TILT # 5 - Be Still

They say the only definite thing about life is death and taxes. I say there's at least one more thing that's definite. It's change. With every tick-tock of the clock, life is changing.

I don't like change. I work hard to feel comfortable navigating life. Change jolts me out of equilibrium. I don't like getting caught not knowing what to do. And yet, my current readings indicate that although the not-knowing can be disconcerting (McCallum & Nilolaides, 2015), it is moments of intentional stillness that will give me the chance of building intuition and insight that will help me do life better.

So, strangely enough, it seems like if I truly wish to grow, I need to be still. How to do that when the life I'm currently leading requires chop-chop, fast-paced thoughts and action? And how ironic that my last blogpost was about moving and pressing forward. Does one post cancel out the other? Methinks not.

What will being still reveal? What will I see? What will look back at me in my reflection? Will I recognize what I see? Will I recognize who I see?

I don't know. I just know that it is healthy to get off the hamster wheel to recharge. I won't get far if I keep running on empty. Neither will you.

Lord, help me find the balance.

Bois-de-l'Île-Bizard Nature Park, 2016