Comments on: Preparing for retreat http://blog.dancemeditation.org/2008/05/27/preparing-for-retreat/ not an oxymoron Thu, 25 Feb 2010 03:58:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Marjie http://blog.dancemeditation.org/2008/05/27/preparing-for-retreat/comment-page-1/#comment-116 Marjie Wed, 28 May 2008 12:33:01 +0000 http://blog.dancemeditation.org/2008/05/27/preparing-for-retreat/#comment-116 So true. I have noticed over and over that whatever the event, retreat, workshop ... it starts for me the minute I actually sign up for it, no matter how far in advance that is. Somehow taking that step of commitment puts events in motion in my life. I think saying yes and committing to something is a powerful creative force. So true. I have noticed over and over that whatever the event, retreat, workshop … it starts for me the minute I actually sign up for it, no matter how far in advance that is. Somehow taking that step of commitment puts events in motion in my life. I think saying yes and committing to something is a powerful creative force.

]]> By: Kathryn http://blog.dancemeditation.org/2008/05/27/preparing-for-retreat/comment-page-1/#comment-115 Kathryn Wed, 28 May 2008 02:11:13 +0000 http://blog.dancemeditation.org/2008/05/27/preparing-for-retreat/#comment-115 Yes. This is the truth of it, and the fear, all wrapped up in my excitement and anticipation. I don't know if it will be worth it, if it will be enough, if I will be too old, too fat, too stiff, too far from the practice, investing too much in this one week that may have to see me through another seven years of my daughter's life. But maybe not. Maybe anything could happen. That feels like a good thing now, not so much a fear. Today it feels like just getting there might be enough to start my journey all over again, and again, and again. Yes. This is the truth of it, and the fear, all wrapped up in my excitement and anticipation. I don’t know if it will be worth it, if it will be enough, if I will be too old, too fat, too stiff, too far from the practice, investing too much in this one week that may have to see me through another seven years of my daughter’s life.

But maybe not. Maybe anything could happen. That feels like a good thing now, not so much a fear. Today it feels like just getting there might be enough to start my journey all over again, and again, and again.

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