This is my third attempt at this weeks newsletter which is ironic given that I was trying to write about creative flow. Clearly it had abandoned me just as I have abandoned the various drafts of this newsletter. So instead let’s celebrate life for today is my birthday!
Theoretically I am year older and wiser and while in parts I am both of these things at times I feel I am neither. I often listen to the podcast ‘Wiser than me’ and one of the questions Julia asks her guests is ‘what is your real age and what age do you feel?”. The answers are interesting and I love how for some the age they feel can be different on different days. So today I turn 48 and yes I do feel younger than that today, maybe 32 knowing that perhaps tomorrow I may feel younger again or older. As I ponder the year ahead and what I wish to do with it. I have plans forming around the garden and my creative work. I’ve learnt that I like collecting ideas perhaps more so than implementing so it will be interesting to see where I am when the calendar year rolls over next year. Hopefully happy and healthy and I guess embracing the flow of my days.
As for birthday wishes, let it be a wish for you my dear friend, who kindly reads my works and see my images. May your day be filled with kindness and you have some time to look at the sky, or see a beautiful flower. Perhaps spot a bumblebee or catch the scent of something delightful. That is my wish for you, a moment to reflect and enjoy a beautiful part of the world around us.
Happy birthday Mel - may you always feel 32! Thank you for your gift of lovely writing. Have a joyful day xx