What has sustained me during the hard times?
Wow. 2007 was one long hard time.
And now, now that we are three months into
2008, I can feel that I have risen to a higher level
than I knew was possible, ever.
There are several things that sustained me
during this time:
Writing. I wrote continually if not in all my
usual forms. I noticed poetry dropped away
and my free-flow writing practice was less
as well, but I kept publishing my ezine, I
kept blogging - I continued to show up.
I never went away as I have a tendency
to do when things are tough.
Theatre. It is my therapy, much of the
time. At the same time, in retrospect how
the hell did I do it? How the hell did I do
it well enough to get nominated for a
best supporting actress award? Yowza.
The connection with the other actors,
the speaking of beautiful words, the
requirement to stay present... all of
this really helped me, enormously.
Going on walks, alone and with others.
I love my secret and not-so-secret
escapes. They help me in both
my soul practices and my creative
practices, which I see are really one
and the same.
Taking photos, just life photos. I don't
go on many "shoots" I simply shoot-what-is.
I love getting flickr comments, I love
having people use the photos I take as
their myspace photos..... I love seeing
my flickr sidebar on 43things. I resisted
getting a digital camera for so long and
now I am already yearning to upgrade! LOL.
2007 was the perfect time for me
to start taking photos daily.
Hanging out with friends. Over coffee,
over sunsets, wherever, whenever.
Just being together. Love it.
Perhaps my "come back" after being
pretty much in a hermit space for
November, December and January is
in big part due to all of these things
I regularly do to take care of myself.
In spite of all that happened last year,
I am better than ever.
Pretty good stuff, eh?
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