Declare Independence!

I subscribe to Waverly Fitzgerald's "Calendar Companion"; her blogs are School of the Seasons and Living in Season. I liked her short writing on "Declare Independence" so much that I asked her if I could quote her on my blog, and she agreed!

You must learn one thing,

The world was made to be free in.

Give up all the other worlds

Except the one to which you belong.

~~David Whyte

"Where are you feeling trapped by your schedule, by your commitments and obligations? This is your week to stand up for your freedom, for finding the world in which you belong.

"Now, of course, some of you are saying, "But I have to go to work" (although most of you have that extra day of leisure) and some of you are saying "my children must go to piano lessons" and "the meals have to be cooked" and that means "someone has to do the shopping."

"Really look at your life this week. What are you doing that you do merely because you feel you must? (Or else it won't get done!) Take the week off from that chore or that obligation. At work, don't make a new pot of coffee. At home, don't do the laundry.

Barbara Sher, the author of Wishcraft, calls this the "love showdown." She suggests that for one week you give up one half-hour activity that you do every day for others and replace it with something you love to do, like reading or needlework or gardening or maybe just along stroll. If anyone asks you why, just tell them that you're taking the week off to celebrate freedom."

Thank you, Waverly.

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