As a young woman in high school I found a passion for creative writing and business. I had a teacher who started class one day by setting a doll house in the middle of the room, our assignment was to look at the house, but from the view of a doll inside the home. This exercise was awesome, it taught me to see, feel, hear, and express myself through writing in a different way than I had ever done before, because I actually experienced being in that house through my own imaginations eye. This tool became an amazing gift not just for my writing, but also for my work as a healing arts specialist and soul coach. Taking a moment to get in touch with others situational awareness is so important to trying to assist anyone, and it helped me to learn to visualize better as well!
Another assignment was to go to public places and sit quietly, we were to then write down the conversations we heard around us, with out breaks or beginning new sentences even for different people. That was an interesting read! This exercise taught me empathy, as well as it helped me to begin to see where my feelings ended, and where I may have been picking up those of others. I’ve learned to fine tune and calm this skill so that I can use it to help others, and yes, I’m still grateful I can get in touch with others emotions so I can help on a deeper level.
This teacher taught me a great deal more about myself than even she may have realized. She taught all of us to become more creative and expressive, but I am certain she had no idea what spiritual skills she was helping me to hone with my creative writing projects.
Today I use some of those skills I began to work on back then to help others get a “hand up” and create a better world around themselves, take time for mindfulness, self-care, and to bring love not only into themselves, but into the world around them, a little love goes such a long way!
I have a little assignment for you today, what is a normal everyday object you see that you could stop and use as something as a basis for a new perspective… take per say your coffee cup, if you were super small and had to watch your daily interactions from the view of a future self, shrunk, setting on the edge of your mug… what would you see? How would you want to change things you see, hear, feel, and smell? Can you imagine down to the littlest moment about your day? Now, what do you want to change about you see? This is where I come in! Allow me to be there with you, and support those changes you want to make!
Lysh with Love 