Last week a friend posted this. It happens to be one of my favourite pieces.
“I have learnt to surf the waves of anguish which roll through, the waves now less frequent and less intense.”
It’s a beautiful statement that was written by Monica Zwolsman when telling her story of being widowed twice and facing the death of her 16-month-old son. Her book is well worth a read.
Monica prefaced her waves statement in saying. “Of course the deep sorrow and horror of my past never go away and it is always lurking in the neighbourhood of my mind. But I have learnt to surf the waves of anguish which roll through, the waves now less frequent and less intense.”
I resonate with that. She is right; the waves do become less frequent and intense, but now and then they do rise and viciously crash over me. This is one of those weeks. It’s a combination of several things, but mainly the fact that I’m about to embark on another major life change. Another one that Richard won’t share. With each change, the threads to my past life become ever more fragile and thin as the chapters of my new life are written.
So in search of motivation I found this beautiful piece written by ~ Joshua Loth Liebman.
“The melody that the loved one played upon the piano of your life will never be played quite that way again, but we must not close the keyboard and allow the instrument to gather dust. We must seek out other artists of the spirit, new friends who gradually will help us to find the road to life again, who will walk the road with us.”
So what does finding my artists of the spirit really mean. After a bit of soul searching and exploring, this is what it means to me.
When we dig deeper into our being, we understand that we have so many pressures in life. It’s understandable that many of us feel overwhelmed, pushed and pulled. It’s not only by the pressures we place on ourselves, but it’s by the emotions and manipulations of others. When that happens, we get out of balance; we’re not centred. That’s when we stray, off course. With that, we give or leak our power, away.
When that happens we lose our energy. That makes us tired, unmotivated and even afraid. If this goes on long enough, we become sick and even depressed. We don’t always speak our truth because we are afraid we’ll lose love and connection. But in not doing so, we often lose the love and connection with ourselves.
On reflection, finding the artists of the spirit is about finding ourselves. Taking back our power and speaking our truth. Cleansing our souls and our surroundings of negativity. It is about our deeper spirituality. The spirituality of how we live life day by day, moment by moment. It is the way we do what we do and the energy, quality, sincerity, determination, attention, character we carry for living our life. The foot prints and energy we leave as we go.
I said to a friend last week that I wanted to get back to a simple life. That means the connection of body, mind, energy and spirit. Combining the four elements air, fire, water and earth.
The Element of Air represents our mental body - our mind, thinking, perceptions and analysing.
The Element of Fire represents energy and our energetic body. The action of fire is about movement–in body, mind, energy and life.
The Element of Water represents our emotional body. The action of water is opening, flow and fluidity.
The Element of Earth represents our physical body and the action of earth is supporting and nourishing ourselves - inside and out.
Today I took the first step in creating my new environment. I went down to my new home and burnt white sage to purify the place and cleanse it of negative energy. I will at least start with a clean slate. Exploring my artists of the spirit will be a fascinating journey.
