Entchanted door Elizabeth Gilbert
Gisteravond heb ik een prachtige livestream gevolgd van The school of live en de special guest was Elizabeth Gilbert. De schrijfster van vele mooie boeken zoals Big Magic (aanrader).
Hoe kan je zelf geïnspireerd worden en blijven in tijden van Corona en Lockdown?
Kijk je angsten aan en ga vervolgens naar jouw ‘enchantment’. Wat doe je echt graag en waar word je echt gelukkig van? Ik was zo geïnspireerd, dat ik vannacht nog een soort van gedicht schreef en vanmorgen een bijpassend knutselwerkje in (een van) mijn journals.
En onthoud voor jezelf; de dingen waar je echt gelukkig van wordt, hoef je niet mee te wachten tot de lockdown voorbij is.
En chanté Liz
You gave us all a word
To take into our lives
To test the value of the day
To find the magic in a way
And the word came from en chanté..
So nice to get to know you
The word sounds like a fairytale
So magical and light
Just ike a day should be
Perfectly silly and bright
Your word brings out the best
In everybody’s day
It makes youw want to live out full
It makes you want to play
It makes you want to eat som popcorn in the midst of the day
Sitting in a bath and watching the bake-off show
This word dear Liz
It’s just so great
It kept me up last night
It makes me long for a nes day
To test it and go out and play
Tot find the magic and the promise of the word
In Italy the say ‘piagere’
An other magic word
So nice to get to know you
So nice to get to use this magical word in so many happy layers
Mesmorising of maybe even sparkling, like Marie Kondo
Does this spark joy?
It does Liz, your and now also my new word that I take away is
ENCHANTING
So nice to get to know you.
So happy to take you with me in every new day
An other way to look at it.
Is to put it to a test
Does it spark joy, can well be asked
Does it bring out my best?
The time we are alone now is when we can find out
What our purpose is in life.
But ‘now I know’ I’ll shout
It is to do the things I love
The things that bring me joy
The things that make me happy
The things that make me live to the full
The tiny things, the magic things
The things I want to test
Not the dull ones, but the magical,
So different from the rest.
I hope that now, my sleep helps me towards a brand new day
A day that I can put to the test
A day more enchanting then the rest.
A day unlike the previous, but more exciting, more alive, more vibrant and full of possibility
En chanté new day… I am ready to play…