What Happened During Rush Hour or The Creative Repair Kit…

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Arts, Creative work, Creativity, Emotional intelligence, emotional wellbeing, fearful thoughts, Foolsgold: Making Something from Nothing and Freeing Your Creative Process, Inspiration, Inspirational, Online Writing, poetry, Religion and Spirituality, Rush hour, self expression, surrender, Susan G. Wooldridge, Writers Resources, Writing

I have been like a crazy woman in rush hour traffic!  You know the one who pounds her head on the steering wheel and mumbles to herself about how she isn’t getting anywhere with her life.  The one who says “What’s the use” and the guy over in the car next her wonders if she’s trying to tell him something.  She is wildly gesticulating and ranting on, the guy looks at her smiles and waves. She smiles then she stops for a moment and hears a call from within, and no it’s not the radio, it is a voice telling her that she can still get her life on track, time has not run out! It is time to get back into the lane that’s moving and listen carefully and you won’t end up having everything crash down around you. She had been too busy paying attention, but not really listening. “Now that the storm your ego has created is over listen carefully”.

I have been called to read foolsgold by Susan G. Wooldridge again and to pay close attention to what it is saying.  foolsgold is described as a field around us, or  state of being where everything can be transformed by our seeing and creativity.  It describes a paradox, the value in what may seem worthless. My ranting has been so loud that I now know that I have to re-enter my true self.  It is time to get back what I lost in all of the folly, on this road-trip that became the rush hour traffic this writer got stuck in.  My creative process got broken and it has been in need of repairs so it is to a book that centers me that I return.  One creative foot in front of the other.   Find your touchstones and hold them close for they will lead you to a better place.

Writing and Romance (A Creative Affair…)

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Arts, Creativity, literature, Online Writing, Relationships, Romance

Broken hearts and loss of confidence in creativity have been plaguing my thoughts!  I have been falling into a “sea of anarchy” in my own mind.  Right now I feel like every cliché that was ever written.   The hole of deep despair has been swallowing me up and not letting me go.

I’ve been crying those big fat tears to cleanse this fearful heart of mine.  What are these slights that I perceive?  It has been breaking my heart not to share with you.  To tell you the truth it is one of those situations where I have let myself down and hurt myself before you can break my heart.  Just like when I was a young woman in a relationship with someone and I was going to break up with the man who I was interested in before he could break-up with me.  The self-saboteur!

Well, I promise you this I am here for the long haul! I am a writer and I have to pick myself up by my own bootstraps and take the risks I “know” that I want to take.  To walk down a new street and to commit to the relationship of writer to her  page. Let the love affair resume!   I will be back next week with more of my creative thoughts! I promise.  Make a pledge to yourself that no matter what may come, you will commit to the page and we can all support one another in our creative ventures.

When the heart is tender…

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Alternative, Creativity, emotional wellbeing, Energy Healing, Health, life lessons, love, Psychology

When your heart is aching from the changes that are taking place in your life and the world around you, you can always find healing in creativity.  My heart has been tender with the emotions I am experiencing dealing with the changes that are going on in the lives of people who I love and being able to write, to express myself is such a relief.  It focuses me on a task and brings about new ideas and it takes my journey in a new and satisfying direction.  The one thing I can always count on to help me through the changes in my life is the creative process, for it allows the processing of emotions to take place.

May your creative journey be a source of healing and learning for you as you go through  life. Find out what inspires you to create and to heal.  A tender heart can become stronger and deeper as you explore and come to terms with what is causing the ache in the first place. May peace, love and joy find you where ever you are on this journey called life.

Plan For Success…

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Dyer, Emotional intelligence, emotional wellbeing, Failure, self-confidence, Wayne Dyer, WAYNE W. DYER

To often in life we prepare ourselves for failure, then proceed to get so caught up in our failures that we have made no room for our successes.  “Fear” of failure cannot dwell in the same house as success: just as “love” cannot enter where “hate” is barricading the door. It is time to “PLAN FOR SUCCESS” and that may mean adjusting your definition of success.

