How do you unwind after a demanding day?
There’s a saying in the UK “You’re wound up like a clock spring”. That describes me.
I was born into tension and I’ve always been quite a stiff mover. My muscles rarely relax. I think I was born braced to try to run away from human stupidity and unkindness. Boy I’ve encountered a lot of that.
Especially as humanity seems to be in a race back into the dark ages at the moment.
It’s hard to know which country or continent are in the lead at the moment. The so-called ‘leaders of the free world’ are doing well on the slippery slope, the UK needs some common sense knocked into it, Europe isn’t looking good, the far east is hidden behind its curtain, but the peeks we get aren’t inspiring. The African continent seems to be suffering and fighting in equal measure. The rhetoric is pure conflict driven, false perception of power, junk.
Respect is a great strength and we lack it to horrific proportions. We also lack empathy, kindness, consideration, and the other finer emotions it takes a backbone of steel to demonstrate and hold onto in this world.
Do killers really think they’re strong? The world will move on and they’ll be remembered with revulsion.
Unwinding
As such I more closely resemble a clock spring than the kind where you get beautiful flowers swaying gently in a light warm breeze. Maybe it’s my backbone of steel causing it, because I ain’t giving up trying to do my bit to do something, anything, to save the children.
I don’t have any so I mean yours. Whomever you are, wherever you are. No matter what race, colour, creed, gender, region.
However, I do meditate, although I find a deliberate visualisation easier. I do have times when I am very relaxed and peaceful, mainly when I’m quiet and in the presence of my beloved cats.
When I lose one, as we did on Wednesday, I am again reminded that true beauty does exist in this world and any loss of it is a tragedy beyond measure.
Which is a reminder to all of us of the many, many, many, beautiful people in this world from whom we hear nothing because they do no harm.
Hearing from more of them would certainly be the most uplifting and unwinding thing I could think of.
Deb xx
Deb Hawken - Amorah 