dwell (dwɛl).
Verb.
1. To live somewhere
2. To look at something for a long time
It’s always refreshing to spend time with P, my godson.
He’s not even a year old and can’t say a word. And yet we ‘talk’. It’s a joy to spend time with him and watch him move.
The way he touches objects for the first time.
The way he moves around and slowly expands the little radius he calls his world.
The way he looks at things. Really looks at things.
The other day I wore earrings and he spent about thirty minutes just looking at it again and again. Running his small fingers across the surface, turning it back and forth to take in every detail.
He’s got all the time in the world.
No meeting to attend, no emails to reply to, no friend meeting somewhere.
No inner voice telling him to move on.
He can just dwell.
I don’t know when it happens that life takes on this incredible speed we all seem to run at.
During breakfast we already plan the day ahead of us.
At night we reflect on all the challenges we had to face during the day.
Goodness, I even detected myself drifting off in conversations. While my friend was talking I was already planning next day’s lessons. My incoherent answers to her questions made me realize how off I really was.
We always need to move forward.
Towards the next weekend, the next vacation, the next promotion, the next partner.
We’re not allowed to dwell.
To stay in one place for a longer time.
To look at things and people – really look at them.
Run our hands across the surface and take in all the details.
Invest the time to dig deeper until we reach some deeper level of intimacy.
Enjoy and rest in this moment until that inner voice is silenced by a deep, deep peace.
Writing for Five Minute Friday today.
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So fun that you got to spend some time with your godson. Children really do know how to dwell don’t they? As adults, we so often forget to dwell. Parked in the #13 spot this week.
Hi Katha, I’m your FMF neighbour and I enjoyed reading your post today. It’s true that the pace of life is so fast and there are so many distractions. It’s hard to stop and just dwell. I love how children don’t have that urgency and they do have time to stop and dwell on little details- there’s so much we can learn from them.
Interesting that the most important lessons are learned outside of school…Thanks for coming by!