Feeling low on inspiration?

Get outside and find something to be grateful for, then let the thoughts flow.

Nature photo of the day: moss on a rock.

forget the elf on the shelf
and leave him to his dirty deeds
this year
what everyone needs
more than they know
is moss on a rock
the kind that grows
and greens
without roots
but with moisture
and shade
moss which spreads out and away through spore dispersal, insects and small bursts of wind
along with a pinch of frag ment a t ion
all of which are beyond the magic of a plastic toy
for they are 
as old as time
growing everywhere
where sunlight shines
a touch of green
to bring holiday cheer
every time you step outside 
and find  
a patch of moss
sitting on a rock
waiting years and years 
to be seen

- Cheryl M.

It’s been an odd week, some might say that the energy has been off… and you can take this any way you like.

Déjà vu moments are happening left and right, as I bend over and lift my head to the sky. I don’t know where they are coming from, and I don’t know why there are so many occurrences at one time, but I’ve read that you are in the right place when you encounter them - as if you have already experienced that present situation, so I’ll keep holding onto the belief that I am always in the right place at the right time for my highest and best good. And my highest and best good is wondrous. That’s my go-to affirmation anyway.

At the same time, I’ve also been in a creative slump, not quite knowing what to do, try or create next given our limited access to new things and/or tools to try before we buy. I’ve thought about pottery, linocut printing, woodblock printing, stained glass, and weaving among other hand crafts, all of which I wouldn’t mind sampling, to see if I like them at all, or whether or not I am any good at them.

And then I think to myself, what a first-world quandary!

So I took a step outside and let the beauty of nature absorb my thoughts for a few moments before my hands began to freeze and my mind could wander. Just long enough to focus on the charming moss on the rock beneath the geraniums (my favorite flowers).

For a few moments all my thoughts about hobbies and desires to be more productive with my time on Earth vanished.

Only to return when I stepped inside my warm home to resume the view of my earthly belongings.

Something to do, something to make, something to create… It’s been on my mind as of late.

If - and when - it’s meant to be, it will be. Can’t wait for a déjà vu about that!

As for the journal prompt of the day:

What was the most inspiring thing I saw or experienced in nature this week?

If you are having a hard time writing down an answer to this, it may be because you didn’t spend enough time outdoors… Or maybe, you are thinking too hard - with your brain instead of your heart.

Take a few moments to mentally review your encounters with nature this week. When you find an image that sticks, write it down. It doesn’t have to be anything big - like seeing a bear for the first time in your life.

It can be as simple as discovering moss on a rock, a flowerless plant that grows on every continent, reaching everywhere in the world without even having roots! How did it accomplish that?!

It’s a question to ponder as we head into a rainy weekend.

With gratitude,

Cheryl