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Saturday, July 2, 2011

Settle.

Sits. Stills. Stares. All verbs.
Settle: to calm, relieve, relax, quiet, soothe, still.

There's always so much life swirling around with work and family and projects and commitments and so on.

I wait for life to settle. And I love it when it does. Like these last few days.

And then I realized something. Settle is a verb. I keep waiting for things to settle but then I remember: it's me. I have to settle them. I have to settle myself.

"Creep in our ears soft stillness." ~Shakespeare
Posted by DB Stewart at 2:29 PM
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16 comments:

  1. SultanJuly 2, 2011 at 3:10 PM

    Nicely done.

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  2. Debra She Who SeeksJuly 2, 2011 at 4:22 PM

    Settle down and enjoy life! Aaaaaah, that's the ticket.

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  3. Windsmoke.July 2, 2011 at 4:23 PM

    You can only settle things yourself for a short time then something else will crop up to unsettle you that's life :-).

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  4. AlistairJuly 2, 2011 at 5:27 PM

    Just settle, Petal.......

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  5. AnonymousJuly 2, 2011 at 6:21 PM

    I love this, DBS. I'll remember that it is a verb.

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  6. AlittlespriteJuly 2, 2011 at 8:46 PM

    It would be nice to settle.

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  7. AlistairJuly 3, 2011 at 12:44 AM

    Umm.... it's also a noun. {A settle is an English word for a sofa - certainly not much heard these days though}

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  8. michael.offworldJuly 3, 2011 at 12:58 AM

    How?

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  9. DB StewartJuly 3, 2011 at 9:34 AM

    @LoC Thanks.
    @DSWS Yes it might be.
    @Windsmoke True. Ongoing process.
    @Alistair More verb than noun.
    @TheC'sC I need to remember this too.
    @sprite Yes it would. Do it right now.
    @Michael I know how you're feeling. That's the tough part but only you can answer that.

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  10. JimJuly 3, 2011 at 10:24 AM

    Practice, practice, practice.

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  11. wendyJuly 3, 2011 at 2:03 PM

    Ah, very true. We have to "allow" ourselves to settle. LET things settle around us.
    Like the song from Zac Brown (love them) QUIET YOUR MIND.

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  12. MunkJuly 3, 2011 at 3:30 PM

    thanks. i needed that.

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  13. CheeseboyJuly 3, 2011 at 9:08 PM

    Hope this long weekend gives you a chance to settle. Have a great 4th.

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  14. The Gaelic WifeJuly 4, 2011 at 12:09 AM

    Epiphany in July! Oh, and...

    Happy Belated Canada Day!

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  15. Claire BeynonJuly 5, 2011 at 8:39 PM

    'Settle is a verb. . . '
    A gem to roll in the palm of one's hand.
    Thanks, dbs.

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  16. NickiJuly 11, 2011 at 4:01 PM

    Lord, this was a brilliant post.

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