Receiving and Letting Go..
Lost and Found: I found this little metal heart with a message on it on one of my recent walks! So I am realizing that I'm so used to being an introvert, that blogging is not something that comes naturally. I have this sense that I must externalize my thoughts and feelings a bit more and get over the idea that nobody really cares one iota what I think or have to say. I know that is not entirely true, but there is a voice in my head that says it.. Is that my ego, my inner critic or my censor that Julia Cameron refers to? I think I'm starting to identify that voice! I need to become more adept at naming it and telling it to go fly a kite while I write, paint or whatever! Sunlight through the trees at Columbia Park in North Portland I just finished listening to Rebecca Solnit's "Recollections of my Non-Existence" read with her own sweet, articulate voice and cadence. It was validating and healing, inspiring and motivating to start to write and speak more freely a...