Restless

2022 Creativity Project – March 24

Restless

Yes, I am,
But also apart;
Love jangled the bells
Setting my life loose,
Loose for things I never
Believed could be for me.
It is vacant now
Like a classroom in Summer,
But I am content with absence –
Empty arms, all at rest,
No chase, still I confess
Love haunts me, endless.

When you dance, sing, do those things – the world brightens. When you create – the sky, sighs. You are an emissary from realms we are yet to live but came with love to give.

2022 Creativity Project – March 23

We Little Know (linked tanka)

There is upon Earth
Some belief we are given
That all is, and well,
But what we know does remain
A puzzle all unexplained.
The days run fast past,
Anticipation is slow;
Things come, hurry, go,
Love we hope, then sad, find no;
Seasons changing, wild weeds grow.
Everything precious
Love concedes, procures, proclaims,
Ought carefully mind
Only in a gentle heart deep
Does forever, treasure keep.
Never, now give up
You have life, go about it,
Happiness, share it,
Pay your good, in love, with joy
Everyday excellence employ.

I have been writing poems to no effect, but there is with none else too. I hope all is well with you, the world seems a tearful place, but I hope gladness shines on you.

2022 Creativity Project – March 22

Goodness, and Greater Things

Make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance. – 2 Peter 1:5-6

Every day we have choices, and when we are faithful and follow the advice above, we are likely to have a good experience in life, with blessings of success.

Last Friday I got a letter, which I should have received at the beginning of the month. It was a critical matter, so Monday, I made calls, but by this evening, I had gotten no callback, and I was apprehensive.

I wrote a respectful email, praying that I could straighten the problem out. I wrote carefully, clearly, hoping I would find compassion. I used all the knowledge of grammar and style possible in my lexicon.

I very quickly got a response that put me at ease.

I did not give up but kept beseeching a solution.

We do well to do our best and apply every knowledge and ability to those things we attempt.

Being kind, tender, caring with the people we encounter and those who inhabit our lives fosters love and teaches us self-control. We choose how our life comes to us. If we desire goodness, we must be busy with it in our days.

God is good, and Jesus is always willing to help us if we are hard-working at well-doing.

Remember, small things add up to more joyful days and eventually may lead to greater happiness. Joy is a foundation under a life; happiness is a pinnacle less often obtained.

Bless you in all you do.

2022 Creativity Project – March 21

My 365 Creativity Project continues without a skipped day. I will say the days are many that I find this difficult to do.

I have been asked, on occasion, how I produce something every day. I am puzzled, I choose it, I will it, I make it so. I am afraid some days quality suffers because the creative impulse is not as strong. The thing with 365 projects, they force a commitment. Human beings can do all manner of things given unwavering commitment.

Ends Means

Ending is uneasy
Like a fire gaining more ground
A tooth hard-aching
A fox with bright marble eyes
A cookie left in downpour.

Ending is ugly
Like a redwood crashing down
Algae in rivers
Crows hitting clear polished glass
A car twisted in collision.

Ending is hurtful
It wrenches one’s insides sore,
But when it is clear
It launches new adventure
Or allows living resumed.

This

Grief has been my space
Until I could roll the stone
Off my mental force
Free my heart of wrecking hurt
Life is flowing clean again.

I have begun work
Of clearing out those spaces
Become out of sorts
While I was so diminished
I could muster no energy.

It feels like the ash
Of many destructive fires
Is now swept away
The presence of blooming roses
Has replaced what marred bad days.

I will remember
For I could never forget
But my pain is less
I can live again without
The fear of misinterpretation.

Your challenge (prompt), should you accept it, is to commit to some period of days that stretches your limits and create something evey day for that time.

Gratitude List: 1. I have begun straightening out my living quarters. 2. There is already some progress, slow and steady. 3. I did not quit this work though it often causes me to feel inadequate.

Thank you for visiting. Please share your likes if you feel it. I hope you will return often and bring others.

2022 Creativity Project – March 20

When I did my first 365 I posted journal pages daily. I rarely do it now. Maybe someone needs this, and to me handwriting adds an urgency print cannot.