Living in the moment, or living more "horizontally" as I like to put it, has been at the heart of this blog. And the purpose in reconciling with this concept, again and again, is so that we learn to attach ourselves to the life we are living--right now.
And to immerse our entire selves into every day and every moment and every encounter, with the help of our innate sensory abilities. Using these bodily abilities enables us to pursue an astonishingly more exciting, fulfilling, joyful continuation of living.
Life beyond sheer survival.
“We think through the mind, but we live through the body... who delights in color and music and texture and fragrance—and the five senses are our windows onto this world of sight and sound and taste.
...Certainly, it makes more sense to see the bodily senses as portals of joy.”
I'm sure many of you readers are familiar with the site, or feed, Humans of New York. I recently fell across this post of a daughter with her mother and was overwhelmed by the simple sagacity it contained.
This lovely woman embodies horizontal living. She radiates life and hope to all of us who are exhausted and laden with much surrounding ache and distress. She shows succinctly that there is enduring wonder and light. Even here in this place.
There is much to be glad of, if we only are keen enough to notice.
Here is the post:
““What’s your favorite thing about your mother?”
”She loves life more than anyone I’ve ever known. I hope she doesn’t mind me telling you this, but recently she’s had some health problems. And her health got so bad at one point, she called me and said: ‘I was starting to wonder if there was any reason to go on. But then I had the most delicious pear!’”
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