Hello and welcome to Five Minutes in Nature with me Liz Scott,
Once again in Exeter down alongside the River Wrecks.
You might hear the occasional runner or cyclist go by,
Dog walkers,
And it's quite a nice silent space down by the river,
Particularly when it's not raining and on a quiet morning.
And this morning I caught sight of a quote which I can't actually remember 100% but I'm going to give you the flavour of it because it struck me today for where I am at the moment.
And the quote was something along the lines of,
You can choose at any moment to start again.
You can choose at any moment to start again.
Something like that.
And I have over the last 24 hours just been finding myself building up with what I recognise is a sense of overwhelm.
It's my habitual way of feeling a little bit beleaguered.
As you know I'm writing this book which just feels like it's taking forever and whenever I feel like I'm reaching nearly an end point it's like I'm turning a corner on a journey and I'm just seeing that actually,
Oh no,
This isn't the end,
I've still got quite a way to go.
And it's just absorbing so much of my time.
And there's a part of me that feels drawn,
Deeply drawn to do my best with it.
It's not something I want to say that's good enough and get rid of.
It's something that feels like it wants me to create it in the best way I possibly can.
So that's taking a huge amount of time.
And a friend of mine and I were starting a podcast and I love audio as you know and so my role with this podcast is to do a little bit of the editing and mixing music and it's a task I love and it takes time.
And I was doing that as well and so I got the book and then I had the podcast that I needed to edit.
And then I was up here looking after my mum,
Up here in Exeter looking after my mum and knowing that some of the little jobs I need to do,
The bits I love doing,
I love responding to comments on Insight Timer and just taking a bit of time to read what people are saying.
I just feel as though I'm a bit squashed and rushed and a little bit out of sorts.
And as I was walking along here and I kind of saw that quote or remembered that quote and I probably got it wrong again now because I can't remember what I said at the beginning but it's something like it's never too late to start again.
It's something like that.
I was like yeah I can just take a breath and start again now.
And starting again for me doesn't mean that I still haven't got lots of things I need to do.
It doesn't mean that I'm not going to spend hours more on this book.
It doesn't mean I'm not going to do my podcasting and my editing and my reading of the comments for people that connect with me on Insight Timer.
It just means that for me starting again is to bring my attention and awareness,
And I'm doing it right as I'm speaking to you,
Just bring it right back to that quiet within me.
The river today is beautifully quiet.
It's a great reminder for me of what stillness is like.
And in me there is that quiet.
It doesn't take any of the chores or jobs I've got to do off my list.
I've still got to do them.
I still want to do them.
But what it means is,
As I reflect on it now and bring my awareness back to that sense of peace,
I'm doing that from a place of stillness.
And that's my reflection today,
Is bringing my awareness back to stillness and suggesting that that might be something for you too.
Like I say,
It doesn't mean you suddenly have a lot of space in your life or you no longer have anything to do.
All that it means is that from a space of stillness,
There's spaciousness,
And from that place you just see what needs to be done and you tackle one thing at a time.
At least that's what I'm going to be doing today.
So remember,
It's never too late to start again.
And I'm taking that to mean it's never too late to bring my awareness back to who I truly am and then from that space live my life.
I hope you've enjoyed being with me today and I look forward to connecting with you again tomorrow for another Five Minutes in Nature.
