{"id":608,"date":"2011-05-12T10:00:26","date_gmt":"2011-05-12T14:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/blissblog\/?p=608"},"modified":"2011-05-12T23:51:02","modified_gmt":"2011-05-13T03:51:02","slug":"whispering-echoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2011\/05\/whispering-echoes.html","title":{"rendered":"Whispering Echoes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/107\/2011\/05\/BEARimagesCAYA1CWI.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-611\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/107\/2011\/05\/BEARimagesCAYA1CWI.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"245\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A new friend named Bobi Watson; a yoga teacher and swimming instructor from Wildood Crest, New Jersey posted\u00a0this bit of wisdom on facebook and\u00a0I knew it was going to be fodder\u00a0for a Bliss Blog entry.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A\u00a0compilation of whispering echos calling me to dance and play throughout my day ~ beckoning an order of assimilation and movement, sometimes slow going, sometimes more frenzied ~ Musicality and actuality. I see &amp; hear, feeling what just may be on the horizon is another horizon&#8230; Reminded of the old song&#8230; The bear went over the mountain&#8230; To see what he could see&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It spoke to me immediately and created a vision of standing in the midst of a grove with the &#8216;whispering echoes&#8217; giggling, sounds re-bounding off the trees, stretching skyward and then wafting gracefully down to the moss green grass. Each sound becomes a crooked finger that invited me to join in the frolic. Adapting to the rhythm of the 12 hours that stretched before me. I know that on any given day, I can be faced with the gift of going slowly, and simultaneously needing to move at what seems like that frenzied pace of which Bobi speaks. It is then that I am reminded of what my mother said at times : &#8220;The hurrier I go, the behinder I get.&#8221; to which I respond by gliding along in speech and action until I can adjust my pace.<\/p>\n<p>I know too, that we are that music and the hollow reed through which it is played so brilliantly.<\/p>\n<p>The horizon is always waiting and I realize that I have two choices&#8230;I can eagerly anticipate what unfolds just beyond it, or I can dread it. There was a time in my life when I would have leaned toward the latter, although I am an optimist by nature. I now think of myself as an &#8216;opti-mystic&#8217; who sees the Divine Creative Force in all encounters. And like that bear, I am opening my eyes and heart to &#8216;see what I can see&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/RmUp2jyHd9Y\">http:\/\/youtu.be\/RmUp2jyHd9Y<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 For the eternal child in us all &lt;3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A new friend named Bobi Watson; a yoga teacher and swimming instructor from Wildood Crest, New Jersey posted\u00a0this bit of wisdom on facebook and\u00a0I knew it was going to be fodder\u00a0for a Bliss Blog entry. &#8220;A\u00a0compilation of whispering echos calling me to dance and play throughout my day ~ beckoning an order of assimilation&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":233,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,12,33,4,9,37],"tags":[260,261],"class_list":["post-608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-attracting-what-you-desire","category-bliss-kiss-for-your-weekend","category-creativity","category-inspiration","category-music","category-writing","tag-bobi-watson","tag-the-bear-went-over-the-mountain"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Whispering Echoes - The Bliss Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2011\/05\/whispering-echoes.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Whispering Echoes - The Bliss Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A new friend named Bobi Watson; 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