Don't Wait

I have a little place in the woods. It is a place I go for quiet contemplation. It is a place I go to be creative. There are no rules there. I make bold choices with color and art to decorate the walls. Hot pink accent wall - check. My own mediocre art on the walls - check. It's funky. It's eclectic and recently I've learned that my style is that of a colorful maximalist. My rule is that if it makes me giggle it's perfect. This is a place for me. I don't really care if anyone else likes it. It makes me happy and that's enough.?

I dream about this place. In meditation I often go there in my mind to lay in the grass and look at the trees. My mind is always trying to redesign it. Finish it. Make it just right.?

Over the years I've collected weird little things. I've saved art under the bed waiting for a wall to be finished. I've purchased amazing dragonfly backsplash tile that has been in a box for years waiting for the kitchen to be done - someday.

I am visiting my little cabin in the woods this week. This trip is different. This time I'm not coming in exhausted and in desperate need of rest. This time I came in feeling ready to be creative - to write, to paint, to spend time with the trees. Step one on the path to creativity was to clean. It has been a few months since I've been here. The energy felt stale. A deep clean was needed. It was time to give back to my little place in the same way it gives to me each time I visit physically or in my imagination.?

I pulled everything out from under the bed. I moved furniture. I went through boxes. I moved rugs and redecorated. I looked at this place with fresh eyes. I unpacked. I hung unfinished art on the walls. I found the dragonfly backsplash tile and placed it on a shelf to be admired. Maybe it will make its way into my kitchen. Maybe it won't. It doesn't matter. What matters is that I'm enjoying it now - today.?

The lesson for me in this is - don't wait. Don't keep your dreams packed up in boxes stuck under the bed. Pull them out and play with them now. It doesn't have to be a big bold move to get you unstuck. Small movements make a big difference. So, take some time for you. Gift yourself a few hours to do something that makes you giggle even if no one else understands.

Don't wait. There are no guarantees for tomorrow; "someday" may never come. It doesn't have to be perfect. It just has to make you smile. Do it for you and the rest will follow.?

Write the poem.?

Paint the painting.

Belt out the tune.

Burn the pretty candle.?

Use the nice soap.?

Find your frolic.?

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