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One of my creative contentments is to type out inspiring pieces written by other folks.
This poem, below, was written by John O’Donohue (1954 – 2008).
His recent sudden death has brought for me even more Life into his sweet, lovely, deep writings.
If you scroll down at this generous trove, you’ll find video of him; speaking, giggling, and reading some of his work.
Now I’ve seen and heard those recordings of his presence and voice, I find his printed words even more moving than before.
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For An Addict
Do you know about “The Story of Stuff” which Adela clued me in to? There’s a great story on Alternet but their own website is great, lots of material and thought-provoking ideas, down loads, the movie, and recommended reading.
As for my own stuff, I have to admit that the past couple of months have been a fairly successful hungry-ghost-busting period of time. Before this recent successful period, I hadn’t even realized that I was doing this, but every time I’d do my groceries, I’d “have to” stop in at Michael’s (a large kind of creepy box store for arts and crafts folks) because I had a coupon from the newspaper and I’d look for something, anything, that I thought I needed, in order not to waste my coupon. I know, I know, have you ever heard of anything that silly? Maybe you have. But since the beginning of this blog , I’ve started to pay attention to habit like this. And because I got this idea about working with what I already have on hand here, from all my trips to Michael’s (etc.), I stopped turning into that particular parking lot. I feel quite liberated, AND I’ve been working up a storm, using just a fraction of what I have on hand, hardly making a dent. Amazing. It’s like I didn’t even realize it, but I have a huge amount of stuff, way more than enough, and it’s just waiting to get turned into things of beauty, or at least things that make me smile, and that is important.
So are you curious about what you can do to break the toxic stuff cycle? Annie Leonard has a few ideas for you… Read the rest of this entry »
