To say less

A micro-letter

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A song I’m loving:

A walk in a living place, 2010.

I’ve been away all week on my first solo trip in years so today’s letter is short and simple, with only a few things to say:

1 — It is necessary at times to step away from thinking about ourselves much at all.

2 — Extraordinary is overrated. Ordinary holds a lot when stop assuming it doesn’t.

3 — It is a delight to do things you don’t expect yourself to do. To surprise yourself.

4 — Not rushing toward clarity or meaning might be some kind of medicine.

5 — Stepping outside of the day-to-day makes the day-to-day feel less drab.

6 — I’ve never been more okay with being lost. Maybe that’s the only way to be.

7 — We truly have zero control over what anyone thinks of us. Zero.

8 — Social media has done weird things to our psyches, and it isn’t our fault.

9 — To actually s l o w d o w n isn’t as romantic as it sounds, and it’s necessary.

10 — Sometimes, the most profound thing to say is nothing at all.

Where I’m writing from — hence the short letter today

More soon.

I didn’t look at any articles/podcasts/links this week as I’ve been away, but this has been what I’ve been paying most attention to:

△ Trees — everything about them

△ Baby birds chirping in their tiny nest above my cabin

△ The sound of natural running water

△ Waking and setting with the sun

△ Meaningful conversations with strangers-turned-friends

△ Hours-long photo walks in small towns

△ Reading slowly while fog billows in

△ Surprise sunshine

△ Banana slugs curled up in unexpected corners

△ A break from consuming or creating; just being

With care,
Lisa