"If only we realize that Ram Dass was right: The game is to be where you are. Be it honestly and as consciously as you know how. Your entire life is a curriculum." The hardest game there is. I may never win, but I'm putting in a good effort. Sort of.
This is a beautiful contemplation. Last week I was talking with a group about how much I wanted to become a doctor when I was younger, and the immediate response was, “Time is passing anyways-what are you waiting for?! You could still become a doctor!” I struggled to articulate that sometimes the point is sitting with my current reality and finding peace with my past choices. The Ram Dass quote says it best. To Be where I Am. Honestly and Consciously. Thank you.
Also, this brought up memories of me as a child helping to spread chicken manure and waiting for the magical miniature trees to sprout in the asparagus patch. Then letting it be a wild and feathery fern-like mess until the next year. The few sweet childhood memories I have are from the gardens. 💜
We're four years into our "new" life in upstate NY and we still feel like visitors. Why are we here? How did we get here? The strain this move has put on myself, my marriage, my perspective of time has profoundly changed me. Aged me. I no longer feel like the world is my oyster and my husband and I fight about this house more than anything else. I guess it's just nice to know it's not just me/us. Thank you for that. And also - we planted the asparagus this year.
This is so beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing it with us. I especially relate to the unexpected effects that come with the expectation of change.
On asparagus: who cares? Asparagus I planted with my Dad when I was 14 still comes up in the old horse pasture of my childhood. I am nigh unto 70 now. Only my sister knows….but someone will find it someday, and enjoy its peculiar bitter sweetness.
So much resonates here but absolutely plant the asparagus. Even if you move someone else will be grateful. Asparagus fresh from the bed is so much better than from the market or supermarket.
"If only we realize that Ram Dass was right: The game is to be where you are. Be it honestly and as consciously as you know how. Your entire life is a curriculum." The hardest game there is. I may never win, but I'm putting in a good effort. Sort of.
This is a beautiful contemplation. Last week I was talking with a group about how much I wanted to become a doctor when I was younger, and the immediate response was, “Time is passing anyways-what are you waiting for?! You could still become a doctor!” I struggled to articulate that sometimes the point is sitting with my current reality and finding peace with my past choices. The Ram Dass quote says it best. To Be where I Am. Honestly and Consciously. Thank you.
Also, this brought up memories of me as a child helping to spread chicken manure and waiting for the magical miniature trees to sprout in the asparagus patch. Then letting it be a wild and feathery fern-like mess until the next year. The few sweet childhood memories I have are from the gardens. 💜
We're four years into our "new" life in upstate NY and we still feel like visitors. Why are we here? How did we get here? The strain this move has put on myself, my marriage, my perspective of time has profoundly changed me. Aged me. I no longer feel like the world is my oyster and my husband and I fight about this house more than anything else. I guess it's just nice to know it's not just me/us. Thank you for that. And also - we planted the asparagus this year.
Stunning.
This is so beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing it with us. I especially relate to the unexpected effects that come with the expectation of change.
Just beautiful!
Thank you, Lettie -
So, what's stopping you from planting it now?? Will you live long enough to eat some? Who knows!
On asparagus: who cares? Asparagus I planted with my Dad when I was 14 still comes up in the old horse pasture of my childhood. I am nigh unto 70 now. Only my sister knows….but someone will find it someday, and enjoy its peculiar bitter sweetness.
So much resonates here but absolutely plant the asparagus. Even if you move someone else will be grateful. Asparagus fresh from the bed is so much better than from the market or supermarket.