Last night I had an epiphany. I got home after dark after having worked all day at the office. Since I was tired, rather than working on the house, I made some hot green tea, turned on the lights of our new wrought-iron chandelier I installed the other day, turned on some Phil Keaggy acoustic guitar music, sat down on the couch in our now nearly complete living room, and began reading a book. While reading, through the silence, my mind softly spoke, “Ahhh…This is what you naturally love doing.”
The music brought back memories from high school when I first heard Phil Keaggy’s acoustic music and would listen to it to sooth my mind while drawing or reading after hours of studying. Scenes flowed through my mind from the rich academic environment of our high school with mansions, stone fireplaces, brightly colored fall trees, the smell of burning leaves, far off fields with the faint sounds of students playing soccer and field hockey.
I realized that I haven’t gotten in touch with this side of myself in a long time. The daily routine of office work and house work have pushed out the quieter sides of my spirit. Getting in touch with this side made me make a commitment to myself to set aside more time for reading and reflecting. It is important to the health of my spirit and mind.
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Reading your reflection also recalled to my mind some of the same sense. Thanks Dad
I know what you mean Tim. Reading has always been a way for me to decompress. Quite times for reading and prayer are to the spirit, like air and water to the body.
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