Juices are Flowing

Life has ebbs and flows. We go through periods of creativity and spiritual dormancy. Often these patterns mimic other things going on in our lives- work and family, global events. Little by little I'm feeling an awakening. I closed out my 2016 blog as the year came to an end, and I have committed myself little to writing since then. I've written a couple of pieces, participated in a writing retreat with my writing circle, but I have not been able to get motivated enough to write substantially or sustainably. I think that is all about to change...

I am in a state of transition right now. I am about to start a new job- more like a new position. I'm not changing who I work for, I'm just moving from a local venue to a state headquarters. My husband and I are getting ready to break ground on a new house next week, and my son is attending his senior prom next Saturday as we await his college acceptance notification. A lot is about to change around here. I am aware of the idea stress is stress, and even positive events in our lives can create stress. I can feel some of that anxiousness, feelings of unsettledness, as we wait for all of these things to unfold. But in the last couple of days, I've also noticed some feelings of awakening...

I have completed a lot of years of formal education. I have four degrees, almost 20 years practical experience in my field, and what I feel is a wealth of knowledge and skills I have been eager to put to use in a bigger way. I am going to be able to do that now. I have been reading and writing all weekend, and I feel like all the little trap doors in my mind have opened to a labyrinth of creative thinking. I have thought about how my writing circle will work to stay together insight of some changes within the group (I'm reading a great book to help). I'm tuning back in to my connection with the National Writing Project through readings and practices I've set on a shelf in recent months, even years. I've started some research on an idea I really think will inform my work and make a significant contribution to the young people we serve in our program.

I'm feeling it. I'm feeling the writer in me waking up from hibernation. Maybe it's spring, Maybe it's change. Whatever the reason or the cause, I welcome the feelings of invigoration.