Looking together in the same direction.

Looking together in the same direction.
Sea otters hold hands while they sleep so they don't drift apart.

by my favorite poet, Mary Oliver

"Instructions for living a life.

Pay attention.

Be astonished.

Tell about it."

Mary Oliver


Monday, February 21, 2011

Finding my voice, singing my song.

     Why does anyone blog?  Why am I?  For me, I think, it is to find my voice.  To create an outlet to express my feelings and to reflect me on my life journey. To not feel invisible.  And, of course, to keep myself motivated.
      I have been a journal-keeper on and off for most of my adult life, (more off than on);  but lately it has turned out to only include an occasional notation about a quote I liked, or what I did that day.  Boring!
     I feel the need to take a risk, to open my heart at least a bit.  Hopefully it won't get smacked down too frequently.  Gustav Flaubert says:  "The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe".  I concur.  This blog will include much of that, of me discovering what I believe and who I am.  Maybe it will just raise more questions.  I don't have any answers, that is for sure.

Quote of the day:  "A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song."

Update:  Sunday was a rest day, I did a few minutes of yoga and strolled a mile with my dog.
     Today I did 45 min. of exercises and did 3.5 miles of very very slow jogging. 

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