You've done it again. My eyes are teared. I think over and over "let me be enough." Why does that idea have such remarkable power? Thanks also for the link to LaMott, reminding me to take writing (and life) "bird by bird." (It is easy to imagine someday I am reading LaMott and there, in her text, is a link to your writing, Elizabeth.)
This is so, so lovely. And it gives me another lens through which to view my own recent quiet--one that rings more true than others that have been suggested. Thank you.
Have taken my self off to ‘The Mountains’ to Write…Reading ‘Let Me Be Enough’ was just what my ‘Scribe Doc’ would have ordered! Your luscious language brought me into meditation followed by 3 hrs. of ‘productive’ writing. If this is all the writing I do while on retreat, I am grateful…for your ‘Spark’🙏🏻
The idea of letting the spirit move me to write is my philosophy. I write like a constipated dodo when under stress.
And oh, that beautiful symphonic comparison! I shall write it in my journal with an attribution. It seems to me to write that, you are definitely in the right frame of mind.
Your last paragraph lingers with me. I closed my eyes and pictured that familiar sparkle. And now I will sit quietly just as long as I can get away with it. Thank you for this spell, this mood, this quiet. Ah.
this is such a relatable feeling, buried deep, and brought to the surface with your words. i am missing you and have started listening to your essays and i love the way it brings some Elizabeth into my space and day. thank you.
"Lusty and productive" is a beautiful coupling of words that absolutely sums up this springtime feeling! So much of this resonated for me. Thank you.
You've done it again. My eyes are teared. I think over and over "let me be enough." Why does that idea have such remarkable power? Thanks also for the link to LaMott, reminding me to take writing (and life) "bird by bird." (It is easy to imagine someday I am reading LaMott and there, in her text, is a link to your writing, Elizabeth.)
This is so, so lovely. And it gives me another lens through which to view my own recent quiet--one that rings more true than others that have been suggested. Thank you.
...'the untamed fecundity of spring.' So good Elizabeth! Beautiful sentiments here that resonate with me so much.
"Give myself permission." YES. Yes, and yes again! Love this. You amaze me even when writing about not writing.
Have taken my self off to ‘The Mountains’ to Write…Reading ‘Let Me Be Enough’ was just what my ‘Scribe Doc’ would have ordered! Your luscious language brought me into meditation followed by 3 hrs. of ‘productive’ writing. If this is all the writing I do while on retreat, I am grateful…for your ‘Spark’🙏🏻
The idea of letting the spirit move me to write is my philosophy. I write like a constipated dodo when under stress.
And oh, that beautiful symphonic comparison! I shall write it in my journal with an attribution. It seems to me to write that, you are definitely in the right frame of mind.
Your last paragraph lingers with me. I closed my eyes and pictured that familiar sparkle. And now I will sit quietly just as long as I can get away with it. Thank you for this spell, this mood, this quiet. Ah.
this is such a relatable feeling, buried deep, and brought to the surface with your words. i am missing you and have started listening to your essays and i love the way it brings some Elizabeth into my space and day. thank you.
YES!!!
“Once I’m in, it’s easy enough to swirl around in my own wave action, suck ideas into my mouth and let them flow out again”
Recognising ‘enoughness’ is everything. Doubts are fine, as long as we don’t allow them to hobble or limit us.
Needed your words today, Elizabeth. They never fail to hit the spot.