Great topic Belinda.

I love, love, love these two words. Relish and revel.

I’m writing them down as an affirmation on an index card.

It is ALL about the process.

Mucho afecto! E

I love process. It’s interesting that in psychology there’s a distinction between content and process. An example is content is the words being said, process is what’s happening underneath.

Process is where all the “meaty” stuff is, all the shadow, light, the potential for transformation. It’s what’s brewing, as yet unbirthed. It’s the stuff life’s made of.

In the context of instant gratification, they’ve done interesting studies of children and whether they go for instant gratification or can sometimes withhold gratification for a future “payoff”. Unsurprisingly, most “inmates” go for instant gratification.

As you wisely point out, sometimes the best gifts take time to cultivate. My perspective is that in the living of our lives we are in perpetual process – and it is marvelous!

Thanks for a great post!

Hugs,
Lauren

Life in slow lane always better in most cases, where is actual process of doing something or processed food, traditional and slow way works for me. Instant gratification may seem cool, but it fizzles out as quickly.

I guess waiting could be considered a process, right?

And I LOVE your response to the third question. Both sound perfect for you! This reminds me of that beautiful photo you framed with that wonderful quote at the bottom. You have so many beautiful photographs already so I know you’re not lacking in great material.

And I’m in love with the idea of little kids making up stories based on your pictures! They’re so unafraid of the imaginary world and are so uninhibited with their creativity. Oh what fun just thinking about the stories they’d come up with!

As for Beethoven, what a beautiful description of his music. Husband and I were at a friend’s birthday party last night and there was a string quartet that performed Mozart, Glasnov and ending with Beethoven. It was interesting to hear these composers and their out-of-this-world music in that order because Beethoven’s work sounded so much more rhythmic and fiery.

One last thing: I thought you’d appreciate hearing that my husband works with a Russian painter and a dance troupe doing something similar to the drawing you did as a child. Husband plays earthy rhythms on a marimbata, the painter paints a picture, and the dancers react to the rhythm. It’s a very organic process with each artist reacting to how they’re moved by the other. It’s one instance where the word process doesn’t sound so boring, to me at least.