Doing Versus Being

For right now, all you need to do is breathe in. Exhale. Breathe in. Exhale. Welcome to a Hit of Hope.

I was recently on a hike with someone, showing him my favorite woods. The trail through them is a long one, and for Minnesota, it’s rather hilly. At the top of one of the hills, there was a bench. My friend walked over to it and pointed, saying, “Hey, Betsy. This is what is called a bench. Some people sit on them and rest. Have you ever sat down on a bench?” I walked over, tapped my bum on . .

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I have always been 'a hurry-up and do' person, seldom stopping to enjoy 'the now'.. I work hard to stop and SMELL THE COFFEE...
XO

I totally can picture you never sitting on a bench. 🤣
Wonderful as always. Been reading your poetry on other platform, amazing, still hoping you will do a book. Hope you are well.
Namaste 🙏

🙋‍♀️ present and accounted for with this one, Betsy! I think I'd love to retire to a being society, after so many years of plugging away at a doing society. It's very hard to just BE in the States. Today, I took the day almost completely off. I needed it, it was wonderful and restorative, and yet there was still that nagging guilt because I wasn't DOING anything. As you say, it's not cut and dried, we need to do...but boy do I wish our society respected the need to just be on occasion without the guilt we get drummed into our brains. 🙏

I never ever ask what someone does for a living! Don’t want to set up that hierarchy before I get to know them.

I am currently working on “what is”, over “what next”, so this resonates. Thanks.