"... I began to understand that for me 'waste' had not come from
idleness, but perhaps from pushing myself too hard, from not being idle
enough, from listening to the demon who says 'make haste.' I had allowed
the wrong kind of pressure to build up, that kind which brings
frustration in its wake. I was helped by Louise Bogan's phrase 'Let life
do it.'"
"What had looked for a while like a full stop was
proving to be just the opposite, a chance for renewal, not so much
through new life as through having the time and the chance to absorb
what I already had in my pouch, so to speak."
These quotations from May Sarton's Plant Dreaming Deep speak
to the value of sometimes stepping back instead of pushing forward,
listening instead of talking, tuning in to a greater flow of energy.
Ripening, refilling the well. Allowing the winter that precedes the
spring.
"Allowing the winter that precedes the spring." This comes at a time, when I feel like my fiction writing is taking backseat to my other endeavors. Maybe, I do need this time to refill the well.
ReplyDeleteWe're not machines, and we can't just churn out words constantly. We need time for reflection, for life, for other pursuits.
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