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This is my space to write.  This is my space to think about my life and how I want to live it.  This is my space to share inspiration that I've gleaned from others.  This is my space to share what I'm creating.  Sometimes I write about my family and our little farm in the hills of New Hampshire.  Sometimes I write about things I'm reading.  Sometimes I write about spirituality, the creative process, or parenting philosophy.  I try to always be honest and real.  I have been so encouraged in my own creative journey by the practice of blogging, and by being a part of this {strange and lovely} blogging conversation.  My hope is that you will be encouraged as well.  So, welcome, and take a look around.  Find out more about me in the {About Me} section, read my blog posts here: {b o t t o m l a n d}, or buy my handmade cards under the {b o t t o m l a n d  craft} heading (coming soon!).  As always, I love feedback either through comments or e-mail.  I am in this space because I'm interested in conversation!

~Caren

From SPRING GIDDINESS by Rumi

Today, like every other day, we wake up empty

and frightened.  Don't open the door to the study 

and begin reading.  Take down a musical instrument.

Let the beauty we love be what we do.

There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.

~

Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing,

there is a field.  I'll meet you there.

When the soul lies down in that grass,

the world is too full to talk about.

Ideas, language, even the phrase each other.

doesn't make any sense.

~

The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you.

Don't go back to sleep.

You must ask for what you really want.

Don't go back to sleep.

People are going back and forth across the doorsill

where the two worlds touch.

The door is round and open.

Don't go back to sleep.

Comments

[Lizz]

Ah, Rumi...

[Angela]

thanks for yet again giving me something to pause and reflect on in my day. Read it aloud my girls, too.

my oldest reminded me that yesterday she saw that the first yellow and purple crocus are up in our yard and that "spring is starting to wake up the earth".

[Christina]

This poem helped me to take a big deep breath. Thanks Caren. I hope we can see you really soon.