the artist’s way :: week two
The quality of life is in proportion, always, to the capacity for delight. The capacity for delight is the gift of paying attention… In times of pain, when the future is too terrifying to contemplate and the past too painful to remember, I have learned to pay attention to right now. The precise moment I was in was always the only safe place for me. Each moment, taken alone, was always bearable. In the exact now, we are all, always, all right… I am breathing in and out. Realizing this, I began to notice that each moment was not without its beauty.
If I should happen to get nothing else out of this book, those words alone will be enough. Pay attention to right now. Oh, how I needed that reminder this week.
January 23rd, 2006 at 1:16 am
I found this encouragement to pay attention in week 2 as well. Such a good reminder.
January 23rd, 2006 at 8:46 am
so true…thanks melanie
happy monday!
k
January 23rd, 2006 at 2:35 pm
incredible wisdom.
January 23rd, 2006 at 5:01 pm
yes, yes…so important, so true. wishing you many moments of waking up and waking up and waking up again.
January 24th, 2006 at 3:34 am
So true. My brother gave me similar advice last week. This is something I needed to hear…
January 24th, 2006 at 11:10 am
Amazing truth. Biblical, even.
January 25th, 2006 at 11:06 am
A little over two years ago, just after HH was born, I was taping some “real people” interviews and met a terrific father who had brought his son along … He had three other children and I asked him if he could give me (first time father that I was) any advice …
His reply was simple and I try to keep it in the front of my mind every day: Pay attention!
Peace …
January 26th, 2006 at 2:05 pm
In the past three years since the death of my husband, the most critical piece of information I learned was to live in the moment. I can tell you that this particular piece above is so incredibly true. May we all learn to embrace the peace of moment to moment thinking.