Drought: 1) a period of dryness 2) an extended shortage
It has been almost exactly two, yes two, years since I posted here or even looked at this website for that matter.
I could come up with all sorts of excuses and reasons for the drought but, in fact, there is no blame to place.
While some may see this gap as a drought, I see it as a gift that I’m very grateful for.
I’m busy. I’m a multi-tasker. I’m a doer. But then I realized all that busyness was just a form of procrastination.
Procrastination: The act of postponing, delaying or putting off, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness.
or Fear
Like I said, I’m a multi-tasker and always on the go. And then I found a gem of a book, called The Power of Receiving by Amanda Owen. I spent most of my time in what Amanda calls Active States. Persuading, Doing, Analyzing, Talking, Thinking, Evaluating, Controlling and the list goes on.
Sound familiar anyone?
“When you rely almost exclusively on activity, your will is overtaxed. There is no replenishment time. It’s easy to see this in the person who is constantly on the go. Eventually the body, emotions or the mind tend to rebel. The body may become sick, the emotions frazzled or the mind scattered. It’s like trying to keep a bunch of balls in the air all the time. It’s exhausting” (p31)
For the past two years, I’ve been spending as much time as I can learning about and being in Receptive States. Meditating, Allowing, Observing, Listening, Welcoming, Feeling Grateful. And of course, feeling feelings, those touchy feely, sometimes painful things that most of us try to ignore.
While the past two years may have been a drought of posts, they have been an oasis for me.
Oasis: 1) A fertile or green spot in a desert or wasteland, made so by the presence of water 2) A situation or place preserved from surrounding unpleasantness; a refuge: an oasis of serenity amid chaos.
It certainly has not been a drought of learning, writing, exploring, growing, changing and gratitude.
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