Reflective Writing & Stretching for Sincere Living
Post by Chintana Ahlund
It is said that the present is pregnant with the future. ~Voltaire
Olives and Oprah. These were the first signs of my pregnancy. One morning nine months ago, I woke up craving olives for breakfast. Overtaken by this odd and sudden urge, I found myself plopped on the couch, indulging in a jar of kalamata olives with slices of manchego cheese and watching the Oprah Winfrey Network…for hours!
Pregnancy, I realize, has everything to do with writing. It’s all part of the practice of slowing down, tuning inward and …
Post by Chintana
Rain…
Listen closely
to this Song.
Soon…
Deep within You
something sings along.
I sat writing at Panera, stopping at times to observe the soft shadow of a wall sconce. A dense window separated me from an unrelenting afternoon rain. I heard rushed footsteps and the slow sigh of the cafe door wedging open and close…open and close.
Outside a drenched sandwich board sits, colorfully shouting Try Our Strawberry Poppyseed Chicken Salad. A blank page for sky hangs above it. I stop writing to gaze at the homogenous gray canvas. Nothing comes to mind for awhile. …
Post by Chintana Ahlund
You don’t have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body.” ~ C.S. Lewis
A few weeks ago, I had lunch with the CEO of the last company I had worked for. It had almost been a year since I last saw him and much had changed in that timeframe. He had merged the company with another business and was no longer leading the day-to-day operations. I had left the company before the merger.
When he asked, “why did you have to leave?”
I replied with surprising confidence and honesty that “I …
Post by Chintana Ahlund
“We are the microcosm of the macrocosm.” ~ Deepak Chopra
Kindness
Imagine this: It is the winter of 2008. Outside, the world is whirling. The stock market is tanking. The air stings of uncertainty. Seeking shelter from this financial storm, you sell all of your stocks to put the money into a fund guaranteeing stability. Shortly after doing this, you recieve a voicemail. It is your best friend. She tells you that your entire life savings is gone. She, too, is financially ruined. The man responsible for this is …
Post by Chintana Ahlund
“Patience doesn’t exist.” ~ Judith Lasater
A 6 inch by 5 inch book sits on my coffee table: A Year of Living Your Yoga. It’s a small book that offers big wisdom on a daily basis, written by Judith Lasater (a well known yogi, writer and teacher).
This was the message for May 21:
Patience doesn’t exist.
Living Your Yoga: We are either in the flow with the speed of what is happening or we are impatient. Being patient is an attempt to cover our own impatience. For today, try moving at …
