Joy in the Journey

I'm discovering more and more that there is, in fact, joy in the journey. Right now I'm reading an excellent book by Jay Michaelson titled God in Your Body. His chapter on eating has already changed my perspective. Living in the moment sounds harder than it really is.

I've been thinking a lot recently about time. The past certainly impinges on me in the form of that great cloud of witnesses (grandparents, parents, siblings, former pastors) that surrounds me, as does the future (in the form of my children and Zora, my granddaughter). The present impinges on the past (my present memories are really all I have of those witnesses) and on the future (there can't be one without the present). Blessings on the present moment.

January 18, 2010

It's been ages since I posted to this blog, so I thought I should get active again. I've been weaned off most of my psychiatric medications, and am now coming off Abilify. It will be interesting to see if I can do it without going into a depression.

My current spiritual practice is to read the Revised Common Lectionary Scriptures for the day, plus a few words from The Word is Out(Chris Glaser's daily meditations), Mornings With Thomas Merton, and a saint from All Saints. All this while sitting in front of my light box consuming my only cup of coffee. Afterward I meditate for twenty minutes to half an hour, closing with prayers for various people.

When I'm feeling up to it (and I haven't been lately) I go on the treadmill for two half hour sessions. The reason I haven't been up to it lately is that I've been having problems resulting from my prostate cancer. However, I hope to resume my treadmill sessions soon.