Fresh Start Zen
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Yesterday I was running late for an appointment. I hate being late and felt stress cramping my back and neck. In my haste, I missed a turn and got lost in a residential area of Scarsdale, known for large private properties. With my phone and GPS wonky, I had no idea where I was and there was no one around. Around and around I drove feeling a silent scream building like a scene from The Twilight Zone.
It's easy to dispense "just breathe" advice until it hits you sideways. Several lifetimes later my phone worked and I re-sheduled my appointment for another day. It took me an hour to find my way home which normally would take under ten minutes. Clearly rattled, I decided to re-think my afternoon and have a fresh start. I stopped at my favorite park to capture the earliest signs of cheery blossoms fresh from a light rain. We often think of spring as a time when we can begin anew, but we can choose to have a fresh start any time. I decided to take my own advice (see my Tuesday post).
Yesterday I was running late for an appointment. I hate being late and felt stress cramping my back and neck. In my haste, I missed a turn and got lost in a residential area of Scarsdale, known for large private properties. With my phone and GPS wonky, I had no idea where I was and there was no one around. Around and around I drove feeling a silent scream building like a scene from The Twilight Zone.
It's easy to dispense "just breathe" advice until it hits you sideways. Several lifetimes later my phone worked and I re-sheduled my appointment for another day. It took me an hour to find my way home which normally would take under ten minutes. Clearly rattled, I decided to re-think my afternoon and have a fresh start. I stopped at my favorite park to capture the earliest signs of cheery blossoms fresh from a light rain. We often think of spring as a time when we can begin anew, but we can choose to have a fresh start any time. I decided to take my own advice (see my Tuesday post).
Posted by Layla Morgan Wilde at 4/14/2011 6:31 AM 
Categories: Nature, Baby Boomers, New York, Westchester County, Photography, Art, Spirituality
Tags: Fresh start zen baijuyi poem zen spring poem Hartsdale park cherry blossoms hartsdale blooming spring leaves
Categories: Nature, Baby Boomers, New York, Westchester County, Photography, Art, Spirituality
Tags: Fresh start zen baijuyi poem zen spring poem Hartsdale park cherry blossoms hartsdale blooming spring leaves
Beautiful photos, and excellent advice. Sometimes, "just breathe" can be enough to get negative energy unstuck, but at other times, a fresh start, especially one involving nature, is what we need. I love the idea that a fresh start doesn't have to be something major, it can just, literally, be a walk in the park.
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Ingrid, the beauty is the fresh start can be the tiniest action but as buds prove, tiny things grow into big things!
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I hate getting lost, too.
Your blooms! Your climate is so much warmer than ours. Interesting, too, that Bob (Elizabeth E) has a much warmer climate than where I am, only 90 minutes south of me. We have no blooms, but my seeds germinated in two days. Happy~!
Impatiens and Convolvulus
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We're about two weeks ahead so you get to enjoy it twice via pics.
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Love is a gross exaggeration of the difference between one person and everybody else.
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Sometimes I allow spam in because they can be almost Zen.
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Layla, love how you turned that whole incident around and redeemed the remainder of your day. That's the magical power we always have at our fingertips.
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And every time we choose differently, it empowers us further.
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