Well September came with a vengeance to August's behavior. That has been stated, written, and approved by yours truly. However she has came with the upmost BUSY schedule I have seen in a long time.
The rewards have been, incredible. Truly I have been amazed at just how amazing life can be and I have been cultivating some amazing things for myself (& Ari) as I walk this author's journey. To which had brought some spaces out in my life where I felt necessary to tend to, much like a garden (ohhhh how my 1st book foreshadowed that).
When we think of poetry, or at least for myself, I think of someone who can categorize their pain, hurt, frustration, joy, happiness, gratitude, sexuality, desire, and art into the ART of words. Bringing the onlooker or the reader, to the space, the time, and the emotional catalyst to which is being read/written. I also, noticed how a singular voice can also be a catalyst to which is being explained to influence someone's trajectory in life. Scary, in some instances, just how much ART influences us all as human beings.
This brings me to my point, I have deep dove into some shadow work (simplicity for someone who is unsure what that is, talking about things that SUCK.). Carl Jung, a psych pioneer in the idea that the human behavior is established and reflected by our perceptions of areas we hide away in our different levels of consciousness, created the idea we in modern day call "Shadow Work". The act of figuring out places of our life we felt the 'yuck' to which influences our perception of others, time, space, events, and situations. Now don't get me wrong, this is not a new 'space' for me being in psych but the area's I have traveled to (with poetry as my anchor) have been deeply thrown under the rug because, if I'm being honest, pain and despair lay there, decaying, and truly putting some self limiting beliefs in my way that I am TIRED of killin' off for the 100th time. You know that saying "You're shit stinks?", well, when something is decaying, it STINKS, and sometimes when 'life' isn't going in the direction you want it to the first place you should start, is well, at YOUR shit. So September has brought me into 22 days of cleaning out MY SHIT.
Bringing me to my second point. Some deep rooted issues I have found myself playing tug of war with is the idea that the world and it's people have all this potential but not enough enlightenment to get there myself included. Which is so annoying to think about because if you look at just how amazing creating a life actually is, from a science level, or even spiritual or religious lens, it is absolutely amazing. You cannot convince me otherwise. So with that being said, why in the world are so many people battling with their 'potential'? Why does it become lost? WHY is potential not cultivated as a need, rather than a want? I haven't figured it out...yet, but I am starting with myself and hopefully finding spaces I can influence, better, with a lighter and more uplifting lens. Get where I am going with this?
This brings me to my third and final point, because I have a hot date with some tea and a book. Potential is often times not measured by our own viewpoints. Crazy right? Often times our potential is judged and seen by another person. Have you ever heard the saying "putting all your eggs in someone else's basket."? Well, it is easy for someone who, in a sense, has a 'clear' look at ourselves because they don't have that internal thought of 'I can't". So....I come to say this, when you pass by someone, anyone and you see their potential. Remind them. Why? Because that reminder may just be that life changing choice to instead of hearing "I can't" and actually hearing "I must".
Who know's, you might just be that message that your God, Source, or Spirit intended you to be.
With all my love,
Shay
P.S I chose the butterfly for my thumbnail because in this very moment, I got my reminder, that my potential, hasn't even been tapped yet, and I MUST tap into it. So therefore, in order to bring in the 'more' I got to get rid of some of MY SHIT.