Local
44ºF, off and on light rain, light wind.
Morning Forest Walk About
I am a bit depressed this morning, not sleeping well. I have to talk myself into dressing for the wet and getting out of the house. I decide to walk down to the river, instead of up the old logging road to the ridge.
The river, (north fork of the Santiam river), won't fix me. nothing to fix. But sitting on the bank, listening to its rush. Allows more space in my head for melancholy to float, and not be so tight.
To Notice:
Equanimity is not feeling numb.
Knowing that your mind is the sky and your emotions are just the weather.
Your feelings are real. But just transient phenomena. They like the weather, change, and are not permeant.
Equanimity is the mental practice of dressing for inclement weather.
No need to stop the rain.