Thoughts and emotions
Don’t always form words.
Words don’t always make sense.
Sense cannot always be found.
But something comes
From the constant searching
To understand.
It may not be what was sought,
It may not make any sense,
What is found
May be unexpected.
Once found-
Is a bridge to accepting.
Paralleled to understanding.
Though,
Not quite ever….
I wanted to write but I ended up doodling this because words didn’t help.
This didn’t express what I was trying to think through.
But it helped me, the process of it, to get through a powerful moment.
I can look at it and know what it represents.
It holds a tremendous amount of emotion, questions and unformed thoughts.
I didn’t expect that.
Sometimes there are no answers.
Just a journey to acceptance.
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Beautiful flower! I think it is terrific that you doodled a flower while trying to form thoughts in your mind. I think your subconscience is trying to tell you something! 🙂
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Thank you Priceless. Truthfully, my subconscious and my conscious are both yelling at me.
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That has got to be in a tough position to be in Colleen! 😀 I hope they stop yelling!
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HAHAHAHA! Me too! 😉
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Sometimes our thoughts, like our writing, take their own road. I hope you find your other answer too.
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Thank you Tric. I need to let these thoughts just meander where they may. Because I can’t force them to where I wish I could make them traverse…..
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emotions present themselves in myriad ways –
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They do indeed Beth. There is so much wrapped up in this.
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Sometimes just the process of being creative can be therapeutic…and I love what you created!
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Thank you Marissa. I did sit with the intention of ‘doing’ something. But I couldn’t force my brain to make sense. So I just let ‘it’ come out on the paper….
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A terrific was to work through what is on your mind that you don’t have words for. I do that with my knitting.
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It’s something, isn’t it April? To be able to watch our fingers ‘do’ something that we don’t necessarily have to think about. And yet, it helps our thoughts. Maybe not corral them, but maybe calm them, or just settle them some.
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I really like this. -TJ
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Thank you Tj. I appreciate you saying so.
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This is really beautiful Colleen. Thank you for finding your expression here. I too find it hard with words sometimes. xo
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Thank you Val. I’m really struggling right now. For so many reasons. But my brain keeps saying “WRITE” or “CREATE”.
So I try.
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I found this post to be especially profound. It offers much wisdom and understanding in a relatively few words. I can’t say it was unexpected (I’ve been reading your blog to long for that.) But it was, as is so often the case when I read your creations, a thought-provoking, insightful, and enjoyable experience.
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Thank you Russ. This was written while thinking of and hurting with, people I love. I appreciate your lovely words, I hope these words may help someone else at a time when they need them.
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Reblogged this on A Grateful Man and commented:
I found this post to be especially profound. It offers much wisdom and understanding in a relatively few words. I can’t say it was unexpected (I’ve been reading Colleen’s blog too long for that.) But it was, as is so often the case when I read her creations, a thought-provoking, insightful, and enjoyable experience.
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Well said and unsaid 🙂 I love the flower, and yes, acceptance is at times the only answer really…especially when we do not want it to be.
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Thank you Niaaeryn.
And so true. Answers don’t always make sense. Period. And that, for us, is hard.
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Awesome sauce! Ok, that really didn’t convey what I was thinking, but speaks to my altered thought process as a result of hanging out with preschoolers for 5 days!!!
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Sometimes we just can’t access what we know is right there just waiting for us to discover. And sometimes words can actually get in the way, in my experience. Let it all unfold, and it will come to you and not disappoint. 🙂
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Thank you Debra. Sometimes I think the acceptance is all we’re going to get because even with answers there isn’t always understanding. And I agree with you completely, sometimes the words do just get in the way and clutter stuff up.
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Lovely article and art. Thank you Colleen
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Thank you so much Heart.
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It is best leaving things unspoken at times. The pretty poinsettia flower seems like a nice place to leave your thoughts and lose yourself. Nature is a part of your comfort zone, Colleen. (My escapes are often art and nature.)
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So many thoughts and feelings Robin. The flower was a perfect spoil for my thoughts. And you’re right, nature, and ‘doing’ are what I need at times like this.
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this is so meaningful and yes so true, sometimes there just aren’t answers!
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It’s beautiful but sorry there’s pain in it.
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Thank you Huck, there truly is.
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Hope that you’re doing okay.
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