Today was a hard day. I know this isnt a new conversation but I cannot help but feel sad sometimes over the state weve evolved too. There isnt a single mama out there that Ive spoken to that doesnt feel isolated, lonely, unsupported and frustrated. All of these women love their children beyond measure and Im sure they all have wonderful husbands/partners too. This issue isnt dependent on love or even geography (one doesnt even have to be a mum to perhaps feel/understand this either) its a direct result of our modern lives that are compartmentalised, fragmented and isolated. In the pursuit of independence and self reliance, we have alienated ourselves from one another. In the pursuit of safety weve lost trust in one another. In the pursuit of achievement - where goals, money and doing are revered more than intention, wellbeing and being - weve lost what it is to be a tribe, a community, to live life not for what we accomplish but for what we experience in the moment. Families are torn apart. Friends see one another sporadically (no matter how well intended) and many of us work to get by, not to flourish. Im not meaning to be pessimistic. Im simply looking towards a new future where this isnt the case. Sometimes I feel scared I will not find it. I want community that exists in the flesh. I want to live a simple life connected to nature yet I also want to somehow fulfil my purpose beyond being a mother. I want to leave the madness of society yet I still wish to engage with the world. I want stillness but not stagnancy. I want inspiration not overwhelm. I want a place where I feel I belong - where I can rest in a state of being that exhales with a sigh of contentment, knowing deeply that this is what life is about - not what weve been doing all these years gone past.
Posted on: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 19:28:52 +0000
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