new blog

Hi everyone! On a day when I was especially claustrophobic, I started a new blog and copied everything from this one over to it. If you are interested in further updates on the things that happen to me and that I do, I ask that you please continue to follow me here, at www.stevenwilbur.wordpress.com. Thank you. I hope the sun shines in all your rooms.

rest

Most people would have a different view of what recharges them than their blenders.

I am no different, and can even testify to the thorough discomfort of completing an electron chain. Lately I have rather found time alone in reflection or creativity to be the most gratifying way to rest. When I fight for the time to retreat, even a week full with meetings and commitments seems like such a privilege. This life, it is a privilege, you know. Each breath we draw, dispersing into the blood, off to the organs and back again, all right under and through our noses, is a privilege. But just as you and I did not set ourselves in motion this morning, I also cannot sustain the constancy of busyness.

My hammer misses the nail and breaks my finger. My eyelids collapse headfirst and forget to stand up. My blind finger presses the big red button (yes, that big red button). The button sends chaos down a wire to my friendships, and I leave work early, apologizing to a chemical fire of faces I love.

In that love, I encourage you as I have rebuked my mirror to find that thing that recharges you, be it quiet, or blank paper, or music, or lily and leaf, and fight for its sanctuaries, so all the other times, your pockets will be filled with the grace you need to give, and give, and give.