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| Aboriginal artist at work |
Musing…
“One of the most
beautiful gifts in the world is the gift of encouragement. When someone encourages
you, that person helps you over a threshold you might otherwise never have
crossed on your own.”
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John O’Donohue
Charise’s Turn:
I’m here to encourage you, to offer my current view on being
stuck. Being stuck feels like a standstill, with no flow… of ideas, energy,
inspiration, motivation. It can be a dull and disappointing place. When I sit
with it, or allow a kind of non-attachment relationship with my muse (maybe
she’s taking a walk, having a nap, or just wants some space) something happens.
I realize that I’m not stuck; I’m on a threshold. Whatever is beyond that
threshold is not apparent – yet. At some point the floodgates will open, and flow is
plentiful. This is assured.
My most recent threshold moment was the other night when a
word – not a phrase or sentence, a word – kept orbiting through me, to add to a
poem I‘d been working on that day. Struggling to complete a phrase with this
one word kept me awake for a couple of hours while lying in bed. Eventually I
gave up for the sake of sleep. The next day, still stuck with the word, I
meditated. You may think I’m going to tell you that this is where I got
inspired, but no, what I got was the understanding that my fingers would figure
this out. Once I put my fingers to the keyboard of the computer the rest of the
phrase would emerge. The word was a trickle; I had to wait for the flow.
Get Fired Up:
Flow isn’t something to force, it’s natural. Think of ebb
and flow, and you know when a tide ebbs it will again flow. Keep a quiet witnessing
of your creative tide; it will surprise you.
“Your
soul knows the geography of your destiny. Your soul alone has the map of your
future, therefore you can trust this indirect, oblique side of yourself. If you
do, it will take you where you need to go, but more important it will teach you
a kindness of rhythm in your journey.”
― John O'Donohue
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