10.55 and the Mindfulness Bell app on my cell phone has intermittently struck during the hour. Breathe, relax, let go, enjoy this moment. Aaargh. Adam has just shouted G-O--N-G in my ear from behind orbiting me out of peacefulness. It is now 10 days since I returned home from G S Hosp. with a heavy plaster cast immobilising my left leg. I am surprised at how quickly the days have past. Terrified the first day using a walking frame to prevent weight bearing, the days of incarceration stretched unendingly ahead. This confinement and immobility to establish the healing process is a wonderful opportunity to practise Right Living and all the other Right doings and beings. I have to be patient , I have to accept, I have to let go of wanting, not wanting, I need to be aware of each moment and mindful of how I move so that I remain in balance with every movement. In spite of not being able to enjoy the luxury of a shower, I have become acutely aware of how fortunate I am to be able to stand (precariously) at the basin and wash myself with hot water and soap. Millions of people around the world do not have even this luxury. I am good about performing the 20 reps. x 3 of 3 x daily exercises, lying on my bed - motivated by the fact that I want to take off like a Greyhound in 3 months time when I am released from the PoParis and my knee is flexible once again. My arms are taking the strain walking with the frame. They become quite painful but I have discovered that practising the arm movements used in Zhineng Qi Gong each time relieves the pain and strain and also strengthen my shoulders and arms. I now have time to do all the things I never have time to do. What pleasure and joy! I read. I can sit at the dining room table and paint spontaneous creations experimenting with colour. I write Morning Pages, and practise creative writing. I am studying and working through a workbook on the I Ching. The hexagrams popped up spontaneously in the paintings. Painting and writing are very therapeutic. I see images in the paintings of the healing process going on inside my body and leg. Then there are the Angels who visit. Friends who have visited and been wonderful company for a couple of hours. My daughter who arrives early morning and makes me delicious coffee and breakfast, organises the washing machine etc. makes me lunch and my son who takes over in the evening and cooks supper and they see that I am comfortable for the night before departing. During the night and the day I have my two dogs and cats for company. I am able to sit in an armchair and look out onto the colourful garden with bees, butterflies, dragonflies and birds - two very tame doves who arrive at breakfast and supper time and tease the dogs by pinching their food from the bowls. There was a at least 6 hour deluge of rain last night - unexpected- quite wonderful to listen to and be grateful on behalf of the garden. Life is Good. Enjoy a wonderful weekend.
Posted on: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 09:58:09 +0000