{"id":1334,"date":"2017-06-14T16:53:25","date_gmt":"2017-06-14T20:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/?p=1334"},"modified":"2017-06-14T16:53:25","modified_gmt":"2017-06-14T20:53:25","slug":"and-if-you-are-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/?p=1334","title":{"rendered":"and if you are open …"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes it is necessary
\nto just sit still
\nand let your joy
\ncome
\nto
\nyou<\/p>\n

some days
\nit\u2019s all
\nI\u2019ve
\ngot<\/p>\n

even on the days when just one brief
\nbit of joy
\nseems
\nimprobable
\nimpossible
\nmaybe even
\nunlikely<\/p>\n

I know that<\/p>\n

still
\nsomehow
\nit comes<\/p>\n

because every day
\nquietly, this joy
\nis
\nseeking
\nyou<\/p>\n

sometimes
\nit sneaks in
\nalmost
\nunnoticed<\/p>\n

sometimes it just
\ngently eases
\nit\u2019s way in
\nbeside you
\nin front of you
\nnear
\nyou<\/p>\n

and if you are open<\/p>\n

it
\nbecomes
\nyou<\/p>\n

Some days I just need to be
\nstill
\nI close my book
\nI tell the constant swirl of words
\nwonder and worry
\nin my head
\nto be
\nstill.<\/p>\n

I have already been out to the pond this morning, and wandered the gardens, taken it all in. \u00a0My husband is busy mulching, trimming and watering.\u00a0 While I am standing, breathing and admiring.\u00a0 Conscious of what I am needing. \u00a0Quiet, not so much external, but internal .. \u00a0quiet.
\nThe gardens are at their \u2018in-betweens\u2019 –\u00a0 early beauties have begun to fade,\u00a0 and most of what surrounds is green.\u00a0 Every year at this time I think of bridging this gap between colours of flowering,\u00a0 until I realize just how very lovely the varying shades of green can be, and really, one does not have to always be bursting forth to show great beauty.<\/p>\n

As I again wander over to the pond, to watch the fish,\u00a0 my eyes come to rest on a gorgeous fellow resting comfortably in the sun.\u00a0 Suddenly I realize that this is not the usual toads, who have been calling for mates and happily swimming about.\u00a0 No,\u00a0 this fellow I greet with a huge smile,\u00a0 this lovely fellow is my frog!
\nMy husband comes through the gate, and I tell him quite excitedly, \u201cBiggie Smalls is baaaaaack!!!\u201c \u00a0I am so very delighted by his return to the pond,\u00a0 and almost as instantly I feel my rush of gratitude, for in the stillness of being, \u00a0just here, in the quiet enjoyment of life, \u00a0 I have indeed found my days joy.<\/p>\n

I go in to shower, and get on to the few things that need doing today.\u00a0 However, once I am fresh, I just can\u2019t resist another stop at the pond.\u00a0 When I arrive, Biggie is just thrusting his lovely plump stripy legs in a swim to the other side, and I watch him in complete admiration.
\nBeside me I spot a little movement, I remain quite still, and move only my eyes to see two tiny little chipmunks approaching, and they rather bravely scamper right across my toes!\u00a0\u00a0 They seem not bothered in the least that I am there, they are more interested in the fact that I have just filled the feeders with fresh snacks. Right there with me standing still, they happily fill their cheeks, and then one leans in to the pond for a drink.\u00a0 \u00a0In the garden along the edge, I can see a baby bird, who has not quite mastered the art of flight, clumsily hopping around, and a chickadee comes to rest on a branch quite close to me. Here is where I realize that I am holding my breath, as not to disturb this magnificent moment. \u00a0I take it all in ..<\/p>\n

and then \u2026<\/p>\n

I breathe,
\ndeeply, and contentedly
\nI breathe<\/p>\n

the dogs soon become too curious and disrupt this bit of tranquility, and so I move off to my place in the sun.
\nand it is here, I stand in stillness
\nwith my face turned to the light
\nfeeling the warmth
\nas it fills every part
\nof me<\/p>\n

I smile<\/p>\n

hands to heart
\nI express my sincere
\ngratitude
\nfor this<\/p>\n

for it is here
\nin the quiet greens
\nof this day
\nin my stillness of being
\nthat I
\nhave found
\nmy
\nJoy \u00a0\u2665<\/p>\n

be still and know … \u00a0 ya know !\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

(*whispers* \u00a0stay open … )<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Sometimes it is necessary to just sit still and let your joy come to you some days it\u2019s all I\u2019ve got even on the days when just one brief bit of joy seems improbable impossible maybe even unlikely I know…
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