Welcome to MwT: The PauseCast with Angie Arendt! We’re continuing to dig into and explore the ingredients of joy. We’ll follow the model of the Lebanese-American poet Khalil Gibran in his famed poem “The Prophet” and explore more on the topic… On Change… On Worry… On Relationship… On Getting older…. And how these contribute to our experience of joy.
Today we meander around Worry… what it looks like, feels like, and how it connects to joy. To be honest, there seems like a lot to worry about these days, maybe it has always been this way, I can’t say. But today, today’s days feel heavy.
In a nutshell, worry is about control of how we want things to be but are concerned that they won’t be. It’s about “should be” things… so, how do we find our way through this? How do I keep my heart open, no matter what is happening? It won’t surprise you to hear us say that awareness and presence are key to working with this. Of course, I pull in some wisdom from author Richard Wagamese about this work being an inside job, and the role of stillness in finding our balance. And Angie shares her wisdom with us about worry and joy, and how community and stillness help. As always, I love this conversation… I do love them all.
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Episode links:
Khalil Gibran, The Prophet
Richard Wagamese, “Embers: One Ojibway’s Meditations”
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