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Solutions That Won't Stay Put

Copyright © 2007-2008 Celeste Varley


Learning a new method is a lot like getting a new kitten at first: all cute and cuddly, loads of fun, and did I say cute?! If it's the Law of Attraction, you set about attracting your desires into your life. If you've started to draw by seeing into things, you begin to feel connected, for brief moments. This is really cool! At first.

"The trouble with a kitten is that, eventually it becomes a cat," goes the old folk wisdom. New solutions don't stay fresh forever either.

Methods that have lost their lustre aren't broken. Neither are you. Kittens grow up, that's all. That's the nature of things. Though kittens are cute, playful, and curious, adolescent and adult cats are as wonderfully unique as you are.

The constant change and growth in all things is part of the glory of life. Whether we see it as trouble or glory is a view we get to choose at every moment.



Work along for awhile within your new mode of making art, another need will arise that seems to block you in some way. Your art might start to look too contrived, or too chaotic, or uninteresting, or any number of ways that pleased you once, but now don't so much.

That is, if you're lucky.

"Are you out of your mind?" I hear you saying. How can it be lucky to become dissatisfied? Isn't the road to satisfaction aimed to get a comfortable solution once and for all?

Well, no, it isn't.

We need to feel hungry. It's the doorway to receiving the qualities we long for. Only out of sincere need can we surrender the illusion of self-sufficiency and be filled with peace, love, and all the other things we need. It's never settled once and for all.

The blessing of a good meal is that, eventually you get hungry again. Hunger is a blessing too. It leads to more eating. Full grown cats hold as many blessings as kittens. They even hold the possibility of more kittens. . .

Kittens and cats, hunger and fullness are constantly changing places. If we focus on the one, in a wish to prolong that stage, it stops the natural flow. It's like sticking to our first way of drawing when we crayoned on the wall as children.

Rather than cling to any one method, why not enjoy it till the next one develops? Your love of doing what you do best will thrive through all your stages, if you keep filling your heart with infinite inspiration.

What interesting route have you taken to reach for the goal of your longing from the very beginning? As you walk your unique path, your goal will develop and grow richer too if you let it. What stage are you in right now - kitten, adolescent cat, curious cat, older wiser cat?




About The Author:
Hello, I'm Celeste Varley and have been an artist at heart all my life. It is my passion to lead coaches, consultants, teachers, service professionals, and business leaders who cringe at the thought of drawing, to tame their hidden talents without breaking their spirit. I help them find the Creator within, and discover the natural talent they never expected to find. If you like this article, you may want to see more "Fresh Horses" articles on my website. Check it out and see if it's right for you. http://www.heartsongstudio.com. Celeste Varley, Heartsong Studio, Awakening the Creator within.

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