January wind seeps,
Like an unwelcome hand,
Under my clothes.
Birds startle up in a plume
Like fresh-popped champagne.
The cat,
Like the cork,
Rolls lazy in the hot dust.This practise of poetically witnessing and relaying a moment each day is working beautifully for me. I feel more creatively inspired and happier :o). It's not too late for you to join in here. And I am receiving such lovely comments, both here and on Facebook and Twitter, that when this month is over, I shall continue with one per blog post, just to keep my hand in and hopefully keep a smile on your face too.
A happy sight last month,
almost outside my door
Which brings me to the other thing I want to say today. I have just discovered Action For Happiness. It's a movement with the sole aim of increasing our happiness and decreasing misery. The beauty of getting on board now (although it doesn't officially launch until April 11th 2011) is that you can help shape how this is done; add your ideas and prioritise actions. I'm very excited, and it meshes wonderfully with the intention behind this blog and, well, my whole life really. I do hope you join up and join in.
I will be using the launch week to publish happy-making stories on my blog (true, fictional, whatever). I will write one myself, but also hope some of you will email me your stories so I can add them and generate maximum happiness. If you have a happy-making story to tell, do email it to me at: lunarsolargaia@gmail.com . Obviously I'll need to approve anything which goes into my blog, but your story is your own so please tell it how it feels truest. (This totally applies to fiction too.) Happy writing :o).
Thanks for introducing me to Action for Happiness! Have followed on Facebook :-)
ReplyDeleteLove these lines!
"January wind seeps,
Like an unwelcome hand,
Under my clothes."
:-D
"The cat,
ReplyDeleteLike the cork,
Rolls lazy in the hot dust.".
... the heat of summer ambles in
my room as i read your words
and i am already there
on sundrenched parapet
neath azure skies :)x
Thanks Lunar - the Action for Happiness page is fab.
ReplyDeleteLoving each new little stone you post :)
Hooray! Hooray! I am very happy reading your words. May we all have warm weather on the inside :o).
ReplyDeleteI love this idea! Happiness is so wonderful, I'm happy you reminded me. I was sitting here thinking about how to flip my mind from one thing to another (for example- stop thinking about algebraic equations and go to bed!) but I won't go to bed and my beautiful insomnia has brought me here to you. I look forward to your words of *happiness*
ReplyDeleteThanks Claire. I would love it if you would share yours too, so we could maximise the happiness that week. Anything: true, fiction, a couple of sentences, a whole episode of your life or a story; whatever makes you smile that you'd be willing to share. No pressure though :o).
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