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salixjWe had a cold, wintry storm last night. Hail coated the ground in tiny white pebbles. The electricity would flash off and on again, making cooking in our electric oven a bit of a challenge. Several times I had to disturb the cat (aka as The Queen) lifting her from my lap where she was cozy, to go reset the oven so the meatloaf would cook. Fun? Life. And I know the rain is necessary for crops, grass, and the water we use for drink and cleanliness.
Challenges. A challenge is a gift you did not ask for, which helps you to grow.
Sketch a large rain cloud in an open free page of your journal. Have rain drops come, and flowers on the ground.
In the rain cloud write down one challenge which you met over the past few weeks, and which you succeeded at.
Each flower that you draw will relate to something that you learned or gained from that challenge.
Flowers should be as few words as possible, preferably a single word such as peace, bravery, wisdom, patience, friendship, hope, job, strength, promotion etc.
Be free and relaxed. Your drawing isn't about how good it looks to others, it is about crowing to yourself about your success, and what meeting the challenge brought to you. Enjoy!
So about the And Then. Everything we write has a bit of us in it. When you wrote your stories, when you brought them into your mind, your hopes, your fears, your concerns, your darkness and your light, all went into the story itself.
By writing in the first person you enter more deeply into each of these aspects of yourself.
For a final wrap up, when you are comfortable, write about what being the "I" of the different characters meant to you. What did you learn? What did you take from assuming these different identifies? Do you see things in yourself that you would like to change? Are you proud of parts of yourself that you have given short shrift in the past? What aspects of the different characters would you like to take on and what would you like to rid yourself of?
Go deep into the story, find yourself within it.
And then, if you want, write the whole story up, perhaps you can turn it into something you would wish to publish. If you do I would love to see it. Please let me know if you do.
Thank you.
Challenges. A challenge is a gift you did not ask for, which helps you to grow.
Sketch a large rain cloud in an open free page of your journal. Have rain drops come, and flowers on the ground.
In the rain cloud write down one challenge which you met over the past few weeks, and which you succeeded at.
Each flower that you draw will relate to something that you learned or gained from that challenge.
Flowers should be as few words as possible, preferably a single word such as peace, bravery, wisdom, patience, friendship, hope, job, strength, promotion etc.
Be free and relaxed. Your drawing isn't about how good it looks to others, it is about crowing to yourself about your success, and what meeting the challenge brought to you. Enjoy!
So about the And Then. Everything we write has a bit of us in it. When you wrote your stories, when you brought them into your mind, your hopes, your fears, your concerns, your darkness and your light, all went into the story itself.
By writing in the first person you enter more deeply into each of these aspects of yourself.
For a final wrap up, when you are comfortable, write about what being the "I" of the different characters meant to you. What did you learn? What did you take from assuming these different identifies? Do you see things in yourself that you would like to change? Are you proud of parts of yourself that you have given short shrift in the past? What aspects of the different characters would you like to take on and what would you like to rid yourself of?
Go deep into the story, find yourself within it.
And then, if you want, write the whole story up, perhaps you can turn it into something you would wish to publish. If you do I would love to see it. Please let me know if you do.
Thank you.
