The Campfire Girl Notes

a little space for sharing thoughts and creativity. notes from the ♥.

The Pace of Life

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I don't know about you, but I am one of those early risers. It's really not that I want to be,but from the moment my eyes open, sleepy or not, my mind begins reminding me of everything that is on my agenda for the day. I am reminded more of this around the time that the holidays are over, and the pace at our home slows.

We as women are list people. We make a list for the grocery store, a list for errands,a list of chores, a list of bills to pay and so on it goes. We as women are nesters, it is our nature to make where we are home, to provide comfort and nurturing, yet we are feeling empty and frustrated at times with the hurried lives we live and how to balance it all.

We know more now than ever about how to maintain our health. We have access to information for just about anything we need to educate ourselves on. Yet, we still feel a lack. A void, a space inside that remains empty,waiting to be filled and tended.

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Zen and Christmas

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Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes.
Alan Watts

Going into the last several days before we begin our personal celebrations and our traditions of the Christmas seasons may be the perfect moment to re-focus on what this time is truly for and how we will participate in our events.

I love this Zen quote because it reminds me personally about the holiday and what I can focus in on to bring more joy into this day. We can all agree that Christmas is a focus on Christ and one who was sent to redeem us. We can also remember that being in the moment with our friends and family is a true practice of our personal spirituality

.Are we really grateful and joyful for this time and how we arrived here?

Do we exchange smiles and hugs and tell people we are truly glad to be together?

Do we listen to others, being so engaged with what they say that we ask more about their life stories?

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Notes on Your Soul Garden

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I have this little lavender garden I tend. I grow it for the health benefits it offers. It is a beautiful herb with the most delicate of purple flowers. It can be used as a calming agent or for depression. Lavender is also recommended for insomnia and as an antifungal agent. Such an unassuming herb with it's beauty. It's properties are powerful enough that pregnant women are advised not to use it and there is some supporting research that  cautions diabetics of it's properties. For more reading here is a link: http://lavender-essentialoil.com/.

We as women are quite powerful in this same way. Our beauty preceeds our power. We offer so many gifts, but if not tended to, the ability to offer these to others fades and withers. We must tend to our own soul garden. Practice kindness. Be present. Get rest. Listen. Have patience. Meditate. Create. Journal. Join in a sisterhood of support. Connection is a powerful thing. Cultivate your art, however that may look for you. Whether you cook with joy, paint, sing, photograph or write. Join with others who support your endeavors and strengthen your soul.

 

True religion is real living; living with all one's soul, with all one's goodness and righteousness.
Albert Einstein


Love and Light, Veronica