"Neutrality comes from working a program of self-care, spirituality, and abstinence. You no longer run as fast as you can toward what you crave, nor do you run as fast as you can away from it. You’re neither drawn in nor repelled from. You just feel neutral. I don’t eat certain foods anymore, like cookies or cake, but I can spend an afternoon baking them with my kids. I don’t feel "better than" or self-righteous. I don’t agonize and wonder how I can sneak some. I just feel neutral. No obsessive eating. No obsessive dieting.
The key to this kind of peace for me is exactly what I think Oprah is talking about in her article. I have to be able to be still. I have to be well rested. I have to live in gratitude, not scarcity. I have to be taking care of my mind, body, and spirit."
Brene Brown -
weighing in on oprah - my blog - Ordinary Courage
I saw this link to Brene Brown's post on my daughter Ali's Blog today. As I read through Brene's post I was drawn to these two paragraphs about "taking care of my mind, body, and spirit." I have not read Oprah's article, yet I understand Brene's desire "to be able to be still....to be well rested...to live in gratitude...."
I am thankful to have the opportunity to play on Lighthouse Beach again this year of 2009, and to write in the sand "My Word" for 2009. I contemplated many other words, to change my focus, yet I keep coming back to the need for Peace: for myself, for my relationships, for my family, for our world.
Photo: Lighthouse Beach - "My Word for the Year" for 2009.
3 comments:
Awesome photo! I would love to have a print of it as Peace is my word for 2009 too.
I love how you are continuing with your word, Peace. It is enough.
My word is 'Kindness'. I am looking for it and I am trying to BE it.
Pati, this is my first time to visit your blog and I've enjoyed reading your reflections on peace. I chose PEACE as my word for the year and am looking forward to what God might teach me through it. Thank you for sharing your gentle insights.
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