This week's reflection is once again from Henri Nouwen, and greatly moved me, speaking of experiences that I've had over the past several months and years.
Words That Create Community
The word is always a word for others. Words need to be heard. When we give words to what we are living, these words need to be received and responded to. A speaker needs a listener. A writer needs a reader.
When the flesh - the lived human experience - becomes word, community can develop. When we say, "Let me tell you what we saw. Come and listen to what we did. Sit down and let me explain to you what happened to us. Wait until you hear whom we met," we call people together and make our lives into lives for others. The word brings us together and calls us into community. When the flesh becomes word, our bodies become part of a body of people.
Friday, July 20, 2012
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Wits End
It's been a while since I've talked about my journey with my body, and that's mostly because I've found myself at wits end.
Life got busy and my motivation to work at caring for my body dropped off.
I gained back all the weight I'd lost at the beginning of the year, and the beginning of this journey, and then I added a bit of extra weight.
I'm at a place where I look in the mirror and feel unhappy with what I see, but also recognize that what I see is largely a result of choices I've made.
And can I be honest? I'm not that motivated to change my habits. I like eating sweet things and having the occasional glass of wine or cocktail. I like not worrying about what I eat. I don't like exercise - never have. Yoga classes are the only thing I've ever really enjoyed, and I just don't have time to fit classes into my schedule at the moment.
I have some thoughts on how to change that, but for the moment, I'm at an all time low in motivation and an all time high in frustration.
In fact, even as I try to write this post, I find I've run out of things to say. I'm stuck, a bit at wits end, and not totally motivated to change any of that.
I'm pretty sure I'm not the first to find myself in this place, and I'm wondering how those of you who have been here have navigated this space?
Life got busy and my motivation to work at caring for my body dropped off.
I gained back all the weight I'd lost at the beginning of the year, and the beginning of this journey, and then I added a bit of extra weight.
I'm at a place where I look in the mirror and feel unhappy with what I see, but also recognize that what I see is largely a result of choices I've made.
And can I be honest? I'm not that motivated to change my habits. I like eating sweet things and having the occasional glass of wine or cocktail. I like not worrying about what I eat. I don't like exercise - never have. Yoga classes are the only thing I've ever really enjoyed, and I just don't have time to fit classes into my schedule at the moment.
I have some thoughts on how to change that, but for the moment, I'm at an all time low in motivation and an all time high in frustration.
In fact, even as I try to write this post, I find I've run out of things to say. I'm stuck, a bit at wits end, and not totally motivated to change any of that.
I'm pretty sure I'm not the first to find myself in this place, and I'm wondering how those of you who have been here have navigated this space?
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Whimsical Wednesday, July 18, 2012
It's a random blend here again this week, but I'm smiling because of these images.
As always I'd love to hear if one of these images stands out to you and why.
As always I'd love to hear if one of these images stands out to you and why.
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Daily 5 - Year 3, Day 330
Today's Daily 5:
- Finding ways to laugh about some terrible dreams from last night
- an interesting and challenging debrief conversation
- a long shower
- settling into my room to read and do some catching up for the evening
- a very early bedtime
Tuesday Anticipations, July 17, 2012
This week I'm anticipating:
- several evenings with nothing scheduled
- hanging out with friends at house church
- baby cuddles
- a very low key weekend
- knocking another paper deadline off of my countdown to the end of the semester
What are you looking forward to this week?
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