The Rhythm of Movin' On (2008)

Rhythm - Jan 26, 2008

Current mood:loved
Rhythm - heartbeats , breaths , pulses , planets , clocks , credit card bills , dripping faucets - A regular pattern of occurrence. The steady, reassuring course of the natural world ; the ebb and flow of the tides ; the four seasons ; night to day and back again. Something familiar you can count on and look forward to. But, this is the time of year when many women fall into a funk. We call it stress. We call it hormones. We call it the lack of seasonal light; or lack of sleep. We call it everything but what it is: Not taking care of ourselves.

The appalling psychic imbalance most of us call real life is more like a joke we conjured up for convenience. We hurry from one task to another like zombies, cramming yesterday's exhaustion into tomorrow's obligations. There's much to be said about living each day as if it were your last on earth, but... isn't the point of doing that to enjoy your last day here?

A woman's seventh sense is wonder. The wonder of it all, of Life, why we're here. We're not supposed to wonder how we've lasted this long. When it comes right down to it, a regular pattern of sleep, work, exercise, rest and play is the first step to restoring your wonder. Wake up and start you day with wonder.... be amazed at the intricacies of life around you -- have you listened to the birds' morning call lately? Having wonder can also be called curiosity -- when was the last time you were curious about something?
Rhythm, reverence, reflection, repose -- words we don't often use, and rarely think about. But when you say them, slowly, there's a sense of rhythm right there, almost a quiet relief.

Tomorrow, don't wonder how you'll cram everything into another day,
take a moment, start a rhythm of your own, and rebuild the wonder in each day.
3:35 PM


Movin On - Jan 27, 2008

Current mood:contemplative
Today, I was packing up ... its getting down to the wire now.... Will I need this in the next 19 days? Its exciting to know I'm beginning again. And yet, its kind of sad. When I was a girl, I had dreams of what my life would be like as I approached 50. I'm sure not in that place! But then again, I've done some things I didn't dream I would, either, so maybe its not all bad.

I was listening to tunes while I was packing, and Rascal Flatts' "I"m Movin On" was one of the tunes. And if you've never heard the lyrics, part of it is:
"I'm movin on, at last I can see,
life has been patiently waiting for me,
and I know there's no guarantees but I'm not alone.
There comes a time in everyone's life,
when all you can see are the years passing by.
And I have made up my mind that those days are gone..... "

Its a great tune, the strings in it are very moving. And that portion of the song says a lot for me. For those who don't know, I came to Ohio ten years ago ... because of "luv on the net" . Some of you may ~gasp~! because that was pretty much unheard of that long ago; and quite frankly, it was risky. But ... sometimes risks in life are necessary. I was certain he was THE one. There were a lot of things that went wrong, and there were a lot of things that were right. (and I adored my four stepkids!!!)

But it was a good move for my kids, both of whom have disabilities. Here in less crowded Ohio, services were much better than they were in Calif. Some of you may think that because Calif has more "money", that services should be better. But sadly, they wanted to put both my kids in a "special skool" when all they needed was just a hand in regular classes. Here, they were afforded that, and so much more. I have lots to be thankful for in the system here.

And while moving means that I'll miss my friends, I am very excited about making new ones, too!


Its time for me to be "movin on"

If you have a dream, and get an opportunity to make it come true..... 
Don't be afraid to take a risk.