“The conquest of fear yields the courage of life.
That is the cardinal initiation of every heroic adventure—fearlessness and achievement.”
~ Joseph Campbell
My mother would buy coloring books for me when I was sick as a kid. It was a way to keep me engaged without running around the house making myself worse. The last three weeks have been so unusually fast paced that all the days have run together. My good health could come to an end if I don’t slow down, at least for a day. I’ve learned this the hard way. Several years ago, when I came down with the flu, I bought a coloring book. Today, I pulled it out again. Coloring is meditation. It slows me down physically and mentally, allowing me to let go of the overload. My mama was a smart cookie buying those coloring books all those decades ago. Now, maybe I’ll be ready for the next round of too busy.
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