Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother
(Kahlil Gibran)
I love sitting around a table and chatting, it is so warm and friendly, there is no chance that people will keep one ear on the conversation and one eye on whatever is going on around them. There is eye to eye contact, there is fellowship, you can just "feel the love". I would rather sit and read at a table than on the sofa, for me it is just more comfortable.
A few years ago my ex husband ( it feels soooooooooooooooo good to be able to say that) built a little corner at the bottom of the garden, for me....... and then he filled it with masks he KNEW that i do not like masks but there they were hanging on the walls a constant reminder of what was wrong, of the evil that was slowly evading our marraige, and our lives, just like the wooden voodoo idol he had in our bedroom that at every opportunity I would put in the drawer, and the next day there it was again, mocking me.........
A few weekends ago, I was in mission mode.............. again................. and decided that my little corner had been dark and angry for long enough, so I removed the masks, I prayed over the corner, and then I had a brain wave, I decided to paint the walls a bright colour to warm it up, when my sister was here to visit we decided on green, and so a couple of weeks ago I bought the paint............. I love to paint......... and this is the result................
I am having a small sign made and calling my new solitude corner "Contemplation Corner"
over the past days I have spent quite a lot of time here thinking............... just being quiet and listening to the birds, listening to the silence, and being quite far from the house, there is no disturbances, a place where I can talk and listen to My Father............
I am so seldom alone, that it is so special and so important for me to take time every now and again to be quiet, I feel that society is discouraging us from thinking, it keeps us busy filling our lives with "stuff" to do, I more and more hear children say they are bored, I was never bored as a child, we could entertain ourselves, in fact I am never bored now, because just sitting and contemplating is enough for me, I don't need games, books, people, computers to keep me busy, solitude and quiet and God is what keeps me going.............
I think I will tell my friends about it, so that when they need to get away for a few hours, and have no where to go........... they can come to "Contemplation Corner"
This post is so very insightful right now...kind of goes along with a post I just did about the simplicity of my Christmases as a child, where now they get way too busy!! I agree with you on many counts. How great to get rid of the masks...kind of symbolic of ridding yourself of false covers. Now you are spiritual and free to persue that peacefulness.
ReplyDeleteLove your green corner...it's so EARTHY!!! I'd enjoy coming to medititate there with you sometime!!
I'd feel pretty comfortable in that corner, it's color is similar to my kitchen! Everyone needs a place they can go to just be still and feel peace, I'm glad you have one that is all yours!
ReplyDeleteHoney so glad you redid your space! I can not imagine anyone putting things up like mask knowing you did not want them. Wow you must feel good saying ex-....I can see you are growing each day stronger.
ReplyDeleteIf you love to paint I could sure use you around the ole farm house. haha
Enjoy your new lovely space because You so deserve it
Merry Christmas
Love
Maggie
This is a brilliant idea Karen. When i will have a house of my house, i am sure gonna plagiarize your idea... there is nothing better than being with Nature. You don't have to do anything, we just have to be. And that is certainly the best way to find the answers to so many of the questions that elude us otherwise... your contemplation corner looks beautiful and i like that green, it is fresh and one with Nature.
ReplyDeleteHi Karen! Thanks for stopping by my blog so I could 'follow you home' to find your contemplation spot. I enjoy quiet and solitude and soaking in the beauty of nature around me so can totally relate to your happy little corner.
ReplyDeleteI will enjoy getting to know you a bit more thru following your blog!
YOU are so right. That we need to get to know ourselves in quiet and thought. Love your corner and glad you made it yours.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your visit
cathy
I like your way of thinking. We need our solitude to hear that voice inside.
ReplyDeleteIt's a perfect spot to contemplate. Beautiful. JB