Water Thoughts

That swim seems to me like a miniature model of life. Anxiety crescendos and decrescendos; joy alights and then flies away. Grief goes on and on; overtaking me for a time and then lying low. Those anchovies are still out there somewhere in the ocean; sometimes they're all I can see, and sometimes the water is clear. Things come and then they go.

Every-Day Mindfulness, Grief, NatureweflourishandbloomSeptember 2, 2015anniversary, anxiety, dad, daily, every day, every day mindfulness, fear, gentleness, grief, impermanence, mindful, mindfulness, Monterey, Monterey Bay, motivation, mourning, nature, ocean, open-water swim, self care, swim, vulnerabilityComment

The Fathomless Ocean, The Uncharted Land

No, I can’t have that old me back. That’s water under the bridge now. I can create the new Katie in any way I want, but I can’t have the old one back.

Blog, GriefweflourishandbloomJune 17, 2015creation, gentleness, grief, grieving, meditation, mindful, mindfulness, vulnerability, wholehearted Comment

Making Space for the Sunday Blues

What to do when it's just a down day? It's Sunday. Sundays can be sort of inherently sad. I think for many of us, Sunday represents a difficult mental transition from fun-time to work-time, and it might contain a fair amount of anticipation or dread for the week to come. Sunday afternoon is basically the opposite of Friday afternoon. But, there's something more than that Sunday malaise that I'm feeling right now.