In the shelter of a tree…

September 3, 2012 by

We take for granted the benefit nature bestows on us. Six months after a tornado hit Moscow, Ohio, one woman remembers:

She “used to be able to walk from her home for five blocks down toward the river and be under trees nearly the whole time. Not anymore… now she knows why she has always loved Moscow’s trees … There is the shade, of course. But now she says the wind feels different. It is harder when it sweeps up from the river. And she can hear the barges that carry coal to the William H. Zimmer Power Station on the north edge of town.”*

So here’s to greater appreciation of those everyday things, like the trees we take for granted or get annoyed at when they shed leaves or nuts: the “things” we will truly miss when they are gone.

*The Enquirer, Sunday, Sept. 2, 2012 p. B6.

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Lessons of a Creator: #5

August 25, 2012 by

I found a way to shift my attention away from my thinking mind, to ask questions and to listen for the answers: FOCUSING IN MY BODY. I shift my attention into my body (I focus on my heart), center with my breath and feel a moment of genuine care. As my thinking mind quiets,  I can get a felt sense of what is going on.  I can tune into an inner guidance that goes beyond my fears, worries and limitations.

My heart-focus filters out the noise my head is  broadcasting.

(Some of the science  behind this can be found at: www.heartmath.org)


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Lessons of a Creator: #4

August 22, 2012 by

Our thinking minds are heavily influenced by what we’ve been taught, our beliefs about how things work, and our assumptions about people. These, too often, lead to worry, judgment, and fears that distort what we think is happening, and limit what we think is possible.

As a creator, I learned I had to go beyond what my “head” can do for me. That led me to lesson #5…

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Lessons of a Creator: #3

August 18, 2012 by

Most of us really don’t really believe what we want matters. But it’s the first step in learning we are creators. We start by wanting something, which leads us to learn about the creating process itself.  We begin to trust that we can have what we want. And, it’s only then, that  we can hear the invitation to go deeper: to listen to the silence, to step off the edge of what we thought was possible. In Alice of Wonderland’s terms, we fall down the rabbit hole– running into paradoxes, living  bigger questions, losing the world we thought we knew so well.


 

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Lessons of a Creator: #2

August 13, 2012 by

Too often, what has been missing,  is the most important question:

“What do I truly want?”

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Lessons of a Creator : #1

August 8, 2012 by

Life is not random.  Each choice propels us in a direction toward a future.

One of the first steps in becoming a skilled creator is understanding the power of our choices; then, paying attention to them, deciding if they serve us.

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choosing life

July 17, 2012 by

Last Sunday, Rev. Linda asked if we were people who engaged life or people who preferred to watch it on TV. 

I thought about the fact that although we are creators, most of us are lulled into amnesia by the stress of life. Too often we don’t see the choices we make that wear us out and move us away from what we care about. Instead, we tell ourselves we  “have to”  (fill in the blank).

Click here to read a great example of one man’s realization of how he reacted to externals and the impact it had on one of the most important events in in his life.  (from HBR Blog Network, Greg McKeown, If You Don’t Prioritize Your Life, Someone Else Will,   8:00 AM June 28, 2012

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Are you a creator if you make coffee in the morning?

April 29, 2012 by

If so what did you create? 

A product? Maybe a simple cup of coffee, using your coffee pot, grounds, and filter?  Maybe an elaborate cappuccino from a shiny machine?
An experience? Perhaps contentment as you linger at your favorite coffee shop reading the paper?  Or maybe comfort as you sip the warm brew while leisurely checking your email. Or maybe stress, as you absentmindedly drink, answering your cell phone and driving to work?

If your life is composed of a million such creations, what do they add up to?

Is there one thing  you create on a regular basis that you could change to bring more of what you want into your life?

After all, if you are not the creator of your life, who is? And what you get may just start with how you do coffee in the morning!Smile

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Missing Manual

January 4, 2012 by

Welcome to CreatingWorks!

I was created to be a creator but it
is only over time I’m learning the rules
of how this creating stuff really works.
Was it God’s sense of adventure or
sense of humor I wonder that led to
the omission of the Owner’s Manual?

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