Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Cosy


It's been a lumpy, bumpy ride these past few weeks and I'm enjoying the luxury of a little more time off before I start my new job on Thursday. Just a couple of days but it's enough to ground me.

I'm taking time away from the studio this week, and from feeling like I need to always be creating something. Sometimes I try to force things a little too hard. I get scared that if I don't push forward with all my energy and drive that I'll miss an opportunity. It always seems to happen after I have a break through. I get a glimpse of what the future might look like and I want to race toward it. It's so powerful and mesmerising, and it feels so right. I can't stand to wait another day. I want it to manifest immediately, and when it doesn't I get panicked. How do I make it happen? What should I be doing more of to get where I'm going quicker? How can I make sure that I don't lose my way?

Oh yes, I like the safety of the well signed road. But this journey is not written yet. This story is unfolding day by day.

I'm learning, slowly and continuously, about letting go. About letting the journey unfold in it's own good time. I don't have to do it all alone. I don't have to have all the answers or know exactly what comes next. I just have to trust that I know where I'm heading and leave the universe to take care of some of the detail. That's what I'm working on at the moment. Leaving some of the detail to the universe.

It's a gorgeous grey old day in Melbourne town today. One of those days that feels peaceful and that lends itself to curling up on the couch with a good book or some craft, some tasty snacks and a cosy blanket.

It's a cosy kind of day. Cosy days are good days. Today is a good day.

17 comments:

  1. Yes to letting things unfold in their own time...
    Have a wonderful day Cathy!

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  2. Good day to you, too... and good luck with your new job!
    x

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  3. Hope you enjoy your cosy day and your new job too ;)

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  4. Enjoy your cosy day, lovely girl. That book looks very interesting. Can you recommend it?

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  5. Have a good few days off. Love the pic- but is that an exercise chart or something? Looks very interesting- i'm a napper on cosy days, I highly recommend them.

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  6. I love winter, cozy days are wonderful, enjoy! Good luck with your new job too!

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  7. I can relate sooo much to what you're saying here...but you say it so much better than I could...

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  8. what a wonderful day! Makes me wish I wasn't at work ;)

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  9. Here's to cosy days ...and lots of them ! Good luck with the new job .

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  10. It was definitely the perfect day for a bit of cosy on the couch - that's where I'm heading really soon!

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  11. I just finished an old, but good, book and am in the need of another one. Best of wishes with the new job.

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  12. it IS hard to wait for the unfolding of what the Universe has in store for us! i know i can be like a kid at X-mas wanting to unwrap every gift RIGHT NOW!!
    but i am also feeling the need to slow down (good book choice - must look that one up!) or run the risk of running myself down and then nothing will get created =-(
    hope your cosy day is a luxuriously lovely one!

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  13. Hope your cozy day was just what you needed. Remember that bumpy roads always give way to smoother ones eventually.

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  14. You rock girl! That blog could have been about me and the journey that I currently find myself on. I have also been on a rocky road in recent times, and am struggling with some 'letting go' issues, 'having faith' issues, 'trusting and believing in yourself' issues, and just generally moving forward in uncertain times, but knowing/hoping that in the end all will be well and the universe will help things to fall into place for you.

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  15. Beautifully written, your words definitely resonate in my world and love how eloquently you have put it...enjoying that journey without the road signs..I am..

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  16. I recommend you read "Refuse to Choose" by Barbara Sher - I found it LIBERATING.

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