I believe it to be true that when you open yourself up to opportunities, speak up and put something out there, the universe conspires to get you what you need.
What I needed was inspiration and lately, the universe is absolutely showering me in it! I feel like a never ending packet of sparklers and each day someone or something is just the flame I need to set me in a crackling, fizzing, sparkling fuzz. Alight with beauty and a fierce tingling flame.
And once alight, all it takes is one quick connection to spark that flame in someone else.
Lately I have been meeting people. Really meeting people. People I feel instantly connected to. Some might call them kindred spirits. Not only that but I've been taking them with me when I leave, embedding them in my networks. One random conversation in a room full of people, one turn down a street towards a new shop, one word outside an event, one word at a dinner party and there they were. Other people just like me, ready and waiting to open their floodgates of inspiration and support.
I feel like a sponge at the moment, soaking everything up then wringing out the residue to mop up the juices again and again.
I've realised that there are so many inspiring people in this little town of ours. People who are generally interested (and interesting!) and you know what - they genuinely want you to succeed! They genuinely want to support you and value your support in return.
It's often too easy to get stuck inside your own head. To talk things over with yourself so many times that you talk yourself out of them. We're our own worst critics in that way. So talk to some other people about it instead! Get out of your head and get into the real world because it's full of amazing people flickering with inspiration.
So go get sparkling!
Much love
A spongy, sparkly El x
I don't know if you've noticed, but I've been well... ah... absent lately.
I'd love to say that my absence from this space (and several other spaces both physical and virtual... and mental now that I think of it) is because I've been on some spectacular trip sunning myself, sipping cocktails or trekking through majestic mountains with my nearest and dearest... but no. I've been working. Working harder than I ever have before on a program/event. But I must say, climbing that metaphorical mountain has been a significant challenge and the view from the top is pretty darn good actually. I've not climbed down yet, I'm staying up here with the sunset for the time being, assessing the world from this height and appreciating every bit of it.
But now that the climb is over and the next phase begins, I've been taking time to rejoin the land of actually living, instead of the land of the working dead - yes I mean working, not waking.
I've been able to appreciate little things like the smell of jasmine from a tree in full spring bloom, the incredibly happy face and wag of tail from my hound running around the park, even a cup of tea. I've had time to start new projects, to read beautiful books, to eat cake and start planning a big exciting trip in the not too distant future with MR. There's been time to sip wine on friend's front porches, to watch soccer grand finals and to celebrate the coming of the new season with those I love.
I've come out of my cave just in time for my favourite time of year in Perth. When the sun wakes earlier and goes to bed later, as do I. When I want to be out in my garden more, want to exercise more, want to generally celebrate more. And the sunsets are starting to become really beautiful too.
It's good to be back in the land of the living.
