Friday, August 24, 2012

Remembering joy and curiousity!

It's been a long time since I've posted here...  Lately I realized that I had lost touch with the joy of writing and got tangled up in writing something "worthwhile". I'm not sure how I thought I could tell if it was worthwhile or not... the only reliable way I've found is by the singing of my heart: "Yes! Like that!" But I'd forgotten about listening to my heart. I'd turned away from the pure pleasure of putting words together in a way that pleases me, gives me a sense of peace and certainty...    

Instead I was giving credence to old stories that somewhere out there is a critic I need to please. I have a sneaking suspicion that critic is named Perfection! Well, I've been here before. What writer hasn't. Learning how to turn away from that critical voice is, well... critical!    What really serves my soul and the work I'm about is to point myself instead at the beauty of the world and my heart's response to it. And there it is - the real truth waiting for me, intriguing, constantly changing, sometimes challenging, and always worth
listening to with my big self.

Once again I get it - that place where "counting" my blessings, allowing myself to exist in a state of grace, seeing the world with delight and curiousity, that is my doorway into joy and celebration. I'm so glad to be back.