Steph's Creative Chaos
Have you ever felt that you were wasting your life? No, now don’t get me wrong, I’m not criticizing the life you’re living, your job, how much or little you’ve saved, your choice of life partners, your choice in household furnishings, hobbies, or your role as a parent or parent-care provider. But admit it –... Continue Reading →
All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything. ~ Swami Vivekanada Go on, say the word out loud. Whisper it if it makes you feel better: Oneness. Did you shudder? Did your stomach turn over and give you a vague sense of queasiness? Were... Continue Reading →
Seeing beneath the surface of reality sounds like such a romantic concept. The idea of seeing things as they really are; of experiencing the truth; of getting to the heart of the matter; all of it sounds so incredibly exotic and spiritual. The reality of seeing what is really there instead of what you want... Continue Reading →
Forget the Matrix. It is the Hive that has you! Ah, the idealization of bees. What a simple life they live; born with a purpose etched into their very fabric of being, a bee never questions its lot in life (well, not unless it’s a Disney bee, but that’s a whole different breed). It simple... Continue Reading →
YOU ARE HERE. How many times have we seen those words – usually on maps – and almost always accompanied by a large red X (with or without an arrow pointing to it) so that you know that THIS X, not some other random X, is the one you need to be paying attention to?... Continue Reading →
God I love a thunderstorm. No, let me correct that - I love the build up to a thunderstorm; the roiling black clouds that build up on the horizon, the increasing pressure in the air, the heady scent of ozone and the wind as it starts gusting through my yard making the roses toss their... Continue Reading →
“Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass; it’s about learning to dance in the rain!" There is nothing like a good thunderstorm to stir the soul Seriously, there is just something about the power of an approaching storm that holds me in absolute awe. Not terror; awe. The pure majesty of it; the... Continue Reading →
“Life does not put things in front of you that you are unable to handle.” ~ Unknown How many times have you been faced with a seemingly hopeless situation and have ended up avoiding it altogether because it seems so impossible? Oh don’t look at me like that. Everyone does it. You’re life is clicking... Continue Reading →
We live in a magical world. If you don’t think so, just look around you; look at the intricacies of a spider’s web (Her mother dies giving birth to her – so how does she know how to create that? Where do the designs come from?) Look at the glory of a sunrise; at the... Continue Reading →
“Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby” ~ Langston Hughes When my daughters were small, I remember a day when I had taken them out for lunch. While we were inside eating it started to rain. This wasn’t just... Continue Reading →
You probably know the story of the chrysalis effect – how the lowly caterpillar transforms itself into the soup of possibilities out of which emerges the butterfly with its capacity to fly. But every butterfly cats a shadow, for being a butterfly comes with a price. What is the first thing that comes to mind when... Continue Reading →
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you’ve imagined. ~ Thoreau It’s going to happen. One morning you are going to wake up and realize that today is the first day of forever. It will happen when you are ready for it to; this first day of forever. It will happen... Continue Reading →
“A circle is the reflection of eternity. It has no beginning and it has no end - and if you put several circles over each other, then you get a spiral” ~ Maynard James Keenan You have heard, I am sure, of the circle of life. Anyone who has watched the Disney Classic “The Lion... Continue Reading →
Once again its spring and I’m getting my front garden ready for planting. It’s not a big patch, but I always like to take the time to make something unique and unusual out of it; something unexpected. But even the simplest of changes requires some hours of work turning over dirt, removing weeds and getting... Continue Reading →
Redefining the Misperception of Love and Light I suppose that I should apologize for not being one of those kooky new age fluff bunnies who skulks around under random pieces of furniture collecting negative energies and dispelling them with love and light and a trilling song to small animals a’ la Snow White. I’m sorry,... Continue Reading →
It has been said that the path to spiritual enlightenment is like climbing a mountain. This mountain has been climbed before and those who have successfully reached the summit describe the views from the top with such awe and wonder that those who have not yet scaled its heights are inspired to begin (or continue... Continue Reading →
We live in a very noisy culture. No matter where we go we’re bombarded with noise from every angle. Cities, with their continual traffic and sirens and construction; the voices of people every which way you turn; those are the worst. There’s no getting away from it. But even those who live in the suburbs... Continue Reading →
I walked out my front door this morning and was confronted by the exotic and mysterious; a world where routine had been replaced by the shimmer of possibility and where everyday ordinary objects had been transformed into etheric shadow-selves; appearing and disappearing as if they were no more substantial than a mist. Actually it was... Continue Reading →
Has Valentine’s Day jaded you on the idea of love, or are you a die-hard romantic? I have to admit, I can only deal with so much of the commercialized nonsense before I want to roll my eyes and wander off in pursuit of something more substantial. But when it comes right down to it,... Continue Reading →
“There are some minds like either convex or concave mirrors, which represent objects such as they receive them, but never receive them as they are.” ~ Joseph Joubert When I first started college I had a full-length mirror that I had hung on the back of my dorm room door. Having a mirror there... Continue Reading →
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