“The healthy no means we took time to consider the long game, the bigger perspective, and we see the value in doing the right thing over the immediate thing. It is much easier to have this kind of vulnerability when we are clear on our boundaries.”
Dr. Arianna Molloy, Healthy Calling: From Toxic Burnout to Sustainable Work
Q: Do You Need a Little Empty in Your Life?
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“Consider these thoughts:
- Constant multitasking may not be getting you anywhere.
- Emptiness is not a lack but an invitation that can be our greatest teacher.
- A daily awareness and appreciation of the quiet spaciousness in our world and our own lives is not a retreat from reality but a rich and full welcome to all that is most meaningful and real.
-Thoughts from Thomas Moore’s The Eloquence of Silence: Surprising Wisdom in Tales of Emptiness
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Dear Janell…..all of your podcast episodes speak to me but this one on emptiness resonated so deeply. As I was listening, I found myself in tears and was instantly reminded of the Frederick Buechner quote about tears: “Whenever you find tears in your eyes, especially unexpected tears, it is well to pay the closest attention. They are not only telling you something about the secret of who you are , but more often than not, God is speaking to you through them…..” Ah, yes! Just a year ago we left our home of 26 years in Iowa, to move to the ranch where I grew up in western South Dakota. Our new season of retirement! I went from being so heavily involved in our neighborhood, our church and community but suddenly the calendar pages were empty. I did not realize how accustomed I was to going and going all week. I honestly thrived on the busyness of it all and in the past year have slowly realized how hard it is for me to have empty space and margin in my life. The lesson of “rest” that you’ve been forced to learn about through your heart rhythms and afib, has been a very sobering reminder to me. I’m so so happy that the cardioversion was successful for you! I can’t even imagine. Thank you for sharing all of your life lessons with this community and especially this one on rest. I am still learning how to be okay with empty space…. and I’m grateful for your wisdom and words, Janell!
Oh Kathy, your words pierce my heart – you have been in a massive transition. We know transitions are disorienting and painfully difficult. I know you well enough to know that you will come through this with deeper connection to your Heavenly Father and SONGS that will help so many. Please sit at your piano and allow the Spirit to move through you. Thank you for taking the time to share this as I know it will help others that are experiencing their own transitional disorientation. Sending LOVE and HOPE and SURPRISING JOY your way.