Love this, love Mary Oliver, and love the article relating to Oliver and Nyad!
I’ve just come to the end of writing during the Celtic Omen days, which was a comforting way to end the old and begin the new ... an act of ‘noticing’ every day - which beautifully supported reflection and, well, just ‘life’ and how wonderful the ordinary can be, and how purposefully ‘noticing’ it can speak to us in so many new ways.
This ‘slowing down’ writing activity would really support this.
I’d never heard of Celtic Omen Days, so I looked it up and discovered a whole new world! And it resonates so deeply with my own practice. Thank you for this!
This is so lovely and so important, and ridiculously difficult to do. And Mary Oliver always nails it. I love that she causes you to throw yourself to your knees in a muddy Yorkshire field. That image has made my day
Oh, Sophie, this is just wonderful. It’s also another perspective on my own writing/Divina practice this week, as I am writing about leaning into conscious pleasure rather than avoiding pain or numbing one’s feelings. I am so grateful for all the synchronicities and supports in our lovely community of writers here.
Love this, love Mary Oliver, and love the article relating to Oliver and Nyad!
I’ve just come to the end of writing during the Celtic Omen days, which was a comforting way to end the old and begin the new ... an act of ‘noticing’ every day - which beautifully supported reflection and, well, just ‘life’ and how wonderful the ordinary can be, and how purposefully ‘noticing’ it can speak to us in so many new ways.
This ‘slowing down’ writing activity would really support this.
Thank you, Sophie 🙏🏻
Thank you, Hilary. I keep coming back to this, over and over. ✨
I’d never heard of Celtic Omen Days, so I looked it up and discovered a whole new world! And it resonates so deeply with my own practice. Thank you for this!
This is so lovely and so important, and ridiculously difficult to do. And Mary Oliver always nails it. I love that she causes you to throw yourself to your knees in a muddy Yorkshire field. That image has made my day
🤣 And it's *very* muddy in North Yorkshire right now, Lily. 😂 Thank you.
Oh, Sophie, this is just wonderful. It’s also another perspective on my own writing/Divina practice this week, as I am writing about leaning into conscious pleasure rather than avoiding pain or numbing one’s feelings. I am so grateful for all the synchronicities and supports in our lovely community of writers here.
I'm so grateful too, Eric. Here's to 'leaning into conscious pleasure.' ✨