Wow! I so feel like I have been on blogging hiatus and all the things I've left unsaid are suddenly needing to be free'd! I love the rush of it all moving through me in a free fall of sorts! There are a couple of things that have been pressing on me and drawing my attention.
1. To veg or not to veg? Lately the idea of becoming a vegetarian has been making strong inroads into my heart. I never imagined that I would even entertain the idea (mmm, the delicious smell of turkey) but I am definitely losing resonance with being a meat eater! For most of my life I suppose I ate quite unconsciously, not thinking about where my food came from or how it was processed. This is no longer the case. There is a large part of me that wants to settle into my house in the Maritimes, grow a garden and have a chicken coop for fresh free-range (non-corn fed) eggs. I am not declaring anything here, just an acknowledgement that every time I eat animal protein I have a sinking feeling inside. Knowing that what that animal suffered so I can eat a big juicy steak definitely takes away the juicy-ness!
2. Writing. I love to write. I love to wrap words up together and sling-shot them around the page. I fantasize about sitting in quiet places marrying thoughts and fonts together. Drinking gallons of Starbucks lattes. I love the feeling of characters taking shape in my heart, becoming so real they need to have a home of their own, laid down in foundations of black and white. Sometimes (most of the time) when I get into the zone, the words just fall on to the page in perfect order. Days later, I will go back and re-read, as though I am seeing it, feeling it for the first time and think "Damn! I wrote that! That came through me!". I've always wanted to be a writer. As a kid/teenager I would sit at the river and just write for hours at a time. I even had a pen name picked out but now I know I will just go with my own name: Angela Mitchell and own it and be proud of the expressions I put down on paper. In the coming year, I am going to write and write prolifically! Stay tuned!
3. Uncertainty is good! I'm not a person that needs everything to be the same all the time. That is, in fact, the exact opposite of who I am. I love not knowing what is around the corner, I want the unexpectedness of life. I want it to change on a dime. I want the joy of adapting and learning and growing. I want to take more risks, go further than I've ever gone before and trust that it is all going to be okay. Because it will be. Is there a worst case scenario? Is there a place that you can't come back from without at least having learned something valuable along the way?
Many blessings on your day and a little Sheryl for the journey.
PS ~ I've decided to give up sugar for the next two weeks (just getting a bit out of control). Heaven help us all in this household!
1. To veg or not to veg? Lately the idea of becoming a vegetarian has been making strong inroads into my heart. I never imagined that I would even entertain the idea (mmm, the delicious smell of turkey) but I am definitely losing resonance with being a meat eater! For most of my life I suppose I ate quite unconsciously, not thinking about where my food came from or how it was processed. This is no longer the case. There is a large part of me that wants to settle into my house in the Maritimes, grow a garden and have a chicken coop for fresh free-range (non-corn fed) eggs. I am not declaring anything here, just an acknowledgement that every time I eat animal protein I have a sinking feeling inside. Knowing that what that animal suffered so I can eat a big juicy steak definitely takes away the juicy-ness!
2. Writing. I love to write. I love to wrap words up together and sling-shot them around the page. I fantasize about sitting in quiet places marrying thoughts and fonts together. Drinking gallons of Starbucks lattes. I love the feeling of characters taking shape in my heart, becoming so real they need to have a home of their own, laid down in foundations of black and white. Sometimes (most of the time) when I get into the zone, the words just fall on to the page in perfect order. Days later, I will go back and re-read, as though I am seeing it, feeling it for the first time and think "Damn! I wrote that! That came through me!". I've always wanted to be a writer. As a kid/teenager I would sit at the river and just write for hours at a time. I even had a pen name picked out but now I know I will just go with my own name: Angela Mitchell and own it and be proud of the expressions I put down on paper. In the coming year, I am going to write and write prolifically! Stay tuned!
3. Uncertainty is good! I'm not a person that needs everything to be the same all the time. That is, in fact, the exact opposite of who I am. I love not knowing what is around the corner, I want the unexpectedness of life. I want it to change on a dime. I want the joy of adapting and learning and growing. I want to take more risks, go further than I've ever gone before and trust that it is all going to be okay. Because it will be. Is there a worst case scenario? Is there a place that you can't come back from without at least having learned something valuable along the way?
Many blessings on your day and a little Sheryl for the journey.
PS ~ I've decided to give up sugar for the next two weeks (just getting a bit out of control). Heaven help us all in this household!
