I read about a lady who decided that she was going to be completely still for a few minutes a day for 14 days. I read through her daily notes while she was trying this experiment.
The first few days were hard. She would wiggle. She would try to not think, but thinking happened. She had anxiety the first few days. This stillness was allowing her to release. She started off struggling to sit still, by the end of her experiment she ended up wanting to sit still for hours.
It’s funny how just a few minutes a day were so hard in the beginning, but when it became a habit it became so easy and so needed.
I find in my fits of anxiety and worry, I can not sit in His presence and be still. My mind wanders. I feel scattered. I feel like I’m pulled in multiple directions. When I stop, and choose to quiet those thoughts, when I lay those worries in His hands, the tears come. The deep breaths come. The quiet comes.
Today, sit in the quiet. Sit still. For just a few moments. You can only be in one place at a time. Be here. Be present.
Let the thoughts come. Let the emotion come. Then lay it all in His hands.
Cowles Farm 