Embracing Groundlessness

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October 7, 2020 a project of ServiceSpace To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest. - Pema Chodron - Embracing Groundlessness "It's a fundamental fact of human life that we want our lives to be under control -- we develop plans, goals, routines, systems, tools, schedules, structure to our lives. But while developing some structure is a very helpful thing for most of us ... the truth is, there's so much that we don't control. Life is chaotic, out of control, shaky. It's what Pema Chodron calls "groundlessness" -- the feeling of no solid ground under our feet." Leo Babauta shares more in this post. { read more } Be The Change What is your relationship to groundlessness? How might you take a fledging step towards embracing it more fully today? Check out this excerpt from Pema Chodron for more inspiration: "To Be Continually Thrown Out of the Nest." COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News This is Me at 68: Elders Reflect During Crisis How to Be Yourself On Being Alone The Joy of Being a Woman in Her Seventies A Tribute to Mary Oliver 16 Teachings from COVID-19 12 Truths I Learned from Life and Writing Love in the Time of Coronavirus DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 246,332 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More