On, In, and Around Mondays: Listen to the Whisper
She rounds the turn, cantering, and it is like watching her fly.
My girl asked for this. Two years ago, as we drove by the stables, she wanted to know what went on there.
"Horseback riding," I said.
"Can you call on Monday?" she said.
I did. Because, you know, this girl doesn't ask for much. So when she ventures a request, I know it means something. I don't even need to know what it means. I honor it.
Watching her take those turns, flying free on a powerful creature, I ask myself this...
Do you honor your own requests? And how do you know when you are making them?
It seems more complicated for me. I have to know how to listen to myself, and it may not come as clear as Can you call on Monday. Sometimes a request is nothing more than a complaint that keeps resurfacing. Sometimes it is a sadness. It can even be something that looks like rebellion.
I want to learn to listen harder. For whatever it is I hear. The whisper, the laugh, the slight shift of cloth. Yes, I might want to fly.
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posted by L.L. Barkat at 1:25 PM
11 Comments:
There's such a powerful thought in this.
6BrI've actually begun to consider horseback riding for myself. It's an itch I've had for years. And I've been thinking about that "honoring" part of myself. That and photographing trees and landscapes.
I so much appreciated what you had to say, friend. :)
Congratulations on the book!! :-)
I admire her. I get nervous on a horse, even my mother-in-law's old, sluggish horse. :)
I think it's hard to hear the "whisper" because our world is so noisy. But I'm with you, I need to really pay better attention to the whispers in my life. Thanks for this encouragement!
"I want to learn to listen harder. For whatever it is I hear. The whisper, the laugh, the slight shift of cloth. Yes, I might want to fly."
Yes, oh yes. Listening along with you today, Laura. Blessings and peace.
Listening. Yes. (That's what I wrote about too). I love your angle though of listening closer to ourselves as well...
I need to reflect on this. There's something in here for me, and when I turn to look at it head-on, it flits away. I need to catch it from the corner of my eye.
Thank you.
The very next Monday? Wow.
Will you be my mommy? ;-)
This made me pause and think about all those complaints that keep resurfing. Wise words as always here.
Oh, that we all might listen better. And each, in our own time, in our own way....learn how to fly! ~ jen
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