Ash Joie-Lee

I have been wracking my brain to come up with something for the word ‘date’. I mean, how hard can it be? Today’s date, Jan 21st, is a special date - it is Martin Luther King Jr. day.

I also got to thinking about the date that is edible (yum, love those!) I came up with a little diddy poem….but, be grateful I did not post that!

So, my mind wandered to a book I have by Alexandra Stoddard called Grace Notes. It is quotes and insights for every day of the year. So, I looked at what was said for today’s date, Jan 21st.

This one struck me as very appropriate.

“Play a game with yourself. The rule is: Don’t assume anything. See everything as though for the first time. As you eleminate prejudices and labels, new insights will begin to emerge.”

Excellent! Why do we let assumptions rule our thoughts? Assumptions and labels are very nasty critters.

Besides being very good advice to live by, it is also a great way to see new things artistically.

I also looked at todays date numbers (as in numerology) 1-21-2008=14=5

Five means Freedom and Discipline. Again, very appropriate for today.

Dan Millman wrote in regards to what the number 5 means:

“Imagine a bird soaring high above, feeling one kind of freedom.

To experience life fully,

it must land and go through

the arduous task of building a nest.

Through this discipline comes another kind of freedom,

to experience the depths of its life.

How have you felt free?

and how have you felted trapped?

Can you apply the discipline in your life

to explore the depths and, in those depths, to find another kind of freedom? “

Interesting how the two go hand in hand…freedom and assumptions.

I may have gotten a bit off course with the word ‘date’…but things seem to come together as they should.