Meditation
I’ve been working on making meditation a solid part of my daily routine again. I go through periods in which meditation is a huge part of my life, and then, I guess because of the busy-ness of life and unexpected things, I go away from it. But I know it is a crucial part of feeling grounded and connected. It also helps me feel more open to guidance about my life. And creatively, it has a huge impact.
Like right now I’m writing another new song and I don’t yet know what it will be about. But I know that sitting in meditation, even for 5 minutes a day, will help me find out.
Lots of things have been coming together lately to draw me closer to meditation: feeling like I want to turn the world off, longing for stillness, striving to create simplicity in my routine and in my home, and, last night, I was reading before turning off my light and a flier about meditation just “happened” to fall out of the book I was reading.
So today I made sure to take the 5 minutes to meditate in the morning. When I come back to it after time away, I always feel a little restless and as if I’ve lost my ability to do it. But then I move past that and realize I don’t have to “do” anything, just be. And then comes that solid and warm feeling that God is close and everything will be all right.