Yearning for Simplicity

Oh the irony in this one. I feel this growing desire to go back to my roots and explore living a simpler lifestyle.  In suburbia no less. I think it is part of asking myself, after a year with so much change,  what do I want from this life of mine?

I started looking at blogs and found myself totally and completely overwhelmed by all the ideas and advice. Hah...searching for simplicity lead to overwhelming complexity.

I have decided my first step is going to be to listen. 

 

Right now as I listen, I hear

• the slow deep breathing of my sweet five year old labradoodle Cody 
• the hum of the computer 
• the louder hum of the cicadas outside my second floor window

 

As I go deeper, listening moves from a one sensory experieince to being multi-sensory - if I listen with the fullness of my being what do I hear?

• my eyes listen to the warm light of the lamp on my dresser
• my body hears the stuffiness of ragweed allergies, sinus pressure behind my eyes and pushing underneath my temples 
• tension in my neck and shoulders that are trying to bear the unbearable

It is not comfortable to listen to my body right now. I choose to sit with the uncomfortable. and just listen.

In this one moment, stop, listen, what do you hear?