the wisdom of the body

Prescriptions assume that something needs to be fixed; transformation brings forth the healing -- the coming to integrity, to wholeness -- of what is already there. While advice and prescriptions may be useful, even more valuable to us is insight into ourselves and the workings of our minds and bodies. Insight, when inspired by the quest for truth, can promote transformation.

~ Dr. Gabor Mate, When The Body Says No

Unrelated but wanted to record my synchronous moments happening in little happy bits: like M sharing with us on bookclub chat that she was visiting a bookstore in Paris and right behind her was our current read (Kazuo Ishiguro's Klara and the Sun). Also last night I started revisiting some movie soundtracks and came across this awesome song:

And then today, on the way home in a grabcar, this song came on. 

Coincidence? More like synchrony.

Of all the times that I'm finally posting during this fasting month, it's tonight -- as I trudge through some work with the television on. And after re-watching a fun chick flick romantic movie (as I intermittently work, I promise), I finally had the urge to blog and my computer was conveniently in front of me, so here I am.

This was what was running on Netflix as I worked through some random IEP reports.

From the movie, Leap Year:

I've been in a little bit of a mood lately; I also recently re-watched Flipped, which is seriously one of the cutest love stories ever. And maybe it's my adult-ing thing going on, but I feel like I haven't encountered very many romantic movies in recent times. Is it just me? Being all nostalgic? It's the old ones I'm watching.

Anyway -- I can feel myself unreeling a little; it's far too late to be blogging already and I think am far too tired to think straight. So I shall stop. This has been utterly random. 

But happy Ramadhan 2021 -- 

and these last ten nights -- 

lots to pray for. 

Amin.