Sunday Soul Searching ...

Hello, it's been a long time since I've updated my blog...

A recent sudden bereavement has prompted me to start writing again - writing, gardening and yoga (along with my amazing daughter) are what got me through the loss of my mum five years ago, and now that I'm going through another terrible loss, I'm making sure to throw myself into what I know I need to do - writing and gardening again, although I'm replacing yoga with walking this time around, but meditation and reiki self-treatments are a big help too...

This is what I wrote earlier:

Sunday morning, 21st March 2010

... I'm at the allotment in the lovely warm sunshine, listening to Sufjan Stevens and cheerful birdsong.

It's such a beautiful day.The sky is so blue.

A lovely plump bumble bee has just flown round me in a circle...I saw my first ladybird of the year today. I disturbed him underneath some foxglove leaves.Daffodils are open in the sunshine; yellow and cheerful...

I'm amazed that the woman a few plots down is finding pleasure in moaning loudly about everyone and everything. Why can't she be quiet for a moment and open her eyes to the beauty that is all around us?

Despite all the pain and sorrow in life, there are moments of real, astounding beauty and harmony - these moments are so startling and so precious, and I feel so blessed that despite the sadness I am enveloped in, I am still open to the love, hope, beauty and light that is always present, even in the darkest hour...

Without the darkness, how would we be able to see the light?

I am open to all the expereiences life has to offer me - good and bad. There is so much to learn, through the laughter and tears ... but most of what I learn comes to me in these moments of clarity; in the stillness and solitude ... that is why I find myself withdrawing at times ... it's because I need times of solitude in which to learn and grow and discover more about myself, about life, death, and so much more ...

And with this awareness, I find peace; steadily rising up from somewhere deep within me...
Peace, and the strength and courage to keep on going... to keep going forward, step by step, day by day ...

We all need to find our own way forward... If you are going through tough times at the moment, take some time to really listen to your inner voice inside ... let it guide you forward in a way that is appropriate for you... trust yourself ... you know what you need to do right now..

Creativity and the Garden of Delights

Hello again!

In recent years, I've come to realise that creativity is such an important part of life... Our creativity is part of who we are, and how we express our creativity relates to how we express ourselves, or how we'd like to express ourselves...

The wikipedia definition of creativity is:

'Creativity is a mental and social process involving the generation of new ideas or concepts, or new associations of the creative mind between existing ideas or concepts.

Creativity is fueled by the process of either conscious or unconscious insight.

An alternative conception of creativeness is that it is simply the act of making something new.'

Creativity can be expression of our thoughts, feelings, dreams, etc, and can be in the form of music, art, writing, poetry, the clothes we wear, etc, etc, ...

How do you get in touch with your creativity??


There is no right or wrong, no good or bad ... what is important is to just DO IT!! Get in touch with your creativity today!!

“If you are unhappy with anything . . . whatever is bringing you down, get rid of it. Because you'll find that when you're free, your true creativity, your true self comes out.”
Tina Turner

I find I tend to get in touch with my creativity most when I'm outdoors - that's where I get a lot of inspiration from. This is something I wrote yesterday, after doing some gardening - If I can get in touch with my creativity, then anyone can!!:

In the Garden of Delights

The sun is shining, warm and bright
Making my soul feel airy and light.
There’s a gentle, caressing, autumnal breeze
Blowing nodding grass and rustling leaves.
A smell of bonfire smoke is drifting by
And butterflies are dancing in the bright blue sky.
A crow calls out from a nearby tree
And a hover fly sits next to a bumble bee.
The air is perfumed with the sweetest smell
Of rosemary, lavender and sweet peas as well.
I sit for a few moments on my garden chair
Watching insects wandering here and there.
... Now I’ve got to tear myself away
But I’ll be back again soon for more work and play.
Bye bye garden I’ll come back soon
I hope you sleep gently under the silvery moon.