When opportunity presents We may speak encouragement Into another person – Everyone needs inspiration, Kindness, generosity; Love is a gift, blessing The giver, as much as The one who gathers it in. Positive words can Change lives weighted by despair, Teaching the act of living, Being is worthwhile to keep Doing, happening, growing. Personhood is precious, Belonging is a treasure, Life is made to pour out – In all directions, enriching, Motivating, teaching, through Creative effort, how wonder Becomes an existential capability In each moment, place, thing, Ever proposed and accomplished.
When we are upset The best thing to be done is For us to use words Well; Communication is key To get all the things we need. Better not resort To violence and destruction, Working situations out Through Discussion is a better option, Which brings stronger resolutions. Putting words on paper or screen Can be a valuable tool Letting us approach Clarity, Discovering our concrete ideas. Using our words Never indicates weakness But shows intelligence and strength Because choosing devastation Is often a more straightforward solution Than Formulating a plan To progress in creativity, Building the present, ushering in The future by making The riskier effort to implement change. Words build us up, Encourage and inspire To conquer difficulties Eroding mountains of opposition Into crowds of consolation Where positivity can overcome The landslide of negativity Directed toward each of us Perpetually. It all began with the Word, We withstand pain, trouble, With carefully chosen words That defend and guard us, From what would harm us. We do well to employ Words To do what seems too high A hope, too large a dream, A huge impossibility, Because words have power To change the world, reality.
On days like this, it is hard to put my stuff out. I have the vow to trip over. The one that says I will post every day this year, and yeah, it is looking like that may become my permanency. It gives me the incentive to work when I might be tempted to go idle. What do you do to motivate yourself, or if you are not producing as you like, how can you make a change?
I have written four pages in the journal today, but I could so not post. Just go on reading the novel I want to complete, and wanting the chocolate I will not bring home. If I go to Aldi and get it, I will binge, to the degree I will eat almost nothing else until it is gone. Nope. I went to Sam’s Club the other day and am proud to say neither Nutella nor Airheads jumped in my cart. These sorts of things I battle regularly. What do you fight with every ounce of self you can muster? Is it food, television, books, shopping, negativity? You can win, at least sometimes. The more you win, the easier the next scrimmage will become.
I have played no music today, which is an anomaly. It has been me and my brain. Always a bit of a stretch, kind of like I imagine bungee jumping in the Grand Canyon, terrifying and exhilarating at once. What happens when you step out of your routine? Can you stick to it as you would like?
Anyway, I hope you have a rewarding evening and accomplish something that makes you smile.
There are times, places, Avoided by almost all Who choose, because we wish LIVES, But confrontation, conflict FREE; Experience, which will never be. Strife presents in So many situations, PERSONALITIES, Being a cumulative fact, A sign circumstance must ALTER, Bend with change. Growth is destiny, even When forced, violent, But peace is hoped, dared to pray, For loss is not a price APPROVED Ever to be paid. We dance our lines – listen, Consonants beg humbly Vowels murmur softly ANGELS Blend resonant voices Among mere mortal entreaties; The most possible, impossible DREAM, Liberty for every person, entity, Who lives and will in The future survive, ALIVE – The story to continue Injustice, inhumanity to quell: Happiness, love, peace… ALL IS WELL!
As a prompt, do something different in your creative practice. If you work mostly on devices, go analog; use pens, change them about; work inside, go out. Variety can kick your brain into a different mindset. If you like share what develops.
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It is my hope that you are doing well and that even in this strange year you are making progress toward your goals. Life is a fascinating adventure when you dive into what comes.
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