Inspiration #atozblogchallenge

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There were too many words for I... So I went for the easy reach and chose "Inspiration"... well mostly because I am behind and I want to get words out and I want to get "I" checked off...

Other "I" words that I could have used... Invoke and Intention...  These are definitely topics for a future blogpost.

It's been awhile since I've blogged, so I still feel very sluggish in my writing. But I know the only thing to get over that is to "Sit the hell down and write" as Patty Digh would say. So... here I sit.

I was inspired to begin this blog by another blogger who is an artist and a writer (check out those links). His stories are funny and real and heartbreaking. And every day, I can expect to get a nudge from him... "Loved your H and I posts"... Hint, hint!!  But it is what I need... Someone who listens to me speak my dreams and then expects me to follow through on them.

If you don't have one of those... find one.

I am also inspired by this thing that tugs at me and pulls me... this goddessy-woo-woo-mystical stuff that drags me underneath the moon and urges me to build a fire and makes me want to sing and even howl!! I'm trying to figure out who she is. I feel like she is mother, sister, daughter all rolled into one. She needs me. I need Her. I am HER! My postings here will lean towards the "woo woo" as I explore and walk this path.

I've even recently been inspired enough to share a secret that only one or two people knew previously... but they are not in my sphere right now. So I trepidatiously shared with one or two others. I want to create a local space where others can gather and find resources and where they can share their ideas and find community. This will more than likely end up being a retail type space, but something that has always stayed with me since my days in the "Emerging Conversation" (that I got involved with about 10 years ago or so) is the idea of "3rd Spaces". I want to create a space like one I am searching for:

a place outside of work and home
a place where conversations happen
a place where you can share a bottle of wine or a pitcher of beer
a place to gather as a group and go walk or do yoga
a place where you find kindreds who want to give back to the community
a place where you find people deconstructing and reconstructing ideas and projects.
a place where you can find resources and neighbors that can assist you on your path.

I want a space like that. I want to create a space like that.