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Changing the World

Changing the world hinges on you somewhat, but not necessarily in ways that you might think. Someone once told me that sometimes we have to change things from the outside first, and sometimes we have to start from the inside. As crazy as it might sound to you, I believe the current state of the world calls for the latter.

I wrote the content of this ebook in 2021, and it has received some minor revisions and a different cover than the original. But, the essential message is the same, and in a more focused way. Allowing yourself to claim your human potential, and therefore your own happiness, not only frees your own soul for its own fulfillment, but you also help to transform the world around you.

If you are reading this today, and would like a free copy, I invite you to download Becoming Bigger: In a world that wants to keep you small. The link is here. It’s about a 25-minute read.

Create, and change the world

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I’m a firm believer that one of the easiest ways we change the world is by simply employing the creativity we were born with. You’re not creative, you say? Pshaw! I’m not buying it for a second! Think outside of the box of “painter, writer, musician”, etc. These are the artistic pursuits that we easily think of as creative, but creative is not just talent in any certain area. It is a way of being, an approach to life that can add color and vitality to anything and everything we touch. Creativity brings life alive.

Look inside yourself. There is at least one thing at which you are naturally adept, and there are likely many. You didn’t really have to learn it; you were just immediately good when you tried it. The best part is, it makes your heart happy when you do that thing.

The joy that you feel when you honor yourself vibrates outward and brings great joy to others. It also inspires them to do the same. I do believe that is a big part of life’s purpose, to express those special talents and abilities that we each carry inside of us. Create, build, and play!

You’ll be making the make the world a brighter place while you’re at it. 🙂

“Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.” (Rumi)

Inspirational Creativity Quotes:

“We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.” ~ Kurt Vonnegut,

“Creativity is intelligence having fun.” ~ Albert Einstein

“Creativity takes courage. ” ~ Henri Matisse

“To be creative means to be in love with life. You can be creative only if you love life enough that you want to enhance its beauty, you want to bring a little more music to it, a little more poetry to it, a little more dance to it.” ~ Osho

“The painter has the Universe in his mind and hands.” ~ Leonardo da Vinci

River

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I just read a post by my friend Alegria here on WordPress. I loved it so much I’m sharing a link to it in this post, along with two writings of my own on the theme of “river”. Because it all intertwines, you see. Alegria and I are friends, also writers, and part of the bigger river called humanity. We’re two tributaries intertwined in a gargantuan collective flow of thought, love, and learning.

Humanity is expanding right now. Can you feel it? We are all starting to realize that life is much bigger and more exciting than the small existence that the system tries to sell us. Life is, in fact, a soul journey. Alegria and I both feel that soul journey, so I wanted to share this post with her. And you. 🙂

I Am Ocean (Susan L Hart)

Snowflakes
falling softly
tentatively
pure, white
innocent
new life.

I Am one.

Earth
cold hard
dormant
I land here.
I am ice, I am lost.
I wait.

Spring comes
warm sun,
I melt into
playing, trickling
tiny Rivulet.

I am born.

Playful riffles
gently learning
to flow
to maneuver
to be Stream.

Time passing,
stream is good
but I want more,
then suddenly –
rushing, roaring,
swirling, foaming

I become River.

Sometimes sunlight
flowing smoothly,
other times storms,
rocks, gashing
hard, struggling.

Learning
to be with rocks,
trees, sky,
other rivulets,
and streams.

I Am more.

Time passing,
waiting and
wanting,
with a deep
hunger inside
for vast.

And finally,
I let go
of myself
and transform,
to endless, infinite
water ocean.

I die.
I am born.
I Am One.

River Tubing on the Layou Dominica Like the Flow of Life

And to continue the metaphor of life as a river, please take time for Alegria’s post River Tubing on the Layou Dominica Like the Flow of Life. I told her when I read it, even though I’m pretty fearless about the bigger picture of life, those nature adventures that could lead to danger scare me more than a little. That’s because I’ve had some frightening unexpected mishaps involving nature during my travels. Alegria’a adventure begins:

“The gentle nudge into open waters reminds me of the birthing process. I’m not sure if children choose to be born, but they are pushed out into this wild world without a paddle or a rubber tube. At least I had each of those on my river tubing adventure down the Layou River in Dominica. Read “River Tubing on the Layou Dominica Like the Flow of Life” here.

Hope you enjoyed this read, and I’m sending good wishes that the river of life is taking you in directions that make you feel happy and fulfilled. 🙂

~ Susan L Hart, SusanLHart.com