{"id":1099,"date":"2011-07-27T22:24:21","date_gmt":"2011-07-28T02:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/blissblog\/?p=1099"},"modified":"2011-07-27T22:32:24","modified_gmt":"2011-07-28T02:32:24","slug":"exhausted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2011\/07\/exhausted.html","title":{"rendered":"A Blessing For One Who Is Exhausted"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As I am writing this entry, I find my eyelids flickering, my body settling down into comfy covers and a growing sense of needing sleep. Even as I am engaged in one of my favorite activities; putting my thoughts out there to share with you, I hear the call of dreamland. After\u00a0my full time\u00a0day\u00a0job, writing an article, listening to\u00a0\u00a0Steve Harrison’s webinar on The Secrets of Publicity Superstars…oh and sneaking in dinner, kitchen clean up, a wee bit of laundry, speaking with a friend\u00a0on the phone and a conversation with my son, I can say that I am feeling seriously wiped!\u00a0 And I didn’t get to the gym tonight. If I had, I would be typing this at midnight instead of 10pm.\u00a0 I used to say “sleep is highly over-rated.”\u00a0 For those of you either in the throes of menopause or\u00a0 swimming in the energetic soup of the shifts that are taking place on the planet, you may notice wee\u00a0hours of the morning awakening. I seem to be\u00a0in both groups at the moment. For the past few\u00a0months, regardless of what time I close my eyes, they spring open 6 or so hours later.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As I was pondering the missive for the Bliss Blog, I came upon a poem that Joan Borysenko had on her facebook page that comes from one of my favorite writers. John O’Donohue was an Irish poet, Catholic priest, scholar and philosoper. He passed three years ago and left a beautiful legacy. One of his quotes that is dear to my heart: “May you experience each day as a sacred gift woven around the heart of wonder.”<\/p>\n

This particular poem is a brilliant reminder to slooooowwww my pace, so as to rest my body and my mind and allow for the sacred to enter.\u00a0 Sweet dreams~<\/p>\n

A Blessing For One Who Is Exhausted<\/p>\n

When the rhythm of the heart becomes hectic,
\nTime takes on the strain until it breaks;
\nThen all the unattended stress falls in
\nOn the mind like an endless, increasing weight,<\/p>\n

The light in the mind becomes dim.
\nThings you could take in your stride before
\nNow become laborsome events of will.<\/p>\n

Weariness invades your spirit.
\nGravity begins falling inside you,
\nDragging down every bone.<\/p>\n

The tide you never valued has gone out.
\nAnd you are marooned on unsure ground.
\nSomething within you has closed down;
\nAnd you cannot push yourself back to life.<\/p>\n

You have been forced to enter empty time.
\nThe desire that drove you has relinquished.
\nThere is nothing else to do now but rest
\nAnd patiently learn to receive the self
\nYou have forsaken for the race of days.<\/p>\n

At first your thinking will darken
\nAnd sadness take over like listless weather.
\nThe flow of unwept tears will frighten you.<\/p>\n

You have traveled too fast over false ground;
\nNow your soul has come to take you back.<\/p>\n

Take refuge in your senses, open up
\nTo all the small miracles you rushed through.<\/p>\n

Become inclined to watch the way of rain
\nWhen it falls slow and free.<\/p>\n

Imitate the habit of twilight,
\nTaking time to open the well of color
\nThat fostered the brightness of day.<\/p>\n

Draw alongside the silence of stone
\nUntil its calmness can claim you.
\nBe excessively gentle with yourself.<\/p>\n

Stay clear of those vexed in spirit.
\nLearn to linger around someone of ease
\nWho feels they have all the time in the world.<\/p>\n

Gradually, you will return to yourself,
\nHaving learned a new respect for your heart
\nAnd the joy that dwells far within slow time.<\/p>\n

\u00a0John O’Donohue, from “Blessings”<\/p>\n

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\u00a0www.panhala.net\/Archive\/A_Blessing.html<\/a> <\/cite><\/p>\n

www.johnodonohue.com<\/a> <\/cite><\/p>\n

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