Reimagined Time Frame

Time, so what is it?  We see what the passage of time does to plants, growing children, etc.  We talk about it a lot.  People who think too much about times that have passed are not seen as healthy, if it keeps them from living in the now.  As in right now, this only moment is all there is really.  You could miss it though if your thoughts aren't calm or focused on what is going on around you.  If your eyes are looking at your phone which is showing you other things to think about, your thoughts are probably not there in the room, they are in the phone.  Ok, but isn't that also true for someone who is reading a book?  Books are said to "take you places".  I'm not against either one.  I actually like both. I do think to myself, "Is this worth spending time on?"  I don't watch TV much because I don't think it's worth my time.  Time, that precious thing we have, we give but we cannot get and hold onto.

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

Which came first the creation or creativity? It is said that creativity exists but it has to find you working.  So here I am in the midst of expanding my creative flow within many areas of my life.  I love music.  I love photography.  I love having a garden.  I love learning.  I research how food impacts the body.  I study Spanish.  I meditate.  I'm a seamstress.  I recently put t-posts in the ground and put up a fence around my garden to keep out dogs and rabbits.  And I write songs.  I paint, but not pictures, just paint stuff like closet doors.  That's pretty Zen.  Not the ooh, ahh kind of painting but it does create a new look for the doors I painted and the rooms they are in.  I think it's important to allow yourself to make or create something.  Some people do it with food.  Some people don't spend any time alone or in silence.  Both of these factors help the energy flow of creativity.  Ideas come to me when it's quiet enough to hear them slip in.  Or in the early morning when I am waking from sleep I get ideas.  The shower is a good place for creativity as well.  Anything you put your focus on will expand.  Sometimes you just have to start and not be in too much of a hurry so you can get ideas along the way while you are creating.  I do that a lot when I am playing with Photo Shop. I enjoy the unexpected, random, out of the blue type ideas.  They lead me down into projects and in places I didn't expect.  Everyone can be creative.  It takes intent, practice and focus and consistency.

Bang Images of Birmingham, AL, manipulated by Moments Photography

What if life is just a dance?  Your choices are your steps.  Time revels your next options.  So you choose, you make steps and this is your dance.  This is your life.  How does it feel?  Have you allowed yourself to make choices that give you more freedom from fear?  Is fear over you or do you step into it anyway?  Choices, all of life is choices.  Here is my song about how I learned to navigate life with an acquired technique for using my spirit guides.

Life’s Just A Dance ©Sandy Gates, Aug., Sept. 2017

You tell yourself stories

I do that too

The seemingly, random ones

Often ring true

So many thoughts with    

A round trip ticket

I found the gentle, quiet ones

Mean more than them

    Life’s just a dance

               Steps in time with choices

               Life’s just a dance.

    With your guides, it’s guidance.

    Life’s your chance, to dance

    Learn your own dance

Testing the words

Is discernment

The truth can be learned

In how and what’s been heard

Like when I think of someone

And it’s just a preview

Or say I have a feeling

And I’ve learned to follow through    

    Life’s just a dance

               Steps in time with choices

               Life’s just a dance.

    With your guides, it’s guidance.

    Life’s your chance, to dance

    Learn your own dance

                                             If it feels right, it’s light.  Just dance.

                                             If it feels light, it’s right. Just dance

                                             Life’s a dance.  It’s just a dance, Just dance (2x)

Every moment has power

To lean in or away

From the spirit within

You do it each and every day.

If you listen with your head

It’s “no” too many times

When you learn to trust your gut

You begin to feel what’s right

   Life’s just a dance

               Steps in time with choices

               Life’s just a dance.

    With your guides, it’s guidance.

    Life’s your chance, to dance

    Learn your own dance

                                             If it feels right, it’s light.  Just dance.

                                             If it feels light, it’s right. Just dance

                                             Life’s a dance.  It’s just a dance, Come dance (2x)