The Spirit Guide: Meditation 6: Stillness & Loneliness
MORNING Every day, I ask for an intention, and today, I got "stillness." That's a hard word for someone with ants in her pants. It's pouring here, so it's not like I was going to run around, but, ugh, stillness??? What does that even mean?! The dictionary definition of stillness is "the absence of movement or sound." I didn't know the sound part, but I definitely remember the "sit still" part from years of being told to do that...usually in places like Church or Grandma Ritter's apartment. But, I am going to try it. I have a presentation for work today and some meetings, but other than that, I am not going to listen to music, and I am not going to run any marathons. I am pretty sure I wasn't going to do THAT anyway. Stillness, in the way I am interpreting it, is more than just physical movement, I think. I think it's more a stillness of mind. My mind goes a million miles an hour, and I think the challenge is to focus