Friday, 7 March 2025

March 7, 2025 Chautauqua

Beth's Ponderings

  Sometimes we just can’t see the forest for the trees.  Ever been in that situation?

   In January, and the beginning of February, I was racing around, pressuring myself, to finish a whole bunch of creative projects in the house.

   The reason I wanted to complete the projects was so that I had time and space to complete…...wait for it…...creative projects!  OY!

   Rather than enjoying the process of doing each project, I was trying to race through them - with much efforting too - so I could feel like I had the right conditions to complete projects.

   What caught my attention and stopped me in my tracks was that I had written as a dream for 2025 that I wanted to leisurely work on various creative projects.

   My dream for the year is literally right in front of me, and I was completely oblivious of it!

   Now that I can see the “forest” again, I’ve taken the pressure off myself, and created little nooks to work on each project going forward.

   Can you see the “forest” in front of you in your life?

Beth


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