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Push. Push. Push. And if that doesn’t accelerate the dream quickly enough, then push from a different angle. But pushing – that’s a given, right? Nope.
Pushing maintains the swirl. Sometimes, what’s out of sight and zooming toward you isn’t quite here yet. A leap in another direction doesn’t always land you in a more findable spot.
Waiting may the quickest way to get somewhere.
How do you know which tack to take? Push or wait? If pushing makes you hyperventilate, makes your eyes bug out with effort, then maybe you’re pushing against yourself rather than anything that’s actually in your way.
If you think you’ve done everything right, but there’s still no reward, try waiting. Even just for a little bit.
Now and then, be the target, not the arrow.
If you’re wondering why you’ve been overlooked by the gods, consider the possibility that they can’t pinpoint your location through all the dust you’re kicking up as you flail.
Take a deep breath. Sit down. Be quiet. Sip your tea.
Trust is not an extreme sport.
{ PEP TALKS deliver a bracing blast of Grace }
Flickr photo: Sleepy buda, by Silvio Tanaka
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Daily Creativity Prompts deliver a perspective-shifting zap to your creative process.
See Grace Kerina’s Creativity Prompts Compendium for more tools to spark your genius.
Related reading: Creativity Prompt | 21 ~ Conversations Between Me and You
How do you keep a grip on the real you when the salty surf of a tense interaction smacks your starboard side?
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Daily Creativity Prompts deliver a perspective-shifting zap to your creative process.
See Grace Kerina’s Creativity Prompts Compendium for more tools to spark your genius.
Related reading: Creativity Prompt | 17 ~ Joy Detective
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Daily Creativity Prompts deliver a perspective-shifting zap to your creative process.
See Grace Kerina’s Creativity Prompts Compendium for more tools to spark your genius.
Related reading: Creativity Prompt | 33 ~ Are We in Community?
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Daily Creativity Prompts deliver a perspective-shifting zap to your creative process.
See Grace Kerina’s Creativity Prompts Compendium for more tools to spark your genius.
Related reading: Creativity Prompt | 68 ~ Quantum Physics and the Art of Manifestation
“You can’t get to be a charming eccentric in old age without being weird in youth.”
~ Stacie, Idiosyncratic Daydream
Pull up your striped socks, slip into your funkiest shoes, check your wild red hair in the mirror, and head out the door to spend the day making people gawk. Or … say what no one else seems willing to say, offer the solution that expands minds, notice the thing out of place that makes all the difference.
Whether we’re weird on the inside or the outside, or both, those of us who are unusually sensitive can help make sensitivity and uniqueness more normal. That’s a paradox, I know.
As an aged eccentric in training, as a rebel with a cause, think of yourself as being on a mission. What’s your mandate? To strut your stuff, to desensitize our culture to sensitivity. Another paradox. How lovely.
Imagine the scope of glorious weirdness expanding to include everyone. What a wonderful world that would be.
“Allah loves wondrous variety.”
~ Azeem, Robin Hood – Prince of Thieves
Flickr photo: Free Girl in Colorful Polkadots, by D Sharon Pruitt / Pink Sherbet Photography
Related reading: The Power of Community, Differentiation and Intimacy
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Daily Creativity Prompts deliver a perspective-shifting zap to your creative process.
See Grace Kerina’s Creativity Prompts Compendium for more tools to spark your genius.
Related reading: Creativity Prompt | 18 ~ How to Mingle at a Party | Tips for the Timid
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Daily Creativity Prompts deliver a perspective-shifting zap to your creative process.
See Grace Kerina’s Creativity Prompts Compendium for more tools to spark your genius.
Related reading: Creativity Prompt | 45 ~ Talent Development Resources
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Daily Creativity Prompts deliver a perspective-shifting zap to your creative process.
See Grace Kerina’s Creativity Prompts Compendium for more tools to spark your genius.
Related reading: Creativity Prompt | 47 ~ Pep Talk | Think
What great joy can you never get enough of? What thrills you to talk about or think about or do? What marvelous topic makes you feel fully awake, primed, plugged in, and raring to go?
It’s there, somewhere – the thing that takes you out of time and returns you rekindled in every way. If you can’t find it, or lost it, or don’t know that you’ve ever had it, then the chase is on.
To track a glorious obsession, follow your pulse rate.
Think of a hunter closing in on a much-needed meal. The natural order of things makes us good at narrowing our focus when we need sustenance. Notice when your vision becomes laser-like, when your heart rate goes up and the world around you slips into slow-motion.
You’re built for the hunt. Follow your instincts.
Use the ancient hunting skills your body remembers to zero in on your greatest joys. You’ll know when you’re closing in. You’ll feel alive to the nth degree. And you’ll get a sustainable time-warping rush on arrival.
Landing on your target never ends the hunt. There’s always more bliss on the horizon.
{ PEP TALKS deliver a bracing blast of Grace }
Flickr photo: Jesper looking for seals, by hagwall.
Related reading: Bliss Reminders, Curious Curators
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Daily Creativity Prompts deliver a perspective-shifting zap to your creative process.
See Grace Kerina’s Creativity Prompts Compendium for more tools to spark your genius.
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“What did the waiter say when the couple … no, wait, that’s not it. Sorry. … A couple sits down at a table in a restaurant and orders the daily special. When the waiter asks … Oh, rats! Just hang on. How did that go?”
I’m a big fan of funny. Who’s not? Laughter heals, opens doors, lightens spirits, and rights perspectives. But what if laughter’s elusive?
Plenty of times, the thought of finding the humour in a situation, or – even worse – being the humour in a situation, feels impossible and unreasonable. That’s when funny practice can save the day.
My husband and I use funny practice when we get into a spot of trouble with each other and the sagging mood gets old. Then one of us will take the plunge and begin to practice being funny. The jokes are lame. The innuendos fall short of their mark. The punch lines peter out. The puns have to be explained.
But at some point – and it doesn’t take long – the mood shifts. We start laughing about the poor state of the humour. One of us will look at the other, usually with an expression of slightly pained compassion, and say, “Keep practicing.” We do. And that’s enough to make all the difference.
Funny is a muscle. Use it or lose it.
Flickr photo: kickin’ it prehistoric, by erin MC Hammer.
Related reading: Play Anyway, Hero Practice
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Daily Creativity Prompts deliver a perspective-shifting zap to your creative process.
See Grace Kerina’s Creativity Prompts Compendium for more tools to spark your genius.
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