I have been told these words at least three times in my life….”Karin, you need to Be more, and Do less!” “Stop doing all the time, and just relax.” “Do you ever slow down and just be?” I think I make people nervous with all of the doing. It’s sorta like a busy, buzzing bee all around you…annoying, but productive! at the same time…
I feel like this is a conflicting message in our society. A society that reinforces “doing” for sure. The more you do: the more money you’ll make, the more time you’ll have later on for this or that, the more, the more, the more. When is “Enough?” Do you ever get to “Enough?” I have this friend in California that created a business called “Sign of Enough”….a business built on identifying “when is enough…well enough?” Figuring out your limits of your time, your material world, your energy…
When will you know it’s all “enough?”
So I take in the concept of enough, and I take in the concept of “being” more and I feel drawn to setting some limits on my own fast-paced life. I feel the peace that comes with the stillness I achieve in meditation. I experience the beauty of being with my kids on the couch and just hanging out doing nothing but talking and laughing. I realize my potential to connect with greater depth to a friend when we just talk and don’t “do” anything or go anywhere. With less, there is perhaps more….more connection, more time, more depth, more love, more living.
This way of being appeals to me. It will be a constant practice for me for sure. What is possible when the mind stills and the body relaxes?
Everything is possible.
Anything is possible.
Maybe, just maybe, I already have “Enough!”
