Lightly, Lightly
Throw away the baggage and go forward
As the title suggests, you are being invited today to travel lightly… to go easy on yourself, choose peace, effort less, laugh more.
The poem below will show you how, and give you reasons why you might want to.
And the short video below that is just, well, fun. It will give you some idea of what helps to lighten my load.
What helps to lighten yours?
Ahhh…🙌🏼
Lightly, My Darling
by Aldous Huxley
It’s dark because you are trying too hard.
Lightly child, lightly. Learn to do everything lightly.
Yes, feel lightly even though you’re feeling deeply.
Just lightly let things happen and
lightly cope with them.
I was so preposterously serious in those days,
such a humorless little prig.
Lightly, lightly – it’s the best advice ever given me.
When it comes to dying even.
Nothing ponderous, or portentous, or emphatic.
No rhetoric, no tremolos, no self conscious
persona putting on its celebrated imitation
of Christ or Little Nell.
And of course, no theology, no metaphysics
of the clear light.
So throw away your baggage and go forward.
There are quicksands all about you,
trying to suck you down into fear and
self-pity and despair.
That’s why you must walk so lightly.
Lightly my darling, on tiptoes and no luggage,
not even a sponge bag, completely unencumbered.”1
Speaking of lightening up…
Life in the slow lane — February 2024
Enjoy my latest video recap from my home to yours. May these one-second slices of beauty and playful revelry — gathered from my world in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico — bring light and joy into your world🌵 (Best with sound)
Music: “Nica’s Dream,” by Eddie Palmieri
In case you missed it…
Taking a Leap
What would taking a leap look like? What are you willing to do even if you failed? You can borrow some inspiration from a guy a photographed in the town square recently…
Aghhhhhh. Exhale. Thank you Stephanie. xR