Friday, February 24, 2012

Friday Five: Emptiness

Emptiness by Bluesrose

Sally brings today's RevGals Friday Five:
I have been pondering this Friday Five over and over in my mind, but I am coming up with nothing, so I am wondering; what do you do when you feel empty of all creativity and unable to make/do anything? This is a completely open question, the only rule is name 5 things that fill/ inspire you:

1.Meditate, be in silence--even for a minute! There was a cute cartoon on FB about just taking a moment of meditation! So I'll put it here:


2. Talk to a good friend. For some unknown reason, I find it hard to call people even though I like talking to them once the conversation gets started.

3. Go for a walk.

4. Go to the Psalter. When I can't sit or pray, I can always pray/read a Psalm. I remember when I was clinically depressed in the 1990's and couldn't seem to pray, I would read Psalms, especially the laments.

5. Write a note or card to someone. Write in a journal.

5 comments:

Sally said...

love the moment meditation!

Robin said...

What a GORGEOUS photograoh.

Terri said...

The Psalms are a great source for prayer....and of course as a life long meditator I get what you mean - I am for 30 minutes a day, but some days I have to settle for a little less.

Elaine (aka...Purple) said...

There are days I neglect my silence and it shows...thanks for the reminder.

Anonymous said...

Hi Jan. I think you have a beautiful smile. A counselor is still a human being and doesn't always know what he is talking about.

Keep smiling. It warms people, makes them feel safe with you, encourages them.

I don't know about other countries... but it works great here!