it’s time to be simple

Relax, everything is out of control. — Ajahn Brahm

When you don’t know what to do, do nothing.
Get quiet so you can hear the still small voice. — Oprah

Friends, now is the time to get simple.

With fear and uncertainty in the air, the pressure to be “in action” is high. It’s easy to formulate lists of all that could/should be done; to watch with worry as day by day the number of COVID-19 cases grows. Our inner critic may be poised to shame us for doing too much or not doing enough. Stripped of our usual schedule, we may find our days now filled with virtual commitments or financial fears.

Thank Goddess for the body.  

When the pressure is on, when we’re not sure what to do, the mind tells us to act. The body asks us to get still. It is when our world is the most complex that we need to be the most simple.  Simplicity allows us to bring our body/heart and mind into alignment so we may be resourced to fully show up for what’s ahead. 

Getting simple means turning toward ourselves. It means creating space to feel, sense and wonder. We let go of being right and good and productive and instead be as we are. We walk. We nap. We read. We meditate. We sleep. We feel the discomfort of this; the itch to do more, and we remain. We ask the body, what do you need? And, we oblige. Then, like the sun peeking through clouds, a bit of truth — some ground we can move from — arises.