Music is something that has always spoken so clearly to me. I find that music helps me gain so much clarity. Whether it’s music without words and brings peace to my spirit, the chorus of a song that lifts my spirits and makes me want to dance, a song that always makes me smile regardless of how I’m feeling, blast the rock n’ roll music that helps me work through anger and frustrations or even music that gives me answers to prayers. The list goes on for what music brings to my life. I’ve had a block for quite awhile for writing - writing blogs or working on the book that I’ve felt to write. No matter what I start to write it just hasn’t been syncing with me lately. I’ve made a long list of songs that have touched my life for different reasons. I’ve thought someday I’ll take time to share different songs and my feelings or why that specific song touched me, but felt that would be a while out before I did that. I’m a super methodical, outlined, planned person. I like to have everything precise and organized before I start doing things. I like to finish one thing before I start the next. I’m the type that dishes up my food and eats one thing at a time. I don’t move onto the next thing on my plate until I’ve finished whatever I started on. I put in my calendar so much time for certain things and I stick to that - it’s all planned out. I’m an agenda, outline, bullet point by bullet point of how things are going to be accomplished. I love to list out the details and check them off. So, in my mind I’ve thought alright, I’ll get a handful of blogs written and then I could work on writing the book I’ve been excited to write. The problem is a book takes a long time to write so then I get stuck, because I have other ideas and things I’d love to do, but I need to finish the whole book first. Well, over the last couple of weeks I’ve felt that it’s time to mess with these patterns. It’s time to push my comfort zone. There’s not a need for this formality. I know the Lord is helping me recognize that my creativity doesn’t have to be locked up in a box or in an outline. It’s time to free my spirit. I know I’ve got creativity locked inside that I’ve felt I can’t access and it’s time to utilize it. So, my blog is going to become more than just blogs. Well, it’s going to be blogs, but also blogs about music. Sharing some of my favorite music and how it’s touched my heart. How it’s helped me heal and receive clarity. Along the way there might be some fun things too. We will see where this creativity takes me. . .
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Cheri HardmanA wife and mother of 4 boys and 2 daughter-in-law, I have spent my entire adult life devoted to my family. I have been busy in their schools, supporting them in all of their school work, sporting events, activities, etc. I spent years heavily involved in the PTA, church callings, etc Life for me has always been overwhelmingly busy. While I thought this was my sanity, the truth is it masked issues - real issues - that I needed to work on to gain true sanity. I am sharing my story in this blog. I do this so that I might be able to help other women find their true sanity Archives
April 2022
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