💚 Too much chaos these days

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If things are too chaotic, put yourself in the way of peace and move toward the writing life you want, the life you want.

Pause.

1. Close your eyes.
2. While you inhale, say “receive peace” to yourself, and imagine inhabiting a peaceful scene.
3. While you exhale, say “release chaos,” and visualize chaos leaving.
4. Breathe in peace and breathe out chaos 10 times.

Prompt.

1. List five things that bring peace to your life and writing practice.
2. List five things that bring chaos to your life and writing practice.
3. Take notes for seven minutes about your lists and anything else that comes to mind.

Practice.

Be intentional and put yourself in the way of things that bring you peace (through action and/or visualization!) in the coming hours and days.

Want More?
Listen to Wendell Berry read his poem “Peace of the Wild Things”

Charlotte Donlon

Writer, Spiritual Director, & Founder of Spiritual Direction for Writers

spiritualdirectionforwriters.com

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