Being creative is not just something I've done during times of stress, it's something I've actively done from the earliest age and with busy lives we don't always get the time to stop and appreciate the value of creative engagement.
As I matured and joined the working world, (time for free-writing especially) became something I had to be very patient about as I had to 'fit it into’ an increasingly busy working-life schedule.
People are patient for a whole variety of reasons and this poem reminds me of a time I had to be patient for a sense of calm to return to me, for a return to love and comfort and a change for the better which I feel is what this virus and epidemic is trying to teach me.
A creative offering today - to bring a little joy to your day with love from me to all of you out there:
I must have been reborn
with the patience
of stars;
settled
in a black sky,
holding
waiting
knowing
that somewhere
in this slow and patient galaxy-
some cosmic force
would someday
shoot me
down to you.
– Maria Cairnie
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