GIFTS OF THE HEART
What in your life is calling you?
When all the noise is silenced,
the meetings adjourned,
the lists laid aside,
and the wild iris blooms by itself in the dark forest,
what still pulls on your soul?
In the silence between your heartbeats
hides a summons.
Do you hear it?
Name it, if you must,
or leave it forever nameless,
but why pretend it is not there?
–Terma Collective, “The Box” from Remembering the Gift.
From the first moment I read this poem, I was forever changed. Something resonated deep within me. It is nameless, yet very present. Yesterday, as I was creating the above SoulCollage(R) card (The Muse), words from the poem whispered to me. The house was still and I could, indeed, hear what was pulling on my soul. In journaling from the card, I received a gift of insight from this beautiful, wise woman: creativity and spirituality are like feathers tucked within the powerful wings of even the smallest bird. In that breath, that heartbeat, the gentle breeze of truth brought life to my Muse and carried her message into every cell of my being.
Journaling prompts: As you read this poem, welcome the pulling of your own heart, your own soul. What gifts of awareness are resting within the silence between heartbeats? How can you honor them in the midst of your own daily life? How might you meet your own muse?
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Thanks for the inspiring post and card Rae!
You are very welcome. It’s always a bit amazing to me how this all comes together in the right time and place : ))
Hi Rae – just had a nice peruse of your blog. I am sooooo glad you mentioned Citra Solv. Some of the pages I have created are awe inspiring. Check out my blog http://affirmationart.blogspot.com to see 5 out of 105! It’s really strange the way it sometimes works and sometimes doesn’t even in the same magazine. I do think that the 2000′s work better. No success with any 80′s or 90′s. My husband was away while I was doing my first experiments and has just had to sit through being shown every single one! So once again, thanks. Love Rosie
HI Rosie
Thanks for your comment and for sending the link to your blog. I’m absolutely amazed at what you’ve been able to do with the CitraSolv! It is a stunning example of how the most basic of changes can become magical in the hands of an artist : )) Rae