Dr. Wayne W. Dyer talks about how what we focus on expands and if we continue to focus on the things we don’t want in our lives we actually end up getting the things “we don’t want”.  If we are focused on failure it feels to us as if that is all we are.  We don’t even bother trying new things because we are so afraid to fail.  Well I think as Dr. Dyer says it is not a failure if we try, we will produce a result and that result should be seen as a success.  The only failure is in not even trying.  Creative success is more about being brave and bold enough to share your creations and ideas with the world.  Your ideas call to you like children who want to be heard until they are answered.   “YOU DESERVE SUCCESS!” as you deserve “LOVE”.  So go out there and try something that your heart and spirit have been calling you to do!

Love is the reason…

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Arts, Christmas, Connecticut, God, Newtown Connecticut

Whatever we do in the world, if love is not the reason behind why are we doing it?  When fear is fueling your creations or plans then there is bound to be a problem and an outcome that is not loving.  For as we all know we only have to focus on the lack of love to see it expand and envelope our lives.  I have been observing many events from the outside and wondering what is going on when so many terrible things are happening and I have come to believe that it is to remind us that our focus needs to shift.  Tragedy comes along to remind us what is important, it is time to fall in love with your life and to build that life.  What do you want to create in the coming year?  What mark do you want to leave on this planet?  These are the kind of things I am thinking about as we move into a season of contemplation and the end of another year.

Celebrate your life, your loves and your loved ones.  be thankful for what you have learned this year and take stock of all that you have found.  I found out that love is the only reason to do anything and if love is not behind what you are doing it will go another way.  Finding your way back to love is the path. I send love and prayers to all especially those who are moving through a time of grief and tragedy, you are strong, you are not alone, you are loved and embraced by the universe.  Here is to creating a better world, by simply remembering the reason you are here and that reason is love.

Creativity is my Sanctuary…

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Arts, God, Sanctuary, Writers Resources, Writing, Writing Exercises

sanctuary- n.1. holy place; church, temple, etc. 2. place of refuge for birds, wild animals etc.  3. a. immunity from arrest. b. the right to offer this.

Where and how one finds sanctuary is what I have been contemplating today.  I find creativity to be my holy place of refuge.  A place to explore and consider is found inside my creative mind.  Writing offers one’s heart and mind  sanctuary from things that are going on in the world that can only serve to break us. Writing is a sacred act that helps us to find our place in the world, to share our stories and to make sense of what appears to darken our lives.  Writing, taking photographs, painting, cooking, composing and any other creative act can only bring light to the world.  We are the creators of our destiny and through our light we will find our way.  When I sit down to write I feel a sense of intense fascination, waiting to see what will come out on the page.  Even the mechanics of writing and creating fascinate me.  May you find your sanctuary and go to that place where you can contemplate what you will share with the world.  I look forward to all of your creations and thoughts.

 

 

 

 

 

Deep Listening:Reconnecting With the Vision

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Alternative, Caroline Myss, God, Life review, Philosophy

I have been losing my creative footing lately.  So I decided to drop back into the deeper part of myself.   Part of finding yourself is getting lost at least that’s what I believe.  After doing some deep-listening I have been reconnecting with the vision I have for my life.  I wanted to talk about creativity here and I want to find out about others and their process.  I am a work in progress and I hope to connect with you all out there, please join in and share your thoughts about creativity with me, what are you creating in your life?  I am wanting to connect with others on that deeper more meaningful level.  Nourishment for the mind and the soul are requirements for a purposeful life and believe me when I say we are all here for a purpose.  As Caroline Myss says “All Life Breathes Together”.  Transcend the ordinary my friends and lets breathe a creative sigh of relief.   Caroline also says “No conversation is without meaning”.   So let’s join in the deeper dialogue.   I am pleased to be here on this page reconnecting with you and with the vision I have for my life and my projects.  Thank-you.

Contemplation…

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Ann Mortifee, Books, God, New Age, Religion and Spirituality

  “Allow contemplation to visit you often and wisdom will become your companion. Enter the Silence daily and the Silence will enter you.” p.103 of In Love With The Mystery by Ann Mortifee

   After writing what I did last week I really began to think that once again I have been allowing my ego to drive the car down the highway of my life.  It took me off the main road again ; now I am back behind the wheel and I would like my ego to take a back-seat and let me do what  my soul is longing to do. I am back to entering the silence where my heart speaks the truth and I can get a grasp on what is really important.

