Author: creativelyinward
Resist hate
Resist the hate
And find a place,
Within your soul
To rest in grace,
To find the peace
To release,
The love that dwells
In you and me,
That stems from birth
From creation,
In a conscious celebration
Of all that’s good and all that’s right,
Shining in a radiant light
And making existence
A thing sublime,
Equal to anything divine,
Paying homage to our creator
By living life right,
By becoming awakened
And opening our eyes
And resisting and rejecting hate out of hand,
In the name of love,
We redefine our selves as human
As creation intended.
Image courtesy of Pinterest
August Ends
It pains me that August would end on a sad note. Even if you have accepted that we would all grow old and eventually will leave this world, it is always sad to learn of someone dear to you pass on. I just received a message that one of my aunts (Mom’s oldest sister) died last night. She was 96. She was bedridden for so long that it surely is a blessing for her to rest at last with the Lord. I will always remember those days when she would bring their farm’s produce when I go home for vacation. I will always remember those days when she would allow us (her nieces and nephews) to get what we like in her small sari-sari store when we were kids. The memories linger and I feel sad that she passed on. It is always sad and touching to hear and see…
View original post 171 more words
Creative Writing vs Writing as Therapy
When Writing Isn’t Enough: Finding Time to Write While Working
Even ancient Romans needed money.
The idealized vision of a writer includes a person who can dedicate his or her entire life to the craft. Sitting at home or in a coffee shop spending days writing paints a pretty picture but is not realistic for most writers. James Patterson may be able to earn upwards of $80 million per year, but the income for most professional authors in the US is below the poverty line. $8000 may be a nice chunk of change, but it is hard to support a living, breathing person on that amount. That means that most writers have to have another day job that may or may not be related to writing. And that means that most writers have to find time to write while still working to keep a roof over their heads and food in their fridges.
Over the years, I’ve approached writing while…
View original post 414 more words
The Trouble with Writing Endings
the art of storytelling is beautiful. with all the possible ways to ending a story there are different ways to approach how the writer will end it. as this post said there is always an after.
Paul Gauguin, “Portrait of a Young Woman. Vaite (Jeanne) Goupil),” Ordrupgaard, via Wikimedia.
The trouble with writing endings is that endings don’t actually exist. Not really. Instead there simply comes a moment when we stop telling the story.
Knowing when to stop has always been hard for me. In my head, I can’t help but carry the narrative on. What happens to the hero after she defeats the evil king? What happens after the protagonist gets married? What happens to the soldiers who were part of the losing army? What happens to the rest of the universe when the brightest star in a galaxy explodes?
There is always an after. And an after the after. And another after after that.
But the writer still has to stop telling the story at some point.
Where we decide to place the ending changes the meaning of a narrative. Does the tale…
View original post 98 more words
Being Mindful of the Present
Source: Being Mindful of the Present
Empaths vs. HSP (They’re Not the Same Thing)
NOTE: This article was written a few years ago when I was still in the process of dealing with my own anger and out of balance relationships with HSP. Much of my views have softened, expanded, and changed since then, but I leave it up because I know how many empaths go through this phase in their journey to get free, and every perspective along the way is valid.
The term empath and “highly sensitive person” often get lumped together, but they are not the same thing..
Most experts agree all empaths are highly sensitive, but not all highly sensitive people are empaths. Here’s the distinction:
A HSP is sensitive and primarily reactive to the energy around them. Dr. Elaine Aron, the originator of the term, defines it this way:
“A Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) has a sensitive nervous system, is aware of subtleties in his/her surroundings, and is 
more…
View original post 1,439 more words
10 Outstanding Short Stories To Read in 2017
Below is a guest post from Mumbai-based writer-filmmaker—and longtime #longreads contributor—Pravesh Bhardwaj (@AuteurPravesh).
***
I’ve been doing this for some time now — seeking out short stories from free online resources, and sharing them on Twitter (#fiction #longreads). It’s now a habit: Every night after dinner, before I start writing (screenplays), I look around for a story and read it.
Starting with Upmanyu Chatterji’s “Three Seven Seven and the Blue Gay Gene,” from Open magazine, and ending with Callan Wink’s “Off the Track” from Ecotone, I ended up reading and posting 292 stories in 2016. Here are ten of my favorites, in random order.
View original post 1,993 more words
Creatively Inward 
