Listening for Stillness

To Bathe: 

To Wash Sadness from the Mind

Tracy Gibbons

Releasing the Hurts of the Day 

Who doesn't need soft reminders to wash away the sadness and hurts of the day? We all need ways to refresh our spirits, listen for stillness, and quiet ourselves at the end of a long day or trying week. 

Do you have something that works for you?

Visual, musical, or poetic prompts can serve to focus and calm us, while helping us 'listen for stillness'.

If you don't have something in your environment serving to prompt you to 'let it go' at the end of the day that helps you to start the next day refreshed, consider three prompts I use and consider creating your own.

1. Art in the Bathroom

When my young daughter, Tracy, painted the girl with the sad eyes 15 years ago I added the description  'to bathe' that a friend recently shared with me--'to wash sadness from the mind', and I hung it in my bathroom where it still hangs as a daily reminder to 'let it all go'. I love getting daily inspiration from my daughter, and I am reminded of her every time I see the picture. 

Hanging a positive calming reminder in the bathroom gives you daily exposure.  If you see a calming message enough times it seeps in and sets you on a positive life path. 

2. Colorful Affirmation Hearts

I began creating water-colored affirmation hearts as a way to provide uplifting messages to family, friends and co-workers going through difficult times. I soon discovered the uplifting effect it had on me to create and share them. I am uplifted and calmed every time I share these with you.

Pick out one affirmation heart to contemplate a day. Keep it simple and focused. Make your own or find what you need in this blog.

William Blake's Voices of Children

Susan J Meyerott

3. Poetic Art in the Bedroom 

This poem by William Blake is the ultimate calming poem for me. It hangs in my bedroom where I see it first thing upon waking and last thing before lights off. It creates utter stillness in my soul. This poem says everything is well in the world. 

When the voices of children are heard on the green,

And laughing is heard on the hill,

My heart is at rest within my breast,

And everything else is still.

William Blake

My heart at rest within my breast and everything else is still

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For more than 35 years, Susan Meyerott has been helping people lighten up and step over invisible barriers to change one step at a time. She speaks to your heart, puts you at ease, and makes letting go and moving forward with life easier than ever before.

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