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LifeCraft
from the Academy of Creative Living January 15, 2007
Greetings! Welcome to LifeCraft! And an extra warm welcome to all our new subscribers. We are glad you have joined us. LifeCraft email newsletter brings you
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Here's what's in this issue of LifeCraft:
Tips for Starting the New Year Off Right
Creative Handwork(TM):I once salvaged a throw-away quilt block (originally made from scraps) to use as a practice block. After many months of practicing on it, one day I looked at it with new eyes. I saw beyond the squiggles and individual lines of stitching to notice the overall patterns and textures. I was amazed to realize that I now liked it too much to throw it away. I decided to add even more metallic threads to catch the light. As I did, my ugly throw-away block became beautiful.
Contemplative Handwork(TM): Can you relate? Or is your life just where you want it to be right now? Are your relationships just the way you want them to be? Your finances? Your spiritual/soul life? Your work? Your health? Just in case they're not, and you, too occasionally despair of crafting the life you'll really love to live, I'll share with you some of what I'm (still) learning from turning this throw-away block into a practice block, and then into a quilt.
How to Reclaim Your Life and Start Anew
Contemplative Handwork(TM):I invite you to take a few deep breaths, stretching and relaxing your muscles as you do so. Create some quiet space in & around you. Listen with your heart as you read:
Did you like this? Want More? Check out the LifeCraft PlayShop, co-sponsored by Women Caring for Women on January 25, 2007. Details are in our Events section below.
Creative Quotes to Transform Your Day
To Release our Creativity: "When we are
engaged in the act of making something, we are
involved in making something up. In a sense it is
quite true that every picture tells a story, And the
picture is one that we are developing as our vision
becomes more and more clear to us." Julia
Cameron,
Vein of Gold
To Heal us: "Recently that aloneness walked right into my house without knocking, sat down and stayed a couple of weeks. . . . the people closest to me function as my pit crew, helping me to fix blown out tires and the consensus among the people who make up my pit crew, was that I was probably just going to have to go ahead and feel the aloneness for a while. So I did, and I'll tell you it didn't feel very good. But somehow, I was finally able to stand in that huge open wound and feel it and acknowledge it because it was real, and the fear of the pain of this wound turned out to be worse than the actual pain. . . . It brought me up against the horrible, hateful truth--that there wasn't anything outside myself that could heal or fill me and that everything I had been running from and searching for all me life was within. So I sat with those things for a while and the wounds began to heal." Anne Lamott, Operating Instructions. To transform our Pain: What is incredible is how one can, through the process of memory, imperfect as it is, conjure up lost days, and then, by writing, reshape them so that they are more meaningful than at the time one is experiencing them. What a thought. Is this the selfish motive for art? The outward motive is to reach a hand across to the less articulate to guide them in defining their various alleviations. . . . But the inner motive might just be this: to go back and examine the past, remove the pain by changing it into form and thus free ourselves for the next battle." Gail Godwin, The making of a Writer--Journals, 1961- 1963. To Become Fully Alive: “When we cannot do it all at the same time, we are meant to do only some of it. In order to find out what that “some’ is to be, we need to ask: what is it that I truly want right now? What is it that I truly need? How do I get it? How much does it cost in life’s currency? ....Blessed is the woman who knows her own limits”. Sarah Ban Breathnach, Simple Abundance
To Realize Our Dreams: “I’ve spend a lot of
time
encouraging people to play over their heads, stop
collecting souvenirs and rise to their dreams”.
(Author unknown)
Upcoming LifeCraft Events: Invite a Friend, & Save these Dates on your calendar:
Jan 22, 2007 6-8 PM Kids & Teens Living in the Land of Mis-fit Toys Support Group for Parents of Kids with ADD & AD/HD Location: Heritage United Methodist Church 7077 S. Simms St., Littleton, CO 80127 Pre-requisite: Attendance at Misfit Toys PlayShop Fee: $20/1 $30/2 payable at the door
Jan 25, 2007 6-8 PM
Feb 22, 2007 6-8 PM
Feb 26, 2007 6-8 PM
April 14, 2007 1-5 PM
Questions! We've Got Questions for YOU!
In February, our theme is relationships.Would you email me and share some of your pain AND your pleasure? Here's my questions: 1. What's your biggest frustration with intimate relationships? (From NOT having one to whatever you're experiencing right now). 2. What have you learned recently that's HELPED you the MOST in your relationship? (Or to cope with not having one). I'll be including the best of the responses we get in February's LifeCraft. Thanks for sharing your heart with us. We all gain and grow as we share with each other.
I hope this helps you to get off to a good start this New Year. And I hope to see you soon at one of these events. If you find this helpful, please forward it on to a friend. Sharon M. Barnes, MSSW, LCSW -- The Scrap Lady!
The Academy of Creative Living
phone:
303-987-0346
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