Clearing space....

Through the long grasses - April 2017

 So I seem to be following a blog in my reader that is written in Chinese. Not only that but whoever is writing it seems to have rather a lot to say. It is clogging up my reader and I cannot see the wood for the trees.

If only I had learned to read Chinese, I would be ok. Sadly I never learned another language and am unlikely to do so now, although I'm thinking of learning "British Sign Language". 

Due to my reader being full of Chinese characters and little else, I decided to have a clear out (it's been a while). It was very sad to come across so many blogs that have simply disapeared without trace. Many have moved so I've updated my reader with the new addresses.

Other's haven't had a post for a while now, but are still there. I wonder what has happened to the bloggers? I wonder if they will ever come back and what has happened that has prevented them from posting. I sent them some well wishes via the universe, but felt very sad. Many were bloggers I felt a connection with.

I found one blog that had moved, and the last post was dated last December. Something had occurred for the blogger that had given her a glimpse of her whole life being taken away. She referred to the film "It's a Wonderful Life" and reminded her readers to appreciate their lives.She said she had had a "glimpse" but that one day it would be taken away completely.

I'm reading Hafong's blog quite often these days, as she shows up in my reader every day. Her post yesterday was about exactly that....."showing up." She gave herself and her readers a lot of support for that. So here I am showing up at the keyboard. I have a lot to say, like my Chinese friend...only sometimes the effort it takes to write...even to think somedays....I've lost a lot of my mojo. Yes it keeps occuring and not just here on the blog I'm afraid. So I'm trying to motivate myself again.....to keep showing up....and to take baby steps in life again to savour my life and the ordinary days.

As soon as I write this I recognise the miracles in everyday and the fullness of my life. Everytime I take my favourite walks, or any walks really...I bump smack into a miracle every way I turn. Here's one.....

Anyway, I've made some space in my blog reader for new(to me) blogs, many found today on my other regular read "Something Good" at Jill's Blog.
 

Many of her links on her latest post talk about writing, making meaning and creating, but also about being an activist through your art whatever that may be. I love this quote from the blog of Karen Walrond....

"You know, I really believe that the people who will change the world -- the folks who will cultivate mindsets where the society prioritizes caring for each other, helping the disenfranchised, and where we start to realize how interconnected we are -- aren't going to be the politicians.  I think they're going to be the artists -- visual artists, writers, musicians, journalists.  They're the ones who are going to capture the minds and spirits of people."

So I'm going to continue to clear some space.... starting with my blog reader. I'm sure I will fill that space up again just as quickly as I'm clearing, but it will feel good. It is spring after all. Time for some spring cleaning. 

I'm going to make space in my life to show up and appreciate the miracles, however hard it is to do that.