a busy and a lot of cramming things together. Keep moving, keep crossing things off The List. So when I was walking in the woods at my father’s place and came across a chair in the middle of nowhere I was perplexed. Why is this chair here? My dad is in better shape than I am-he certainly does not NEED to sit here to rest. It just did not fit into my state of mind; go go go. Then I found another, and another, they were everywhere once I began to look: at the end of the wood pile, in the garden, facing the sunrise and in the cool afternoon shadows.
As I spend more time in this landscape, I realize that the pace of life is not any slower or more relaxed out here, there is a seemingly endless list of chores which should/could be done. (oh the lists I could make!) To truly savor this life, this experience, sometimes you have to stop. Stop the busy, put away the lists, put away the ’shoulds’ and the ‘coulds’. Have a seat and enjoy the view.
a chair in the garden
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