Letting go. And creating.

35daysIt is 35 days until the official launch of my new site. I hope you'll join me for an online celebration!

In the days leading up to that launch on January 5, 2012, I'm asking you to consider two questions:

What do I need or want to let go of as 2011 ends?

What do I want to create in 2012?

I'll feature as many of your submissions as I can here on 37days as we lead up to the launch on January 5th. You can submit your answers (up to 200 words) here.

Let yourself sink into the beauty and honesty of the answers people are expressing:

 

More living

Lisa Evans

 

What do I want to let go of?

I'm letting go of a part of me, the one that people never see.

It's that loud and mean voice deep inside, the one I've tried my best to hide.

I have no need nor time for cruel words, the ones that should never be uttered or heard.

I forgive myself for telling lies, the ones that drove me crazy and made me cry.

I'm letting go of my monkey mind , the one that creates chaos and isn't kind.

I happily give up this part of me, the one that's kept who I am from being truly free.

 

What do I want to create?

More love and freedom. More stories and more dance.

More joy and jubilation. More connections and more romance.

More surprises and adventures. More strength and more movement.

More patience and presence. More experiences and more events.

More lightness and laughter. More silliness and more play.

More hope and honesty. More silence and more say.

More music and art. More goodness and more giving.

More peace and passion. More growth and more living.

 

Enough

Erin Coughlin Hollowell

As I look at the clutter on my desk, stacks of papers, notebooks, forms, cords, a mug of tea… I understand that what I want to get rid of is scarcity. The mess on my desk is not from too much, but from my fear of too little. Unmoored from a typical 9-to-5 job for the first time in many years, I’ve let my fear of not enough work cause me to say yes to too much work. What was supposed to be a time in my life for pursuing my writing has turned into a nightmare of overlapping priorities. I need to let go of the vision of the world as a place of scarcity.
I want to embrace “enough,” to create a life in the new year that has space for walks outside, cups of tea by the woodstove, and most especially time each day to devote to reading and writing poetry. Enough would mean that I wouldn’t feel like I was cramming my writing into a space too small for it. It would mean creating a life that honors what makes me feel larger, not what presses me down smaller. A life that has just enough.

 

About Patti Digh

Patti Digh is an author, speaker, and educator who builds learning communities and gets to the heart of difficult topics. Her work over the last three decades has focused on diversity, inclusion, social justice, and living and working mindfully. She has developed diversity strategies and educational programming for major nonprofit and corporate organizations and has been a featured speaker at many national and international conferences.

3 comments to " Letting go. And creating. "
  • Thank you Patti, Erin, Lisa… Patti, the links need fixing to make it easier to find them?

  • Thank you Patti. I feel very privileged to be in the company of you and Lisa on this fine winter day in Alaska.

  • I said I wanted more surprises and voila and ah-ha! Along I go, reading your posts from today to discover my words are included amongst yours. Thank you, Patti. I am honored to be included here on your website. Always. Much love and aloha from Hawaii to you, Erin and all your readers.

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