Beautiful, as always. My mouth watered when you described that orange. This morning, I was reading Etty Hillesum's letters from Westerbork transit camp where she describes receiving a fruitcake someone managed to slip through to her from the outside world. She cuts small slices and savors it with her family members who, like her, are imprisoned in the camp. And you can tell it is the most precious, embodied, human experience in the midst of inhuman circumstances. "Princely", she calls the cake. Food can be such a gateway to awe and wonder. God bless the humble oranges and fruitcakes of the world.
Very sweet! I am getting ready to spend two days in a very overpriced spa/resort and am fearing those familiar guilt-inducing commentary about how much money we are wasting in a time when others are suffering. I am also already commenting on the people I will see there (the .1%) and judging them - I haven’t even met any of them! Thanks for the reminder to be present to the healing and enlightenment that can come from taking care of my soul and my body.
Beautiful, as always. My mouth watered when you described that orange. This morning, I was reading Etty Hillesum's letters from Westerbork transit camp where she describes receiving a fruitcake someone managed to slip through to her from the outside world. She cuts small slices and savors it with her family members who, like her, are imprisoned in the camp. And you can tell it is the most precious, embodied, human experience in the midst of inhuman circumstances. "Princely", she calls the cake. Food can be such a gateway to awe and wonder. God bless the humble oranges and fruitcakes of the world.
Thanks for this, Kelley. How do you live fully in your body if your body “betrays” you with pain?
Very sweet! I am getting ready to spend two days in a very overpriced spa/resort and am fearing those familiar guilt-inducing commentary about how much money we are wasting in a time when others are suffering. I am also already commenting on the people I will see there (the .1%) and judging them - I haven’t even met any of them! Thanks for the reminder to be present to the healing and enlightenment that can come from taking care of my soul and my body.
To live in a body is to pay attention to it. ❤️❤️❤️
Beautiful… I’ve missed you and your amazing writing!