Searching for inspiration. That’s what I’m doing.
I’ve tried all the ‘tricks’ I know today to get inspiration for a post.
1. I’ve looked at the list of possible posts I write in my notebook. No inspiration.
2. I’ve gone through my many blank documents (sometimes with just a quote or an outline) that are stored on my computer in a folder called ‘Fodder’! Nothing.
3. I’ve gone through a few books. Nothing caught my attention.
4. I asked a friend and he came up with a good idea. No excitement.
5. I asked José and he suggested that I chill – don’t have a write a post every day. Agreed – but I want to write one today.
There are days like this when I want to write but have no inspiration. Funny, from someone whose blog is about finding inspiration in every day matters…….
Okay, so I was inspired to tell you that I’m not inspired!
And then I read this poem that I had saved on my computer and I feel excited and hopeful that tomorrow I’ll write something meaningful. For today, I’ll just share this beautiful piece. Enjoy ‘Mindful’ by Mary Oliver:
Every day
I see or hear
something
that more or less
kills me
with delight,
that leaves me
like a needle
in the haystack
of light.
It was what I was born for –
to look, to listen,
to lose myself
inside this soft world –
to instruct myself
over and over
in joy,
and acclamation.
Nor am I talking
about the exceptional,
the fearful, the dreadful,
the very extravagant –
but of the ordinary,
the common, the very drab,
the daily presentations.
Oh, good scholar,
I say to myself,
how can you help
but grow wise
with such teachings
as these –
the untrimmable light
of the world,
the ocean’s shine,
the prayers that are made
out of grass?
May you be inspired – everyday!
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