  This extraordinary book by Ann Mortifee that I have read needs to be mentioned because it is so beautiful and made a deep impact that I could not at first identify.  Yet, it kept calling to me.  I know that everything we go through happens for a reason, and that little side trip with my ego was probably necessary for me in order to remember what I was actually doing and to reawaken to that.  I send prayers and best wishes to those who are experiencing challenging times whether it be nature’s storms or your own personal ones.  Remember to enter a quiet place in yourself and there you will find the strength you need to weather anything. Here  is another thought of wisdom shared by Ann on p.91 of her book:

“Allow life to unfold as the adventure it is meant to be.”

Thank you Ann.

“Every Girl Wants To Be A Princess”?….

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Bobbsey Twins, Charlies Angels, Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, Remington Steele, Scooby-Doo

This statement that someone I know said once has been on my mind for a long time and the truth is that it has been on my mind because my answer to this question is “SPEAK FOR YOURSELF”.  As long as I can remember I always wanted to be a detective.  I got up every Saturday to watch Scooby-Doo, read all the Bobbsey Twins,  Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys books.  I also watched Charlies Angels, Remington Steele, and any other private eye shows that I came across.  Now you may ask yourself “what does this have to do with creativity?” Well “my” answer is everything.  I did not want to be saved, I wanted to have experiences, I wanted to discover things for myself.  Besides if I was going to be of royal lineage I would definitely be the Queen!

To put it in creative terms that is why I became a writer.  As a writer I can be: a detective, an artist, a model, a reporter, a good girl, a bad girl, a fortune teller, a kept woman, a woman of independent means, a queen, a warrior.  I can be an angel/super -sleuth/spy or anything I damn well please.  There is a great sense of freedom in that. The one thing I never imagined being is a princess!  Have a fabulous week, go out with love, peace and purpose in your adventures!

Gratitude….

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Canada, Debbie Ford, Gratitude, Holidays, Marianne Williamson, Religion and Spirituality, Thanksgiving

First of all I would like to say, “Thank-you”, all of you who are reading this and have been on this creative journey with me.   Here in Canada we celebrated Thanksgiving early this week and it got me thinking about all that I am filled with gratitude for in my life. The gates of my soul and imagination were flooded with a list so long that I was in awe of the life I have been given.  The Oxford Desk Dictionary and Thesaurus defines gratitude :n. being thankful; appreciation.  Other words are acknowledgement, recognition, thanksgiving.  So here is just a few of the many things that I am grateful for.

I am thankful for all of the emotions I have experienced.  The experience of sadness allows for the experience of happiness.  Being on this earth plane of duality we are blessed with experiencing opposites and to me that is a wonderful opportunity.  I am grateful for all of the events and incidents of my life even the ones my ego has had regrets about . Without these I would  not have so much to write about!  I am thankful for all the people, the books, the movies,  the music, and the situations that have shown up in my life when I felt as though I had lost my way.  The teachers of the spiritual revolution such as Marianne Williamson who wrote a pivotal book in my life, and it is one dog-eared book “A Return to Love“  Debbie Ford “The Dark Side Of The Light Chasers” a course that aided me in forgiveness and embracing my true-self, and to Dr. Wayne W. Dyer who finally got me into meditating and listening to the silence.   Honestly, it would take me all day to name all the people who have influenced my life and made the world a better place simply by being born. Thank-you to all who have shared their wisdom. Thank-you to friends old and new for all the love and the times we’ve shared may there be many more.

I have a very special note of gratitude to share:  This is first to my parents who adopted and raised me as their daughter.  I am proud to be their daughter!  I also want to say that I am grateful to my birth-mother who made a decision as a young woman to know what the best course of action was to take.  Thanks so much for your selfless choice!  I have had an amazing life so far and it all began with your decision.

To conclude I want to say that at the end of each day I do a meditation of gratitude.  I also know that from now on I am going to keep a journal of gratitude.  If we all approach life with gratitude we can certainly learn, grow and become the people we want to be.  So please receive this note of recognition with love, an open heart, an open mind and peace.  Thank-you for being the gifts that you are each and every one of you!