Stillness

Raising my girls is proving to be really quite different than raising my boys, and I'm not talking about the ever present drama of little ladies (that is a whole post all of its own :). When my boys were young, I didn't know what facebook was, I had no idea what a blog was, and I probably used the internet a couple of times a week, and never during the day. I woke up to boys happy little faces, had leisurely breakfasts, went on long walks, played a lot (oh the glory of a pokemon battle :), watched playschool if we were home and then turned the tv off at 10am - the time ABC kids finished. While I still do these things with my girls, my reflection of the early years of motherhood just seems so much simpler than life in general now.

I know it's not just me that recognises this busyness of life. Everywhere I turn I hear people talking about the desire to slow down. To be still. To make the days count. To cut unimportant things out of their lives! To somehow find balance, to be present and soak in the little moments, and fill our lives with purpose and meaning.

Last week I saw pictures of a friends amazing holiday to Thailand and Bali and read that her #1 Bali inspired goal is to delete her facebook page. And I thought, I need want a holiday to Bali so I can have this ephiphany too :). But as much as I'd love an exotic holiday, I know I don't actually need Bali to carve out time to reflect on what I need to cut out of my life to make it less 'busy'. Less Cluttered. More Still.

So even though the motion of life is swirling around me (at record speed somedays :) I am consciously trying to go back to the simpler days of motherhood. I am allowing distraction to be minimal and putting my focus on one thing. Or really, putting my focus on 4 little things......which are the most important things!