Ebb and Flow

“Ebb and Flow”

Summer is waning.  We’re into the month of August.
There are changes as we head into the end of summer.
Though days start out kind of cool, the heat comes on and the day gets hot.

I feel a need to get going early enough to get things done and to beat the coming heat of the day.

There is relief in going to the pool or the beach.  A chance to get my feet wet and relax.

Noticing the ebb and flow of my energy.
Mornings I want to get going.
By noon, I want to slow down as the heat tires me.
As the heat dissipate at evening I find I can relax and do a few more things before going to bed.
Check email
Work on some art worK.

There are Ups and downs.
Ebbs and flows like the tides.

Though we tend to want to have control, we don’t.

I have found trusting myself to know when to push-pull and when not to is critical.
When working on a art piece sometimes I’m really focused on the vision in my head.  I’m striving for it. There’s a pull to get it just perfect.  But I know from experience perfection doesn’t exist.
I sometimes have to be reminded to allow the creative energy deep in me to come through and out.  And it’s when I allow that the work really comes to be what it’s meant to be. Not through pushing and pulling alone.  But collaborating with the creative flow too.

So ebb and flow with it.

Surrender.  Allow.
Let the creativity flow.

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