Realigning priorities, shifting tacks

Yesterday I shared with you how distant I had come from a chief heart's desire: Simply to feel the earth under my feet. Grounding in that need, making a commitment to honor it, I opened to another neglected desire as well, writing routinely right here, on Building Ordinary.

The new web sites for Ordinary and Building Ordinary are far from completion. We've experienced one setback after another. Intent on working from the new framework, I've continuously sacrificed writing the story and tracking my journey toward making the vision real. No more. I am realigning my priorities.

While I'm still excited about building a new framework for the blogs, I will no longer pursue it at the expense of this work. From now on, the new sites take a lower priority so I can post here more regularly, and finish several posts in Rose's journal.

I may end up with a much less vigorous site than planned. It will take longer to achieve, but in the meantime, I will nourish my soul by honoring the work that means the most to me.

I know that some of you who read me regularly have faced setbacks and disappointments in meeting your goals as well this year. How, I wonder, might we be more supportive of one another in a way that would not create yet another distraction from our work?

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We make peace in a million small ways every day.

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Giving time to our heart's desires

People in the world of Ordinary are at ease more often than not. They work together to dispatch the mundane chores that keep village life flowing smoothly, leaving them plenty of time to pursue their heart's desires.

This morning, traversing the gently winding pathways of a nearby park, feeling real earth under my feet instead of concrete, I was surprised at sudden tears in my eyes, a certain clenching of the heart. Eschewing the time it takes to walk to the park, for months I've stayed to the sidewalks of my neighborhood, never touching feet to earth.

How often do I give myself time to walk a little closer to Nature? Less and less. I've been so busy the past eight months with chores and More Important Priorities, that I've neglected my need to touch the Earth, one of my heart's deepest desires.

That changed, beginning today.

What heart's desire would you like to pursue today, and if you took some time for it, what might happen?

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We make peace in a million small ways every day.

All text and images, unless otherwise noted, copyright L. Kathryn Grace. All rights reserved.