Yesterday I blogged on being tired. Now, Friday morning, at just after 9, I am wide awake. Granted, I finally got more than 8 hours of sleep. I didn’t have to be anywhere this morning. My kids are out the door. I’m drinking my first cup of coffee. Life is good. It’s good to not be tired!
So, feeling motivated and energized and, in an attempt to counter last night’s post on being tired, I found these words by Henry David Thoreau:
Isn’t that beautiful? Something deep within me resonates with the words “truest life.” Honestly, what more could I want than this? And how do I live it? According to Thoreau, by knowing and living my dreams. Knowing and living my hopes. Knowing and living my desires.
Will I acknowledge and live them – in waking hours? I can feel my tendency to let dreams, hopes, and desires slip away. I can hear the harsh self-talk that tells me to get back to reality, eyes wide open, not naive…a cold, hard state of being awake. But I also hear the seductive echo of dreams – reminding me that what I most deeply hope and desire is worth holding on to, worth living – not just in sleep, but wide-awake.
At least today I’m wide awake enough to live in and with my dreams; to attempt to live my truest life. And that brings me much rest.
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