Day Two Deprivation Feel Good Wild Musings with Renee Magnusson
Yesterday, on a spontaneous drive to the Terry Fox scenic lookout, I realised I often deprive myself of the big picture—the panoramic view. My world is so much about detail, the little things. Writing haiku everyday, the smallest poetry form, creates a head-down kind of approach from me, noticing the rusty nail rather than the whole building. This extends to vision—the vision of a dream, of not knowing how big that dream could be and of letting that be okay, of an open heart and a heart open to possibilities. I suppose being in that place inspired those thoughts. Terry Fox is a Canadian hero. He never set out to be. When he was 22, he hoped to raise awareness and some money on a run across Canada having lost one of his legs to cancer a few years earlier. His monument sits a few miles east of Thunder Bay, the place where his run had to end as cancer had moved into his lungs. So it’s natural to stand there and remember and to dream big with the monument at my back and with the literal vision of a panoramic view in front of me…the Sleeping Giant from way up high and the expanse of Lake Superior with a weak morning sun on its icy surface. Also I realised I deprive myself of spontaneity in expressing love and friendship and loving gestures. I bumped into an old co-worker yesterday who I hadn’t seen for years. “Sue!” she exclaimed, “Let me hug you!” And we hugged and swayed and hugged some more and laughed as we parted. Another co-worker, watching this exchange, said, “That's the loveliest hug I've ever seen.” I carried the warmth of it with me all day. I deprive myself of regularly (ie daily) tai chi practice even though I love it. Ditto for giving myself regular tarot readings even though they thrill me and I love to check their accuracy with the day itself. And massages too. from snow, fences, roads to vast lake and sky hero’s viewpoint #46
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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 |