Day 2

Day 1's invitation was to enter our creative unknowing willingly and with a sense of freedom. Here's a quote from Leonard Bernstein that expands on that thought:

“The first moments are critical. You can sit there, tense and worried, freezing the creative energies, or you can start writing something, perhaps something silly. It simply doesn’t matter what you write; it only matters that you write. In five or ten minutes the imagination will heat, the tightness will fade, and a certain spirit and rhythm will take over.”

When you think about what you want to do with this spiritual spring cleaning, what are the first things that come to mind? What's the clutter you want to let go of? What's the fresh air you want to let in? Write those things down. Whatever they are. Don't edit the list.

Then write about what you wrote down. Why do you think you listed what you did? Keep your ideas somewhere you won't lose them. We'll return to them in the coming days.

If you find yourself stuck, take a few moments to view this video on Beginner's Mind. Simple images. But maybe not so simple if we really see what's there. But, after that, please write. Don't delay the beginning.