23rd April 25
Swept Up in Thought
Today I was talking to someone about these posts I do every day. I was telling her that I feel I am saying things but not necessarily doing it.
I am writing about the things I have observed and finding meaning in the mundane. I’m trying daily to find something to inspire me or motivate me and then write about it, but I don’t feel I am always taking action about the things I write.
Her response was ‘the first step is to think it, action does tend to follow.’ I do believe what she says but it’s taking its time to happen! There’s a saying ‘it’s the thought that counts.’ But I don’t see that working with everything. I could think about doing the hoovering but unless I take action it won’t get done!
But maybe it starts with the thought that won’t let go. The kind that lingers, nudges, and builds momentum quietly in the background. Maybe writing is me taking out the hoover even if I don’t actually turn it on right away and maybe action isn’t always loud or immediate. I suppose it could be a quiet shift of intention, the slow turning of a wheel.
So I’ll keep showing up, keep noticing, keep writing, keep drawing because even if it doesn’t feel like movement yet, I have to believe it’s the beginning of it.
