Today:
- Watching birds
- Eating fruit
- Singing to myself outside and making up my own lyrics
Here’s the song I was singing whilst walking around outside. So much fun and so freeing, awesome. It’s an invitation to gratitude. When things go wrong it reminds me things were going right. Timely reminder of the importance of ‘doing nothing’ for being creative.
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Cherry tree walk 🍒🌳🚶🏿 – song in progress
Lyrics
I'm on cherry tree walk, always cherry tree walk I could sing or I could talk Why would I talk when I could sing? I can do most anything Why would I talk when I can sing? I can do most anything I'm on cherry tree walk, I'm on cherry tree walk. I'm on cherry tree walk. Once again, once again I'm on cherry tree walk. All the walks round here are cherry, cherry, cherry Cherry tree walk Cherry, cherry, cherry Cherry tree walk When I see cherry blossom Abundance springs to mind. When I see cherry blossom Abundance springs to mind. Oh, what a find, What a find, oh what a find. I'm so thankful I'm so thankful I'm so thankful Gratitude swells my heart. Don't know where to stop or start. Gratitude swells my heart. I'm so thankful I'm so thankful I could sing. I'm so thankful I'm so thankful I could sing. I'm on cherry tree walk, always cherry tree walk I could sing or I could talk Why would I talk when I could sing? I can do most anything Why would I talk when I could sing? I can do most anything When things go wrong It reminds me When things go wrong It reminds me When things go wrong It reminds me Things were going right. When things go wrong It reminds me Things were going right. When things go wrong It's an invitation To create When things go wrong It reminds me Things were going right. When things go wrong It's an invitation To create When things go wrong It reminds me When things go wrong It reminds me When things go wrong It's an invitation Things go wrong It's an invitation Things go wrong It's an invitation To dance with life Dance, dance, dance Dance with life Come create, come create Reminds me Come create, come create Reminds me And now I want to put it in a song When things go wrong When things go wrong When things go wrong When things go wrong A short, sharp, shock, A short, sharp, shock, Things go wrong, But not for long. Things go wrong, But not for long. Short, sharp, shock, Things go Short, sharp, shock, Things go Short, sharp, shock Things go wrong, But not for long. It reminds me It's an invitation It reminds me It's an invitation Create, create, create, create Create, create, create, create When things go wrong When things go wrong When things go wrong When things go wrong Get on, get in, get in on this creation Get on, get in, get in on this creation Create Create, create, create Don't hesitate Create, create, create Don't prevaricate Create, create, create You won't be late Create, create, create Please don't wait Create, create, create You're never late Create, create, create The time is now, now, now The place is here, here, here. The time is now, now, now The place is here, here, here. Do not wait, wait, wait Create, create, create Do not wait, wait, wait Create, create, create It's an invitation An invitation It's an invitation It's an invitation Create Create, create, create Don't hesitate Create, create, create Don't prevaricate Create, create, create You won't be late Create, create, create Please don't wait Create, create, create You're never late Create, create, create The time is now, now, now The place is here, here, here. The time is now, now, now The place is here, here, here. It's an invitation to dance with life. It's an invitation to dance with life. Will you dance with me? Will you dance with me? It's an invitation Create Don't hesitate When things go wrong, wrong, wrong When things go wrong, wrong, wrong When things go wrong, wrong, wrong When things go wrong Create, create, create, create Don't hesitate Create, create, create You won't be late
Daily blogging this week
Learning
- Curiosity-driven learning: Following joy by wandering the web
- Maybe it’s because I’m a wanderer, that I love learning online… Today I caught up on a bunch of interesting links I’d saved for later.
- Octalysis: Gamification & behavioural change, Steve Pavlina: Embrace your love of doing ALL the things!, YNAB: You need a budget, especially if you have variable income: Here’s how
Creating
- How to follow creativity, trusting the flow: A love letter
- A love letter from my muse, from the future (May 2022), on how Compassion, Courage & Curiosity are key components of our steady relationship.
- Listen to me reading the letter, transcript available.
- Give it the ole frazzle dazzle! Then, wind down
- What do you do when after 12 hours of working-studying you remember you have a blog post to write, draw, share? Impromptu poem, of course! 🥴
- Includes German
- If my life were a book, what would it be?
- What kind of book would your life be? Who would you credit on its pages as your influences? Who would you thank for their contributions?
Resting
- How to rest when your brain won’t stop
- Reminding myself what to do when I’m tired. With a lesson from Wild Seed and a lesson from life. Repetition is a reliable form of change.
- Ideas: Go outside, lie down, draw & doodle, watch cartoons, talk with friends, wash up. Do less, Connect with goals & priorities, & Get Support. Light a candle
- Remembering how to rest & learning insouciance
- Insouciance, lighthearted unconcern. How to rest when you have a million things to do and your brain won’t stop, part 2
- Ideas: Tea, comedy, dreaming
Cherry blossom, creating & abundance
Looking back over the week I realise I’ve been really creative this week because of this daily blogging challenge. I wrote a letter, a poem, a song… Recorded audio. Continued drawing every day. Took photos. Pored over things I’ve been looking forward to exploring for a while. Two words that are new to me too: Wilfing and insouciance.
Wisdom & joy: When things go wrong
I had a difficult experience on Friday. With the love & support of my friends, with the healing of rest, with the abundance of cherry blossom, with the music of birds, I synthesised that into a song that is bringing me a lot of joy and feels like wisdom I’m channelling.
Feeling very open.