your daily rock : lie down in the grass

July 14, 2013 in Daily Rock, General

When I am feeling disconsolate, overwhelmed, anxious, outraged, skittish, I take off my shoes and socks and stand on the earth in my bare feet. I just stand there, grass under my feet.

It is amazing what that simple act does: it connects me to something larger than me, it soothes me in some inexplicable and fully satisfying way. We are so disconnected, many of us, from the earth. This simple act reconnects me.

Imagine how powerful it would be to enlarge that action.

Lie down in the grass. Reconnect your body to the earth. Let it heal you.

Love,

(These beautifully painted rocks are created by Kim Mailhot, aka The Rock Fairy.

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.

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July 14, 2013 AT 6:28PM

simplicity-

how is it present
Here, under this tree
on this grass
with this melody
there is none other than that
S I M P L I C I T Y
elusive at home
where the mind is cluttered
with right and wrong
light and dark
walls, ceilings, floors

when my feet
long to feel the earth

This was a poem inspired last year during your writers’ group for teachers….I was perusing past writings after receiving my daily rock today and came across it….seemed like a message from the Universe to spend the day outdoors, in company of my wonderpup and girls. Thank you…it was just what I needed :)