I need to write every day, even if only a little bit, because it is good for my soul. So I'm going to revisit blogging and try to blog my way through lent. This year I'm giving up some unusual things.
1. Not dancing (I'll dance every day, maybe just in my living room)
2. Hating the phone (call friends I really want to stay in touch with)
3. Not having people over (because I don't like to cook or clean)
4. Not writing (I'm working on a book and feel very stuck)
5. Not feeding my soul (take 10 min/day to pray, read, or journal)
Weird, right? I do actually feel like these things will help me feel closer to God and the people I love. For me, that's the point. We'll see how it goes. Tonight I'm hoping to go to an Ash Wednesday service at Quest or a dance class (club dancing) at Community Fitness or both. I'm really hoping for both. Not sure I've ever had ashes put on my forehead, so that'll be new and way cool at the dance class.
SO TRUE
And on a different note, I read this article today about the value of presence when someone is hurting. Often I hesitate to pick up the phone (see #2) or offer my presence, because I'm not sure what to say or I don't know how it will go if I do. But when I was hurting deeply, presence was incredibly comforting, helpful, and healing both from the firefighters and the builders in my life.
http://sojo.net/blogs/2014/01/13/new-normal-ten-things-ive-learned-about-trauma
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