• One Leaf, One Moment: A Path to Peace

  • Nov 15 2024
  • Length: 13 mins
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One Leaf, One Moment: A Path to Peace

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  • In this Navigating Nourishment Podcast, Wendy and Debbie discuss the poem "Not the End of the World" by Jeff Foster, emphasizing the importance of presence and mindfulness. They reflect on how paying attention to small, everyday moments, like finding a beautiful leaf, can reveal hidden beauty and ground us. They highlight the therapeutic benefits of nature, noting that being present in nature can alleviate anxiety and depression. They stress the value of intentional practice in staying grounded and suggest that fully observing and appreciating nature's details can provide deeper healing than mere outdoor activities. They conclude by encouraging listeners to cherish moments and be more mindful and present in their lives. Poem NOT THE END OF THE WORLD It's not the end of the world. Just the end of a dream. Let your heart break today. Feel your feelings. Your disappointment, anger, fear. Let all thoughts, pictures in the mind, voices in the head, have their say, and know they are only new dreams trying to take root. And feel your feet on the ground. Bring attention back to the here and now. To yourself. Feel the morning sun on your face. The breath rising and falling. Hear the sounds all around you. The bird singing. The television blaring. The traffic, the chatter of children. So much here remains unchanged. So much here is familiar. Life goes on. The sense of being alive. The throb and pulse of being. Your ability to love, to hold yourself in presence. To connect with others, friends and strangers. To embrace difficult sensations. Don't abandon yourself for a chaotic world. Recommit to your path today with even greater ferocity. Nothing is so bad when you stay close to the place where you are. Nothing is so bad when you touch your own power. Presence itself. - Jeff Foster Post recording, Debbie read Gretchen Rubin’s 5 List and it had two references that resonate with this podcast: The other day, I saw a spider web lit up by the sunlight, and I was struck again by how easy it is to overlook the beauty of the world. I remind myself: I admire nature, and I am also nature. I resent traffic, and I am also traffic. The leaf pictures are from Debbie's walks. The painting of the leaf is by Wendy. TRANSCRIPTION edited for readability Finding Beauty in the Mundane Wendy 00:00 We found this poem recently, a friend of ours posted this poem, and it landed so beautifully for both of us, we wanted to share it with our listeners. “Not the End of The World" by Jeff Foster It's not the end of the world, just the end of a dream. Let your heart break today. Feel your feelings, your disappointment, anger, fear. Let all thoughts, pictures in the mind, voices in the head, have their say and know they are only new dreams trying to take root and feel your feet on the ground. Bring attention back to the here and now, to yourself. Feel the morning sun on your face, the breath rising and falling. Hear the sounds all around you, the birds singing, the television blaring, the traffic, the chatter of children. So much here remains unchanged. So much here is familiar. Life goes on. The sense of being alive, the throb and pulse of being your ability to love, to hold yourself in presence, to connect with others, friends and strangers to embrace difficult sensations. Don't abandon yourself for a chaotic world. Recommit to your path today with even greater ferocity. Nothing is so bad when you stay close to the place where you are. Nothing is so bad when you touch your own power, presence itself. Debbie 01:48 It's so beautiful. It wraps it all up so beautifully. Wendy 01:55 It really does. It's something to print and read often. This whole idea of presence can only be done with practice, intentional practice, it takes an awareness that really helps us become more grounded. Just recently, I was on a walk with Dana and a friend of ours.
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