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the random ponderings of an ordinary person
Sunday 31 January 2016
Love
I like this excerpt about three stages in a relationship. It resonates with how my toddler is, sometimes wanting to be close, so close I literally cannot get anything done, other times asking me to go away, and I try to respect each stage.
It also reminds me of a poem we chose for our wedding, about how love is like waves lapping against an island. There is always change, sometimes we come close, other times we move further away. Resisting this, is not helpful. Respecting this, creates trust and strengthens the bond.
I find it helpful to focus on the impermanence and transience of life, in order to understand the permanent elements that can be relied upon. In an odd way, transience has always given me security.
Excerpt from The Art of Happiness, by the Dalai Lama and Howard Cutler.
Saturday 30 January 2016
Today's completed meditation
Today I want to swim, run, fly and be free! Thinking of my sister enjoying her all day meditation and preparing to go for a lovely walk in the sunshine.
Thursday 14 January 2016
One of those days
Doula can't doula (broke her ankle), toddler's thumb popped out (after dislocating his elbow yesterday), now I find him drawing on the living room furniture in his own blood (tiny cut on his finger that seems to have an endless blood supply).
Hoping this is the universe getting all the challenging things out of the way before (a) my birthday this weekend and (b) labour, which I am anticipating any time from next week.
Monday 11 January 2016
Tuesday 5 January 2016
I love you!
A momentous day yesterday.
We were singing the wheels on the bus and had got to the verse about the mummies on the bus. My little 2 years, 3 month old son immediately put his fingers to his lips and said "shhh" (the mummies on the bus go shh, shh, shh). I said, "No, this mummy says I love you".
He smiled at me, said "I love you" and then climbed on top of me for a huge body hug.
It's been tough, now 35 weeks pregnant, with a relative non sleeper who is extremely bright and lively and likes to jump up and down on my belly (though he does also kiss it and give baby sister cars and toys to play with), but it is moments like this that make everything worth everything as my heart just melts into a big pool of squishiness.
And he finally has all his teeth and has just decided to sleep all night in his own room...well, until 3am, which feels like all night. Milestones of a toddler...
Happy mama.
We were singing the wheels on the bus and had got to the verse about the mummies on the bus. My little 2 years, 3 month old son immediately put his fingers to his lips and said "shhh" (the mummies on the bus go shh, shh, shh). I said, "No, this mummy says I love you".
He smiled at me, said "I love you" and then climbed on top of me for a huge body hug.
It's been tough, now 35 weeks pregnant, with a relative non sleeper who is extremely bright and lively and likes to jump up and down on my belly (though he does also kiss it and give baby sister cars and toys to play with), but it is moments like this that make everything worth everything as my heart just melts into a big pool of squishiness.
And he finally has all his teeth and has just decided to sleep all night in his own room...well, until 3am, which feels like all night. Milestones of a toddler...
Happy mama.