The world is made up of endless creative cycles that keep everything moving. Keeping in sync with these cycles will ensure that you stay on your path and enjoy living it.
Celebrate the moment, whatever it is. The current season of your life or the year is where you are now. Find your own rituals and ways of appreciating what is around you.
| natural cycles | creative cycle | rituals | |
| what | Actions in nature that repeat at dependable, regular intervals. They shape everything about life on the planet. | The way creative energy ebbs and flows, is shared among artists and groups, and winds it way through time. | A series of actions performed in a specific order, done on a regular or intermittent schedule by an individual or group. |
| examples | day/night, life cycle, lunar cycles, season cycles | inspiration, thinking, action, dormancy, rethinking, etc. | fasting, bathing, holiday rituals, getting married |
Spring symbols are everywhere showing a bright, fresh new beginning. Spring is the beginning of the natural year. It is a rebirth and refresh after the gloomy, drab winter. Nature seems to come alive again, and many animals have their babies. We associate brightness, freshness, and innocence with spring. We think of romance and poetry. […]
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Childhood creativity is magical. A child can come up with ideas, visions and solutions that surprise adults. They can accept imperfections. They are clever in using materials and situations in unexpected ways. And they do it all without a sense of being critical of themselves or each other. Beginner’s Luck: When You Don’t Know
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Moving exhibit paid tribute to Anne Frank Sunday I attended the 2017 Philadelphia Flower Show at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. This year’s theme was Holland, and the displays celebrated all things Dutch. Tulips were obviously everywhere Windmills, too Bicycles were the Biggest Motif at the 2017 Philadelphia Flower Show Moving exhibit paid tribute to
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Sharp, John M.D. The Emotional Calendar: understanding seasonal influences and milestones to become happier, more fulfilled, and in control of your life. Holt, 2011. ISBN: 978-0-8050-9130-4 Summary: Emotional Calendar The Emotional Calendar was written by a psychiatrist and gives us a deeper look at the cycles of the year and of our lives. He
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When I am make a sensory memory with a place, I feel connected to it. I remember the images, the feelings. The way the sunlight dappled through the trees stays with me. Watching a tiny snake at a creek side over twenty years ago is still fresh in my mind. Places that we can visit regularly become
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November brings a transition from autumn to winter; nature is preparing to rest. Likewise, we must prepare spiritually for the dark, inner times. As the harvest season comes to an end, we feel like celebrating and enjoying it all while we can. The counterbalance to November in the year’s calendar is May, when we fully awaken
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At 21, I was full of idealism and ideas. My mind was full of story ideas and projects of all kinds. I had a strong burning desire that I wasn’t going to be wasting time, that I wasn’t going to spend my life doing humdrum work. I made a pledge to myself that I was going
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October asks us to experience the things we have been ignoring in our lives. Here are 15 October Affirmations for those autumn days.
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September contains the start of autumn in the northern hemisphere (and the beginning of spring in the southern hemisphere). As the weather begins to change,imperceptibly at first, plants and animals instinctively adjust to nature and the growing year’s midpoint change. So must we. Refocusing is the dominant spiritual energy of September. Get back to your
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While August is a hot month that conjures up fun and vacations, it is also the dwindling down of summer and the hints of the oncoming coolness. The yearly cycle is a gradual progression, not a sudden change of one extreme to another. Many people return to a new school year in August, and this
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