Yesterday I read a post about a couple making the most of early empty-nest syndrome while their children were at camp. For me, their week alone without children to hamper their spontaneity was a glimpse into my own future - a future I look forward to. For those of you who have no offspring to … Continue reading Jour du Journal: Looking down the road
Jour du Journal: Serendipity Fest
How's this for a series of events? 1. I response to a call to submission on a national mother's writing forum. She published my essay (my first published work). 2. Turns out the editor/zine just happens to be based in a town an hour away. 3. The very week I finally subscribe to the local … Continue reading Jour du Journal: Serendipity Fest
Jour du Journal: Serendipity and Purpose
Yesterday on my other blog I wrote about Serendipity in my life. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines it as: the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for. I choose to take this definition a step further and say that these "agreeable" things that occur do so because we are - consciously … Continue reading Jour du Journal: Serendipity and Purpose
Jour du Journal: You WILL find something to say!
In workshops I facilitate and ones I have attended myself, comments similar to this are usually made: I didn't think I'd have anything to say. I thought I would sit here not knowing what to write. You have to trust your pen. It wants to write. It loves to run across the page in a … Continue reading Jour du Journal: You WILL find something to say!
Jour du Journal! Getting to the truth.
Yesterday on my other blog I wrote: ...I almost feel angry at my innocent children for stealing them from me. That's a feeling I try not to give voice or credence to... That was a difficult statement to put into writing, for the "whole" world to see. But it is the truth - an uncomfortable … Continue reading Jour du Journal! Getting to the truth.
Jour du Journal:Envisioning the Future
So, what did you think of Alpha Poems? I think they are a fun and unexpected way to access your inner wisdom while also discovering the creative genius hidden deep within. Please feel free to leave a comment telling about your experience (or share your poem, if you like). Now, back to manifesting your future. … Continue reading Jour du Journal:Envisioning the Future
Jour du Journal: Alphapoems
I've written about my experience with Alpha Poems. Now, it's your turn. From last week's journal-write (Where I am now in my life...) or any writing you've done lately, choose a key word or phrase. Write the letters down the page like T H I S and then start writing whatever springs to mind from … Continue reading Jour du Journal: Alphapoems
Jour du Journal: Envisioning
Welcome to the first Journal-Write Wednesday! If you have read any of my blog, j. lucy muses you will know that I am all about dreaming and envisioning what you want out of your life - manifesting your future. Christina Baldwin writes in Life's Companion: Journal Writing as a Spiritual Quest, Before we can do … Continue reading Jour du Journal: Envisioning
That’s so selfing!
I learned a new word last night: Selfing. The act of taking care of oneself. You'd think with two therapists in the family, years of counseling myself, watching Dr. Phil religiously, and after all the journal-writing/journal therapy books I've read I would have come across this term before. I have the concept down pat: arrange … Continue reading That’s so selfing!
Channeling my inner Madeleine L’Engle
While journaling yesterday I discovered I have an inner Madeleine L'Engle. When I picture the author of 'A Winkle in Time' and 'Circle of Quiet' (my favorite) I see a comfortably-sized lady in a African-style moo-moo, lots of large, clunky jewelry and a laissez-faire attitude about housework and bedtimes. I don't know if I have … Continue reading Channeling my inner Madeleine L’Engle
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