stepping forward.

December 16, 2010 in Uncategorized

I'm participating in a 31-day blogging challenge called reverb10, responding to writing prompts that are designed to elicit reflections on 2010, and hopes for 2011. You can find out more about it here. I am challenging myself to respond to each prompt in 15 minutes or less.

Today's challenge: Action – When it comes to aspirations, it’s not about ideas. It’s about making ideas happen. What’s your next step?

stepping forward by sitting very still.

My next action is to sit still.

To develop a meditation practice, to practice yoga, to love well, live fully, and let go deeply.

To be happy in the moment, not in the future.

To step forward by sitting very still.

About Patti Digh

Patti Digh is an author, speaker, and educator who builds learning communities and gets to the heart of difficult topics. Her work over the last three decades has focused on diversity, inclusion, social justice, and living and working mindfully. She has developed diversity strategies and educational programming for major nonprofit and corporate organizations and has been a featured speaker at many national and international conferences.

8 comments to " stepping forward. "


gwyn

December 16, 2010 AT 12:57PM

I am with you! XO

Carolynn

December 16, 2010 AT 2:13PM

I get so caught up in the busy-ness of life. At times, it’s overwhelming and exhausting. It baffles me because the thing I seek most ardently is Peace and yet, I find myself at odds with it, more often than not. I am so completely in agreement with what you say here that I have it tattooed on my wrist, a constant reminder to “Be Still, and know that I am God.” Psalm 46:10.

Blessings,
Carolynn

Debi

December 16, 2010 AT 2:28PM

oh god. me too. cause my body and soul are demanding it; at a certain point, they can no longer be ignored and i remember they know best. let go deeply. yes.

Kim Mailhot

December 16, 2010 AT 5:16PM

Ya, Momma ! That stillness is such a great place to spend some time. Makes the busy-ness fall away and puts what is so vital to the good life in clear prespective for awhile.
I will see you there…

Julia

December 17, 2010 AT 12:43PM

Lovely! My reflection was similar. My new notion of action is more about being present that reaching for anything. Action isn’t momentum… Yoga will do that to you :)

Lila

December 17, 2010 AT 2:20PM

Welcome to the club, Patti. I only wish I had been wise enough to begin this practice when I was 50. You’re ahead of the game.

Bryce Long

December 18, 2010 AT 7:24PM

I think stillness of mind and body is definitely under rated. We all get caught up in Facebook, Twitter, email, BBM, etc that we need to get away and reconnect with nature.

For me that means getting on a boat and spending a few hours in the ocean on a nice day here in LA. Different people will respond to different stillness ideas.

I think your post ties in well with one I wrote last week:

“How (and why) to create an emotional swipe file” – http://www.therichmindset.com/how-and-why-to-create-an-emotional-swipe-file/

dancing kitchen

December 20, 2010 AT 11:12PM

I am with you girl!