{"id":13597,"date":"2015-03-10T16:01:55","date_gmt":"2015-03-10T23:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.momservations.com\/?p=13597"},"modified":"2015-03-10T16:01:55","modified_gmt":"2015-03-10T23:01:55","slug":"quieting-my-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/momservations.com\/index.php\/2015\/03\/10\/quieting-my-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"Quieting My Mind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Momservation: <\/strong>Time is on no one\u2019s side.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u263a\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u263a\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u263a<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13598\" src=\"https:\/\/momservations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Dandelions-on-hillside.jpg\" alt=\"Dandelions on hillside\" width=\"338\" height=\"507\" \/>My brain never shuts off.<\/p>\n<p>I think it\u2019s why I became a writer (and have always kept a journal)\u2014to purge my mind of some of the thoughts swirling around making me feel like an overinflated water balloon.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s why when I wake up in the middle of the night I will likely end up welcoming the sunrise to my all-nighter.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the curse of a creative person. The gift of constantly generating new ways to express yourself in the world is like being a dandelion. You sprout up quickly with brilliant colorfulness. But just as quickly you germinate hundreds of seeds, becoming lost in a field of flowers of your own making.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve cut a successful path through the fields by channeling my creative and overactive mind into writing. But my unpublished works\u2014the journals, poems, manuscripts, and word-riddled slips of paper born of midnight purges\u2014they are dandelion covered hillsides beckoning to be explored.<\/p>\n<p>These last few days I decided it was finally time to purge the mounds of paperwork left behind that is the physical representation of my overactive mind.<\/p>\n<p>Among the weeds of unimportant papers I found treasure.<\/p>\n<p>Little notes to myself, rescued out of my brain before forgotten.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve decided to share them with my readers in hopes that my personal notes of inspiration will become a trailhead to my dandelion slopes instead of continuing to build an unexplored mountain.<\/p>\n<p><strong>On Feeling Unvalidated<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Would Picasso have stopped painting if he thought no one would appreciate it? No. You cannot deny the self-expression that brings you joy, satisfaction and fulfillment. Your gifts are for your own enjoyment. The satisfaction shouldn\u2019t be that others appreciate your gift\u2014it should be that you do.<\/p>\n<p><strong>On Love and Loss<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To love fiercely and completely takes courage. It\u2019s knowing that at any given moment your heart could shatter, but it\u2019s worth the break.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s choosing to live on the fragile precipice of life knowing it\u2019s inevitable that you will one day fall into sorrow. But the fall with a heart full of love pains little compared to a heart that falls empty.<\/p>\n<p><strong>On Hard Work<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The harder you work in this life the stronger you will become. It\u2019s like training for a race. Suddenly the race becomes easier if you\u2019ve put in the work to build your strength and endurance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>On Change<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Desperate for change but terrified it will.<\/p>\n<p>Refusing to change, grow, and adapt out of fear of losing what\u2019s comfortable and safe would be like a caterpillar afraid of the darkness and unknown of its cocoon, never moving forward to experience the reward of earning the wings to fly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>One Setting High Standards<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On this merry-go-round of life<\/p>\n<p>You have the potential to do great things<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t be the tarnished loop everyone can reach<\/p>\n<p>Be the brass ring<\/p>\n<p><strong>Divine Truths<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Life is a gift. How we use it is up to us. (Why leave it in the box? Go do something great with it!)<\/p>\n<p>Get rid of the crap. Let it go. (Would you carry other people\u2019s poop around in your pockets? Why would you want to carry around others, or even your own, messes? Drop it and move on.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>I CAN SEE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I see with eyes that you can\u2019t see<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Eyes that death has given me<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">They came with heartbreak and with pain<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">But my loss is also my gain<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I see with eyes that also feel<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I can see through bullshit to what is real<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I see what is valuable, what is worth keeping<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I know what to sow and what is worth reaping<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I can see happiness and I can see love<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">All plain as day, a gift from above<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I can see beauty where others can not<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I understand divine truth without being taught<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I can see we are tied in this together<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I can accept that nothing last forever<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I see that it can all end in an instant<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I can see that a lifetime is not that distant<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I see with eyes hungry to feast on \u201cwhat ifs\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(What if this is the last moment I\u2019ll ever get?)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Do you want to waste it on envy or hate?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Or the sinking feeling you saw clearly too late?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Why notice the flaws and collect grievances and sorrows?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">When you could be living for today instead of tomorrow<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Because that\u2019s what I see with these eyes of mine<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Given to me by a sister gone but now divine<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">From the ashes of tragedy a gift of perspective<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">To know what really matters and how to collect it<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It came at a price I would\u2019ve never agreed to pay<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">But God chose me to see what others miss every day<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">KMW 3\/10\/2014<\/p>\n<p>#ShareYourGifts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inspirational thoughts from a restless mind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":13598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1634,1317,1635,1636,86,5,1637],"class_list":["post-13597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-parenting-2","tag-benefits-of-journaling","tag-best-mom-blog","tag-inspirational","tag-inspirational-writers","tag-kelli-wheeler","tag-momservations","tag-quieting-your-mind"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Quieting My Mind - Kelli M. 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