The other day a friend emailed that her commitment to rescue horses “has had a profound change in the way I 'do' my life and the way it is organized.” Very powerful. Her dedication to give life to horses who might be put to death because they are not ‘useful’ (or for horsemeat), has given structure and purpose to her life. This gives me much food for thought. It’s worth pondering how I do my life, how it is organized. As a start, I have to think about organizing my life rather than just have it go randomly along. The very word profound suggests that this is important, that it matters. In fact, just using the word changes everything. There is no way that I can act trivial, although I can laugh and have fun.
I ‘do’ my life through the lens of silence, solitude and simplicity. But I also have another lens, that of conversation, community and complexity. At the cottage my life is weighted with the 3Ss; at home the 3Cs come into play. However, it’s not 50-50. In order to keep balance at this time in my life, I organize with more solitude, silence and simplicity.
I ‘do’ my life through the lens of silence, solitude and simplicity. But I also have another lens, that of conversation, community and complexity. At the cottage my life is weighted with the 3Ss; at home the 3Cs come into play. However, it’s not 50-50. In order to keep balance at this time in my life, I organize with more solitude, silence and simplicity.