I know it may seem that I’ve dropped off the planet but actually I’ve just been working my tale off. Work and family have been the only subjects to receive any attention. And while I deeply love both my family and my work, I recognize the need to take more space for for the re-creation of self--which is at times an elusive luxury.
However, as I have survived the holidays....barely.....and I have come to a temporary impasse in my work today, I am taking a surprise and welcomed day off. I’ve been indulging myself by wandering blog trails. Its just the re-creational adventure I needed. Okay, so, I can think of much more exciting real adventures I’d love to take (given the time and money) but for now, the inspiration of soul will suffice.
This image I just ran across in particular is really speaking to me (found on paper ice cream but I don’t know the original source). Lately, despite the stressful and at time overwhelming schedule, I have felt a deep sense of hope and promise. Promise of what is to come and of what I will become. Although it feels so wobbly right now, especially if I look down, I am in the soft, hazy dawn of a beautiful new year. Embarking. Quietly lured toward some unknown beauty. Do you feel it?
And now I do feel compelled to make a New Year’s resolution: to reclaim some time for me. Time to “feed my soul,” for lack of a better term. In the past few days, mostly by accident, I have read some of the Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath, watched the recent documentary on Annie Leibovitz and gotten lost in blogland (some highlights being: loveology and paper ice cream)...and all of this has got me hungry for more. Its been so long I feel like I’d forgotten how good it feels to have a good dose of inspiration.
So, what’s the latest thing that’s inspired you? Or have you been inspired to make any New Year’s resolutions? I’d love to hear them!
Oh, I’m also going to try to keep our house a little cleaner. That’s a big stretch for me!
