My New Bio

Walking

In the light

As light

To the light.

Walking as

Ever-expanding light

Sharing light

Overflowing with light.

Seeing only

Light within

Light without

All-encompassing light.

© 2014 Kathryn Hardage

www.InspiredPractices.com

Cycle of Fear

Little nudges, little doubts

Little feelings of inevitability

Create the vicious cycle

Of little fears.

Redefine

Throw back into the air

The opposites

Courageously.

What would I see?

What would I feel?

If my choice made a difference?

Which it does.

© 2014 Kathryn Hardage

www.InspiredPractices.com

A New Sense of Family

I am grateful for a new view of family.

There is family without judgement.

There is family without criticism.

There is family without reaction, just a sense of understanding and room for mistakes.

There is family who appreciates.

There is family who accepts.

There is family who goes about their business and lets you go about yours.

There is family who shares and lets you share, too.

There is family who takes care of what is on their mind and lets you do the same.

There are shared meals, shared chores, and shared conversations.

This is a new sense of family for me.

© 2014 Kathryn Hardage

www.InspiredPractices.com

What Life Is Not

Over and over again through examples and stories of past generations, I was shown what life is not.

I have chosen a better life.

It has taken study and observation to build something from scratch.

I did discover that all the past was not lies.

As I was able to lift my head and free myself from the lies,  I was able to recognize the good and extract it and use it as well.

But carefully, oh so carefully, because the past rushes up to envelop me.

So I draw on my good form the Infinite within.

It is good.  It is a pure Source.

It is a constant Source.

It does not disappoint.

Patiently, oh so patiently, It waits on me to discover my new life, my true life.

And for every step I take, I feel the closeness, the consciousness of a particular love.

It is worth the work.

I am succeeding.

© 2014 Kathryn Hardage

www.InspiredPractices.com

Letting the Project Evolve

On extremely rare occasions, I will follow a pattern, but what I most love to do is to let the project evolve.

I get excited about the materials, or in the middle, I decide I want to use them a different way.

I have many methodical friends who create wonderful works.

But I enjoy acting on the inspiration of the moment.

This applies to fiber art, knitting, quilting, and my new venture, drawing.

Since I like to try so many different approaches, I usually have what most people comment on as too many different projects and directions.

I have learned that I will work on one for a while and then go to another, and eventually, I will come back to the first project.

Over long periods of time, lots of projects get done, sometimes with several finishing close together.

My mind and eye mature along the way.

I can’t see everything about what I am creating while I am involved at whatever stage I am in.

But with the perspective of time and working with other materials, I can come back with a fresh eye, and maybe even some new techniques to play with, and then I can get a more complete sense of what I want to see.

Since I am no longer pressured by deadlines, I can give myself the time to play.

This kind of discovery is very fulfilling for me.

When it feels finished, it is.

The work lets me know when it is complete.

© 2014 Kathryn Hardage

www.InspiredPractices.com

Our Natural State of Compassion

Since we come from a compassionate Source, our natural state is compassion.

It is only when we begin to think of ourselves as separate, that we experience the fear of lack and therefore, competition and loneliness.

Otherwise, we are all equipped beautifully to live in harmony with each other, as Nature balances all of the natural world.

We are able to see when someone needs help and to offer it.

Someone is able to see our need to to fulfill it.

This happens all the time, but we don’t usually acknowledge it, because it seems so small and insignificant.

Yet, this is actually one of the most significant building blocks of society.

We naturally share, we naturally celebrate, we naturally experience the cycles and  seasons and stages of life.

We are all connected to Nature, her cycles and her compassionate provision.

We have grown up in a culture which has moved us from children playing outside and running up and down the block where all the families know each other, to more and more separated existences.

However, we can still be compassionate to strangers.

I enjoy the occasions when a conversation develops between me someone I don’t even know.

I get to hear a different point of view, share stories about the topic under discussion and emerge with a slightly larger understanding of someone else’s world.

That is what builds compassion.

We are all living here, but the sun shines on each one of us at a slightly different angle and we receive a slightly different view of the same object.

We interpret the same experience differently in the light of our various life experiences.

So we can be more and more compassionate the more different points of view we see.

We are built for it.

And we are built to share and care.

© 2014 Kathryn Hardage

www.InspiredPractices.com

Convergence

As I continue my spiritual study, I am experiencing a convergence of the deep ideas in what I am reading.

I feel a deeper and more universal peace permeating me.

I feel a more comprehensive outreach in the work I am guided to do.

We all have a deep spiritual capacity for understanding ourselves.

The distractions of the world around us are so heavy and pervasive, they seem almost inescapable.

But there is always a quiet place within each of us.

When we are driven to find it, it connects us with our own peace, and then leads us to share it with others.

We find a convergence with others of like-mind and like-peace.

© 2014 Kathryn Hardage

www.InspiredPractices.com