The word from my heart pocket is Order!
It's everywhere. At this moment, I'm watching a couple rearrange their new patio furniture to accommodate the space and to blend with the furniture already placed. Order. It makes sense. It looks good. It feels good. It works.
Order, in the face of disorder, is calming; it soothes the spirit, clears the head, makes room for more creating. Too much order causes obsession which looms huge when the mind wants to create. We lose our sense of connection to what could be. When there is no order, we find ourselves unable to find our things, our ideas, our sanity.
Order is like a block of clay. It is inside the situation, waiting for organization to take shape. We chip away by making lists and phone calls and appointments. Technology has a built-in sense of order which not-ironically comes from the abandon that creativity provides. We're in charge of our own order. When we balance it with exploration and dreaming, Possibility is activated and anything can happen.
Order is vital to movement. Well maintained cogs and gears blend with design and operative skills to allow for maximum performance. Practice has a sense of order to it. When it mixes with talent, effort goes away. Planning requires order. When planning mingles with dreaming, an idea manifests into reality. In a computer as complex as the mind, order brings peace to overwhelm and stress, freeing it to create and rest.
Organize something today. Making a list is a good way. Acting on a list already made is another. If you are in the midst of a dream and it doesn't seem to be moving, break it down to see the components. Reorder the parts and see if something shifts. Remove what hasn't worked and put it on the shelf to save or throw away later. Order is a shape-shifter and easily manipulated. It is a reliable tool when preparing to create, or when we encounter some sort of block.
Order frees the mind so the heart can once again take the lead.
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How to be More Orderly - So Your Dreams Can Come True!
ReplyDeleteGet a tray. Place all your notes, articles, calendar, or lists from one project on this tray. Keep all items on the tray. Do not have them anywhere else. When you desire to change rooms, you will always know where the tray is. When you change projects, you will know where your materials are instantly. If the rest of your office is not particularly organized, this gives you a safe place to store your precious projects, papers, etc.
In fact, Jean told me about this. Been doing it for two months. It has helped immensely!
Pam Stone