That’s a phrase that has echoed for me, ever since I sent it out into the blog-o-sphere. I thought of that phrase again this morning, upon awakening.
And I wondered, why “uneasy”? And, what does “uneasy” even mean?
Here’s what occurred to me, this morning.
Perhaps we humans are hard-wired to strive and accomplish more, in order to survive. And perhaps what helps us do that is a built-in, easily triggered sense of … uneasiness.
Yes, uneasiness, or whatever else we want to call it. Dissatisfaction. Worry. The longing for something more. The sense that things aren’t okay, or — if they ARE okay in the moment — the sense of how they might go wrong in the future. Focusing on what we don’t have rather than on what we do have. The attraction to what’s wrong, rather than to what’s right. How the negative sticks more (and seems larger) than the positive. Awareness of weaknesses rather than strengths.
If you share this experience with me, I would be interested in how you might put that into words.
If you share this experience with me, I think you might agree with this, too. NO WONDER it’s so difficult to:
Stay in the moment.
Feel easy, happy, at peace.
It can take effort, that’s for sure. And practice.
Here’s what helped me feel easier, this morning, immediately after I woke up. The sound of birds, outside my window.