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| watercolor by Kate Kroska |
Musing…
"Look for
bright spots – your life follows your attention." – Martha Beck
It would seem that FOLLOW implies that we
give up our will and just fall in line, like a lemming. But we have a choice about what/who we
follow – let your joy lead you (as if it’s your own north star), giving you direction, and well…joy!
Kate’s Turn:
Attention
is a powerful nutrient. It amplifies and accelerates the situations on which it
is focused. It takes a mental
strength training to keep attention on the positives of a situation vs. the
challenges, to find the beauty in all things; we are wired to look for threats.
In my current challenge of “creating
form from light”, I am mindfully following my joy, placing attention on when
that bubbling up presence is felt for I believe this joy supports and sustains
the effort it takes to see this desire through. Example: I feel
joy when I am in a qigong state, and I’m joyful when I can facilitate that
experience for my students – incorporating this practice in my work is the
obvious direction I am given, and well, it gives me joy! This decision to follow your joy
seems like a covenant with the creative forces. I will feel my way through rather than have some ideal shape
the outcome; I will follow what brings me joy. This feel-good state will draw a feel-good work; a happy
ending results from a happy journey all along the way. Where attention goes, energy flows…and
I’m following my north star of joy!
"Your life follows your
attention. Wherever you look, you end up going." - Martha Beck
Get Fired Up:
Notice when you feel that bubbling up presence
within you…then follow that joy!
"Let
yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray."
- Rumi
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