I have a secret to share. Last year some time, I bought this book called The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity. An exercise in the book, morning pages, is saving my life. It provides me an opportunity to be thoughtful and kind to myself, reflective and honest. Since I started this whole "transition", I've been attempting to keep up with my morning pages.
Okay, so what are morning pages? Author Julia Cameron writes that:
1) morning pages are three pages of longhand writing, strictly stream-of-consciousness
2) morning pages will teach you that your mood doesn't matter (you're supposed to write them everyday regardless of how you feel)
3) morning pages will teach you to stop judging and just let yourself write
4) morning pages do get us to the other side: the other side of our fear, of our negativity, of our moods
I have not finished the book or even gotten past the first chapter. I think God wanted me to have morning pages. This writing is my meditation; it is the doorway to my soul. It is where I pour out my confusion, my angst, my lament, my possibility, and my hope for a better me. Ultimately, I think that my morning pages are my most earnest prayers. I love my morning pages and and they are helping me to love me.
I'd like to know about your routine that helps you love you. Please share by leaving a comment!
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