February, and our women’s group decided to write, photograph, draw, cut out pictures from magazines, garden a day, bake, doodle, or any creative idea that would focus on love.
People call in tears that they want February 14 to be off the calendar when they are solo or in the emptiness of a quiet house. It isn’t easy to feel left out or wonder when is love coming my way?
The transition of loss of love is so so painful. You believed if you talked about your challenges that you could work something out to ignite the love again. You believed if you stayed open and didn’t desperately seek, you would be in love again.
Oh the list is long of disappointments and wonderments why some are in love and others feel invisible in the realm of being loved.
When answers aren’t clear and efforts are exhausting, what about a pause and loving what you like in a day of creativity?
I know, not exactly a complete filler for February 14 and yet who knows what you will learn about yourself when you FOCUS ON CREATIVITY that lifts your mood and gets you going in a day. Begin now on this first day of February and see what new ideas arrive for Valentine’s Day.
I loved it when a woman shared with me that she often visits romantic times in her life and things she did for her partner and he for her. She said that made her simply feel good to remember, rather than bad, that love isn’t sitting in her chair right now.
Another friend is not interested right now in partnering. She wants her own routine and doesn’t feel she can compromise for another person’s needs and wants.
A fun story is the woman who was in a dark time of life and love showed up. She shared she wasn’t at her best then, with money issues, losses of friends and lovers, and not sure about her career. She can’t figure out how it happened and is enjoying the love today. Her little fears pop up that it will disappear and she just ignores that voice.
What is fun about love for you? Is there something you enjoy creatively that is loving for you?
Begin something this weekend for you that feels loving…..
Natalie
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