The image of a spiral----and how our energetic lives so similarly lie along such lines----presented itself to me this morning as I stared at our fire after checking the e-mail I'd received since yesterday afternoon, signing onto FB to quickly scan the posts, and then looking into my favorite blogs, albeit briefly: a silent hello and hug to heart-felt friends who share themselves so freely and beautifully, yet acknowledging to myself that I could spend all my time and energy taking in what others are giving and have no time left to do what I need to do!
Which brings me to this: I am thinking that I will not be writing here for the foreseeable future, and instead will be using actual pen and page, a common resolution of mine for the past 40 years (good grief!), but which feels different now because I have the time and the will and a plan to carry it out.
It's mold-breaking time again, as I'm on the outer ring of the spiral these days, feeling free, open, and spacious (as opposed to tightly wound and wondering what's next at the dark center), ready to take the next step.
I thank those of you who have checked in on me from time to time here for caring, for reading, for commenting. You have been a warm encouraging hand for me. May I be so for you.
Will miss your company, Chris, as I continue to meander :) I understand completely. Sometimes I think I'm ready to call it quits here too. There are so many creative things that aren't getting done! But for now there are still meanderings that arise that want to be written...
ReplyDeleteWishing you well... Hope you'll stop by from time to time to say hello and peek into my world :)
With warm regards for a peaceful and fulfilling life ahead as you move through the spiral... Christine
Thanks, Christine! I may be back sooner than later (when I've discovered how to reinvent this format so that it addresses my needs better, without my feeling I'm neglecting something else: ahhhh, balance. . . ), but for now I needed to clear some space and time for other matters. I will definitely still read from your blog and a couple of others. . . as I find your writing and presence inviting and inspiring (and you remind me of ME! It's funny how that is). Many blessings sent your way. I'm still here, just more quiet on the blogosphere front. ;-)
ReplyDeleteChris, I will miss you in the blogosphere. Thank you for your thoughtful comments on your blog, and your encouragement to me on my own blog. I hope you will keep in contact in some fashion.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Maggie; I appreciate you so much! I will still read a few blogs (yours included, of course) that I enjoy and intend to stay in touch. After all, we're practically neighbors. . . ;-)
ReplyDeleteChris, I hope you are able to invent or discover that right format to continue here. And then share the secret. I think you're a wise-words-woman and we need you. xo Peggy
ReplyDeleteThank you, Peggy! I'm wrestling with some inner demons in private for a while, but I think I will return to the conversation one day. . . I really appreciate your kind words.
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