Can we just be real for a minute.
Which is a weird and probably ridiculous thing to say because I’m always real. I think what I’m trying to say is, let’s not talk about art, or creativity, or my ecourse, or any of that stuff just for today ~ even though I love it all to death and it’s as necessary to me as the air I’m breathing ~ because I’ve had a mini epiphany.
A miniphany.
a sign
Part of all the effort and energy I’ve put into learning about, uncovering and cultivating the real me over the last few years, while identifying and deconstructing the other one I made up to make everyone else happy, has given me a growing ability to check in with myself and discern what the hell’s going on in there.
Joy. In French, because I couldn’t find a Y.
So if I find myself in the kind of mood where I want to go to the library and BROWSE, then head down to the beach and MEANDER, when I want to read only fiction and nothing that will necessarily teach me anything useful, when I want to move slowly and listen to the musings in my head, then I know it’s time to change gears.
being slow means you can enjoy some stillness and wave watching
And even though it’s counter-intuitive with all I have to do and the growing pile of household tasks that are getting neglected lately, I’m taking today to SLOW DOWN.
The ‘step away’ part hasn’t quite happened yet because one of my WordPress plugins decided to eff up my site and I had to hunt it down, kill it and now replace it so people can actually see my work.
And I noticed that wending my way to the library this morning, thinking about one or two things without any real focus, a really SUPER idea sprang to mind, and then had babies.
So today {and maybe for the whole weekend, but I doubt it}, I’m slowing down and stepping away, and it feels so amazing to notice that that’s what I need, and then to go ahead and let myself have it, that I wanted to say to you, do it! If you need permission, consider this it!
Listen in, see what it is you’d really like, {and it’s probably something very simple when it comes down to it}, and let yourself have it!
Happy, slow weekend to you. May you find spaces to pause and rest, and ideally string them together and recharge for the next round. 🙂
This so resonates with me Tara. It’s my first time visiting your site…seeing your art…reading your words. We are all such like-minded souls on these parallel journeys. Beautiful!
Thank you Marcie! I’ve been enjoying your photos again too, especially the bird ones; absolutely gorgeous.
Thank you for posting it e-xactly at the perfect time, Tara!! I was making up my mind whether or not to go to my favourite lake in the nearby National Park…and your post helped big time along the way….
The photos are outstandingly wonderful and perfectly match the post. Reading had a sensation of hearing the waves….
best, Nic
Gotta love some synchronicity right. 😉 Hope you had a wonderful SLOW time at the lake!
so timely. so very true for me right now.
much love, xoxo
Oh good! So pleased 🙂 x
You know…without realising I think this is what the whole week has been about for me. I hsve done not a lot…some of it engorced by a bug, but yodsy I feel quite inspired. I must have needed it…so this is what checking in is like!? 🙂
Dude, checking in is so important! And it makes all the difference once you get the hang of it. I’ve been meaning to write a post about it.
ha~! minipiphany. love it~!
today i was feeling a bit out of touch with myself and wondered if i had time to make the re-connection . . .
decided to make myself a cup of hot coconut chai tea (milky and sweet) just the way i like it and think about ‘it’.
and voila. connection made. just that simple.
your post resonated with me.
thank you.
🙂
libbyQ
Coconut chai tea sounds amazing! Glad you found something useful here Libby. 🙂