Bursting through the surface
An imaginary seal between surf, cold air
After swimming too long among
predatory sharks lustfully hunting
Shiny illusions that distract
from
Deeper hungers
Teeth grinding
Resentments
Birthed inside
Womb Abandonment.
Instigate Fear
Feeding frenzies
To hide insecurities, lies
their own and yours.
Escape the dark
Depths of the ocean.
Flutter finned feet
Through kelp
Schools of fish
Towards the sun-warmed
Waters filled with
sparkling bubbles
Seafoam
Body aching for
That very next
Inhale.
Feet
Shifting, sinking wet,
Warm sands of
Slipping time.
You were not meant
To remain forever in the depths
Of a dark bottomless place.
You were meant to
Break
Through
Expand gorgeous
Wings and
Soar far
Above the sea.
Today, more than ever, it is necessary to find the time to isolate ourselves: from real noises, but also from the constant pressures of news and social media. To find ourselves and the calm we need to recover our creativity.
Generating good ideas and quality work requires something very rare in modern life: quiet! Recent studies are showing that taking time for sitence restores the nervous system, helps sustain energy, and conditions our minds to be more adaptive and responsive to the complex environments in which so many of us now live. When we’re constantty fixated on what to say next, what to write next, what to tweet next, it’s difficutt to drop into deeper modes of listening and attention And, it’s in those deeper modes of attention that truty novel ideas are found. Even incredibly busy peopte can cuttivate periods of sustained quiet time. It need only some practical ideas. lf you’re abte to close the office door, retreat to a park bench or find another quiet hideaway, it’s possibte to hit reset by engaging in a sitent practice of meditation or reftection. You need not be an outdoors type to ditch the phone and go for a simpte two or three-hour watk in nature. lmmersion in nature can be the ctearest option for improving creative thinking capacities. Turn off your email for several hours or even a fullday, or try “fasting” from news and entertainment. White there may still be plenty of noise around – famity, conversation, city sounds – you can enjoy reaI benefits by resting the parts of your mind associated with unending work obtigations and tracking social media or current events. Even a short retreat can be the most straightforward way to turn toward deeper listening and awaken intuition. The wortd is getting louder. But silence is still accessible: it just takes commitment and creativity to cultivate it.
Wow Laura. So powerful. No matter what obstacles life puts in our path, we have the ability to overcome and thrive. You are worth it.
Thank you so much, Frank. Seems that deep diving keeps showing up in my life-to learn more about the dark things I lived as well as all the pearls that got formed from that grit. I appreciate your kind words very much! We can live through experiences, learn, and flourish! Yes, indeed!
Thank you so much, Larry. Yes, may we all reach up from the darkness and experience the light. Yes, indeed. I feel like I’ve been a deep sea diver-I dive into the darkness to see difficult truths and also grab ahold of amazing wisdom treasured pearls each and every single time…I keep learning, growing, becoming. Happy New Year, my cherished friend!
Laura, This is powerful and begs that we reach up from the darkness and touch the light.