I'm making ATCs for the swap Bee Shay is putting together, after having a great time doing the swap for AF 2008. Some of the ATCs will be snippets of a fairy tale I wrote for the occasion. I got the idea from a speaker I heard this past summer, who made a marvelous suggestion about letting go of old ideas about yourself.You know how fairy tales begin, "Once upon a time..." or "Once there was a boy/girl/donkey/bear/bird..."? Tell yourself a story about yourself, beginning with the phrase "Once there was a..."
The speaker pointed out that a sentence beginning that way could imply "once this was true, but it isn't anymore." Which is pretty hopeful: Just because you've struggled with a particular failing does not mean you'll always have to drag it around.
2 comments:
Blogging Queen - seems the shoe fits quite nicely!
I found your blog by following a comment you made on Laurel Steven's blog regarding just the right 'word'...
I intended to simply skim your blog and get back to working on new jewelry pieces (I'm the one that provided the Bead Soup mix for Laurel's project), and found myself quickly engrossed in your logs of thought and verbal visions. I especially love the Fairy Tale theory.
Anyway I am now a happy follower and I have a feeling that your blog is going to be my guilty little pleasure when I should be getting on with gettin' on!
Thanks for the diversion.
Why thank you, JBird! And a happy follower... [rocks from side to side happily] looking forward to hearing from you again soon!
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