Day Two Love Languages from Practical Magic Slow Living with Renee Magnusson
What feels good no matter what? My favourite scents I realise. And favourite songs. Both of these can lift my mood instantly. Yesterday while having lunch and shopping with a good friend I discovered rose patchouli. I never knew there was such a thing and felt a pang at not discovering it sooner. Patchouli is one of my favourite scents but pair it with rose and it’s amazing, instantly calming. I bought incense and solid perfume for myself. When we got back to my car, I had a parking ticket (ugh. I thought I had paid but neglected to confirm the final step I think) and Lisa and I joked that I would need to douse myself in the perfume to calm and comfort myself on the drive home. Today I painted this week’s Prayers to the Moon with Effy Wild on replay, a practice that I’ve done faithfully since Effy started it up. It’s often the only art I do all week but I find it (and the live YouTube feed) wonderfully centring. Art always feels good. Whatever thoughts or intentions I paint into the piece or journal about, stay with me all week because I place the finished painting beside my computer. This week we talked about comfort. I wrote ‘re-connect with comfort’ on mine as a reminder, even to treat myself gently. Not always easy. Tai chi is another love language, something that always feels good no matter what. Again, grounding and slowing down. But I skipped tonight’s practice. I wanted to go but it’s snowing here and I already have to go out no matter what the weather 3 nights a week for work so I opted to stay home tonight but now I’m feeling that I should have gone. Sigh! I can do the practice at home though and even though I didn’t do a whole lot of anything with the time at home, I’ve been comfy, warm and toasty and will have a lovely LUSH filled bath before bed. Those delicious scents again. They’ll soothe me. time with a good friend frame the day in fragrance rose patchouli #333
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AuthorWelcome! I'm Sue Blott: a writer of all things, a poet at heart, mom, wife, daughter, step-mom, grandma, tea drinker, tai chi-er, mystic, artist, dreamer...and now a blogger! This is my world. Categories |