CREATING HAPPINESS

     I love to create. Even little moments, creating a walk in the woods at just the right time of day. Creative moment: reaching out to join hands with someone walking with me in the morning light on the walk in the woods. Creating time to write, time for contemplation. And putting energy into collaborating in relationships, that's a creative choice. Creating communications that reveal and deepen and explore. 
     In this moment, quite a huge shimmering creative opportunity. What will you express into the fullness, what will you create? Realizing that you actually are free to create your next move, your next word, that you are making this up as you go along, what do you feel, what do you want? Creativity comes from the essence of who you are, true self-expression is the natural emanation of your authentic Being. Ultimately, it's even more than that. You are expressing life itself. The Universe is expressing itself through you, in the form of your life. This is a wonderful thing, to create and express in partnership with all of life.
     We are creative Beings. We get into trouble when we only react to others actions, or only respond to others expectations for us. It gets very confusing when you find yourself a character in someone else's play. Or seeing yourself as a performer wanting to be judged as "good". It can be exhausting if the only thing you are creating is a defensive response to imagined attacks or criticism. When you start to feel like a victim, that's the time to wake up and get back in touch with the joy, the privilege, the blessing of your creative power. When you start to feel angry, resentful, blamed or blaming, take some deep breaths, feel your hands, come back to yourself, and continue creating the truth of this moment.