photo credit: telemetry9 Today, I drew the 2 of Hearts. I have drawn it several times in the past week, so I [...]]]> Did you just furrow your brows at that question? Did you take a moment to think about it? Maybe you are saying…wait a minute, it takes someone sensitive to be creative!

photo credit: telemetry9
Today, I drew the 2 of Hearts. I have drawn it several times in the past week, so I took a closer look at it today.
The 2 of Hearts is about partnerships, romance and affairs. But there is another aspect of it:  the overly sensitive person.
A 2 of Hearts type:

1. Deeply affected by your surroundings
2. Sensitive to how others think of you and treat you.
3. You have a tremendous need for everyone to love, support,encourage,  acknowledge and accept you.
4. If you don’t feel you have the above, you can become ill or depressed.
5. You often misunderstand the motives of others.
6. Your sensitivity distorts your perception of the actions of others.
7. You have a strong desire to learn and knowledge nourishes your soul.
8. You tend to chose one thing over another.
9. You yearn for companionship.
10. You can sabotage relationships based on false expectations.

I’ll (begrudgingly) admit, this is so me. And, yes, it held me back in my creative endeavors for a big part of my life.
While the sensitivity helped my creativity, it also sabotaged it. It held me back from doing what I really wanted to do because I was waiting to receive permission, support and acceptance and I was basing too much on the need for others to give me the nod before I tried something.

Let’s face it, while we can have many loving, supportive people in our lives, when it comes to creating-especially in the creative arts- folks react to it in so many ways: jealousy, envy, denial, beliefs in lack or the misconception that nothing in the creative arts can succeed,or just plain ole lack of knowledge in that area.
If we are overly sensitive to types like that, it can blow a hole right through our ideas and sink us fast.
As well, being overly sensitive can keep us from taking those first few steps in making an idea a reality. It takes work to get a jumble of ideas out of our heads and down on paper, or onto a canvas or whatever medium we have chosen. It takes time and devotion to step away from our usual routine and begin creating. We are going to experience some type of reaction from those around us regardless of how supportive they are. Acting on the desire to create is powerful energy and it does rock the boat we are in.

Does any of this sound familiar to you?

Are you a 2 of hearts type?

Has it affected your desire to create?

This week, I’ll be posting more on this: the advantages to being overly sensitive and how to use it to unleash your creativity, and, how to keep your sensitivities from sabotaging your desire to create.

That is my card [...]]]> It’s a chilly, gray, drizzly day today. The clouds are low on the mountains and all is quiet outside. It’s the kind of day where you need to turn on the lights and just want to stay in bed. It is indeed a 2 of Clubs kind of day.

That is my card for today. As always, it is so appropriate. The 2 of Clubs brings the message that it is time of inaction, of hibernating to reflect, to be in that moment between breathing in and breathing out.
My last few days have been out of the norm. My father is recovering from a heart attack and there has been some of the old family drama that has crept in, casting me back into the past. But, this time I am grateful for coming as far as I have – although it shook me for a moment, I recovered quickly and can take a step back and see where I am in all of it.

I am grateful I learned that inaction does not make us lazy or a sloth. We all need times of inaction, time to pull back and listen to our intuition and to be still. As a writer and artist, there are many days of being in the middle of something and suddenly all it seems I am able to do is sit and stare out my window. But, on those days, even if it seemed that nothing was getting accomplished, it was. There are times when the ‘work’ is being done on the inside, in the subconscious,and it needs to simmer and stew before i’s presented to us and we can take action on what was delivered.
I am very grateful that I work from home, in my own space and on those days when I need to hibernate and when things are inside vs out, I can allow that process. If only it were that way out in the job world, yes?

So today’s thoughts to share are: Do not mistake inaction for indecision. Success lies in allowing your intuition to lead. Make the time to hibernate and rejuvenate your own self, or go to a place where you can sit with the inner richness of your unlimited mind. After all, that is where all of our potential and power lies; how else can we tap into it, if we never allow it to speak?

What can create serenity and inner stillness in your body?