Blessed Energy of Silent Time Immersed in Light and Love
Do you remember the adages “Never wake a sleeping baby” and “rest yourself when the baby is asleep?” I feel like I’m back in that stage of life again with Doug. Getting some quiet time all to myself at home is premium and rare. Just some solitude, to be alone in my thoughts without interruptions, feels mostly like a thing of the past, because caregiving for my beloved Doug can be exhausting, overwhelming with its constancy.
I often stay up a little later than he to just be. If he takes a nap during the day, I celebrate by resting my tired mind! I relish the short walks he takes in the neighborhood on most mornings with Maya, our dog. For ten to fifteen minutes I can just relax my whole self – I can “see” Doug on the LIfe 360 app, so I know he’s safe. He’s been making the same walk for the 10 years we’ve lived here, and he is a familiar sight to many, with friends and benches along the way. He and Maya are the neighborhood ambassadors… they visit, I rest.
I make my cup of tea, recline in my chair with my comfy soft puppy pillow, and I just breathe. It is my time to BE STILL.
Psalm 46:10 is a blessing to me, a call to let go of burdens, to release my concerns to the care and keeping of God. It is a time to affirm Divine Order, to choose to listen to the still small voice within for guidance, for wisdom. It is a time of soul-nourishing peace.
One of my favorite meditations during this time is to use the psalm and parse it back a bit at a time. I breathe gently and say aloud,
“Be still and know that I am God”
“Be still and know that I am”
“Be still and know”
“Be still”
“Be… just be.”
Each part of the recitation brings a little different nuance, a gentle reminder of who I am as a child of God, a person of peace, worthy of self care.
He sleeps, I rest. He walks Maya, I rest. And when that time is over, Doug is awake or returning from his walk, I am refreshed and ready to love with renewed breath.
I am grateful for this!
I encourage you to make time to BE STILL. Here’s a song from Eddie Watkins, Jr, that is just lovely, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_6XoXExqUw
Enjoy, and thanks for sharing my journey with me today!