Comments on: Still Points in a Moving World

By: Strollerblader

Strollerblader — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 06:54:24 +0000

Ironically, I find one of my still points when I am moving. In the mornings, after I’ve gotten the 3 older kids off to school, and the youngest is in his stroller, we go on a walk or strollerblade. As I push along, plugged into my mp3, I find stillness and meditation. I keep an open dialogue going with God as I breathe in the fresh air and settle down from the busyness of getting the kids out the door.

Music can also bring an almost instant stillness amidst hectic-ness. The right music can instantly calm and focus my soul.

And when I occasionally get the opportunity, being alone to observe or be present in nature certainly brings stillness and humility.

“Be still and know that I am God.”

Thanks for the post. I love that it has caused me to ponder for those still points in my life and to seek them. Merry Christmas!

By: Leslie R

Leslie R — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:02:11 +0000

I am so glad that this post spoke to some of you.
Le Ann, I am so sorry to hear about the collision. Bless you!

Emily, I too feel stillness while doing laundry. Thank you for reminding me that the five points of stillness do not always have to be grand, but can be the common things that make up the hours of a day.

Melissa, as you well know, sifting for good quotes takes time, so I am glad that these words found a place in your day.

Emi, Thank you for finding the spiritual here. I love to chew the fat about the secular topics, but it is nice to have those spiritual friends who take me to higher ground. I was planning to go to the temple before Christmas, and your words are pushing me there even more so.

By: Lee Ann

Lee Ann — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 18:54:53 +0000

Not quite sure whether to thank you or not…

I was in my car, pulling out of the temple parking lot. While pondering on how the temple is a point of stillness for me, and how singing in the ward choir this year has also given me peace and an added measure of the spirit, I backed into someone else’s car.

Luckily, no one was hurt, and the cars didn’t get damaged, so, yeah, thank you! This was a timely post.

By: Emily M.

Emily M. — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 05:20:24 +0000

I find stillness folding laundry. I don’t know why that is, but whenever I take the time to attack the pile, I feel this deep spirit of gratitude. I think it’s leftover from my mission, when I watched women do laundry by hand and vowed I would never ever complain about it back in America again.

I haven’t kept that promise. But I found some nice stillness folding laundry today.

And I love the relationship you paint between Mary and Elizabeth. This was a wonderful post.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:19:06 +0000

I had to come back to this because as I was reading it this morning, by little girl bounced up with a request to play a game. I swooshed her away (wanting to read for a while instead of play) and then realized a game, in its way, is a point of stillness. A point of connection. Life seems to be like that–so many conflicting points. Thank you for this lovely post and for giving us the opportunity to think about stillness and psalms.

I love the Pres. Hunter quote.

By: annie

annie — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 21:33:24 +0000

Lovely. Thank you for this.

By: m&m

m&m — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:09:09 +0000

I have been trying to record and remember more tender mercies as still points in my life.

Thanks for this post.

By: Emi

Emi — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:38:48 +0000

Again, Leslie, beautiful.

Your words, just as spires, point to heaven.

For me personally a still point seems to always flow when I am within the walls of our holy temples. Outside the temple, I typically feel restless when I am still (so much to do, so little time!). Yet I cannot think of a time when I was inside the holy walls where the still and calm, wrought by the spirit, brought restlessness.

Perhaps this is because temple walls serve to both hold in the holy as well as bridge the gap between here and our close heavenly world.

Thank you for helping me today, amidst the check-marks on my list of holiday to-do’s, to contemplate the blessing of my womanly role and the connections we all have as women — even to the wonderful and miraculous roles of Mary and Elizabeth.