The most valuable lesson, I have learnt in life, is something that I already write a lot about, but then again it is something, that perhaps we do need to be reminded of a lot more. We can get so consumed by other people's stories, that we can sometimes forget to create our own, or more importantly, to even realize, that we all hold the power to create our own.
As kids we fantasize about the lives we wish to lead, our imaginations run wild and we believe that anything is possible. Then along the way, we are told that we need to become more serious, to get our heads out of the clouds and focus on our careers. Careers that are have already been chosen for us.
We are molded, so that we fit into society and those traits we that we had as children, to be inquisitive and fearless, to be wild and free, are pushed back, muted even. And so it is, that we disconnect more and more from our authentic self and end up living lives that do not fulfill us.
We have been knocked off track, denied the opportunity to really connect with and explore who we wish to be. But we can always make our way back. To really discover, what it is we wish to create, within this life.
To finally understand what it means to be a Creator!
To understand, how everything we consume, has a direct effect on our ability to create. How what we watch and listen to affects the way in which we think. Words are spells after all and when we continue to listen to the same thing, to follow the same narratives, we end up welcoming it, into our lives and it becomes our reality.
Their stories, feed our thoughts until we no longer, connect with our own. Potentially allowing them to create our reality.
Our creative flow, gets interrupted by so many external forces, all of which, consume us, just as much as we consume them! And that is how we get caught up in repetitive cycles, believing that we are trapped, that we could not possible have what it takes to break free.
That power lies in our ability to empower ourselves, to take the steps needed, in order to reclaim our lives. When we engage with our environment, when we connect more with nature, we are connecting more with our natural self. We begin to play more and explore, to remember what it feels like, to really live and to not just merely exist.
There in lies the power if play, because it allows us to really experience freedom, the freedom to be who we are meant to be. To connect with each moment and really feel it. To not hold back, when it comes to expressing who we are. To let go of our fears and allow ourselves to soar.
That doesn't mean that life will be all plain sailings, because that is not what life is about. Life is painful and messy and wondrous in equal measures, it is how you choose to channel those experiences, what you choose to create with them, that is what empowers you. It is where, you draw your strength from!
And this, this below is one way which I choose to create!
Let me take you on a journey!
Let these words wash over you, as you rise and fall,
in time with the sounds that crowd at the door to your soul.
This bittersweet music that calls to you,
that taunts at you,
to take it's hand and shake off the dregs of the day.
What started off calm, has not reached it's climax,
you get lost in these sweet sounds,
your body becomes fluid,
moving as one with the orchestra that plays within your mind.
Moving Forwards and Backwards,
Your shoulders drop to the floor, as you Snake your Way, across the Earth,
Losing yourself in this desire to explore.
Leaves tangled up in your hair,
soil caressing your skin,
you feel the Beat of the Earth
and at Last You Join In.
A distant howling awakens your senses,
you emerge crawling out of your skin,
droplets of rain wash away the last of your slumber
you hold the strength of your rebirth within
Emerging in time with the rising sun,
it's light illuminates your fearlessness
the sun's rays,
like arms that rush to envelop you,
to Touch the parts of you, that you lay bare,
those age old trauma's,
that carried you here.
Your sight,
how your eyes now hurt from the pain that once was,
oh this journey
this spiral that takes you into the darkness of who you are !
such Sweet Nectar This Pain!
that transforms and splits you open
throwing the many pieces of you around,
let your sorrow, wash into the many wounds you buried deep
let all the anger rise up, allow yourself to feel complete.
A distant howling awakens your senses,
you emerge crawling out of your skin,
droplets of rain wash away the last of your slumber
You hold the strength of your rebirth within.
