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Planting Seeds ~ One Word at a Time
By Sandra Lee Schubert | January 22, 2008
“Any ordinary favor we do for someone or any compassionate reaching out may seem to be going nowhere at first, but may be planting a seed we can’t see right now. Sometimes we need to just do the best we can and then trust in an unfolding we can’t design or ordain.” ~ Sharon Salzberg, O Magazine, The Power of Intention, January 2004
I am not good at making New Years resolutions. It is just too dark and cold to think about taking action of any kind. Spring to me is the perfect time to make plans and set goals. The air begins to vibrate, as everything starts to wake up. The birds are a bit perkier and lunchtime is for walking outside and not just huddling in warm offices. The ground has thawed enough for planting to begin. What we plant now will blossom and bear fruit in the summer and the fall. It is also the time to seed our creative gardens.
As with gardening it is a good idea to plan our writing life. Goals can provide a foundation for even greater creativity. Think about what you want to accomplish through writing. What do you have to say? Whom do you want to reach? Words, like seeds, are ready to take root and flower. How will you let them blossom? As with my grandmother’s garden there is wild side we can also explore beyond the order and planning. In her book, Fruitflesh: Seeds of Inspiration for Women Who Write (2002), Gayle Brandeis asks us to connect again with our organic roots, our bodies and our creative nature. She says, “Writing is self-propagating. A fruit holds the seeds of future growth inside its skin. So do we. The more we write, the more we create seeds for further writing.”
© 2008 Sandra Lee Schubert, www.writing-for-life.com
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