Laura Lyn Donahue

Apr 29, 20192 min

78 Days

I've blogged for 78 days straight. I really cannot believe that I've been able to do this.

It boils down to "self-will". I made a commitment (and as a perfectionist) and I'm sticking to it.

I've been thinking about a goal for blogging. I feel like I'm going to shoot for 90 days straight and go from there.

Truly, I am writing every day.

Blogging

Morning Pages

I feel as though my creativity is coming back to me.

The creative block is slowly melting

I don't have "it" down yet, but I'm working on goals.

One goal is to go through the poetry that I've written for years...

Compile it

Edit it

Self-publish it

Feels like a lofty goal to me, but I'm working on self-confidence and writing for myself.

I'm growing

I'm more self-aware and present

I will collect these poems

I will pursue a self-publication

I will write because God gave me the talent

I will stand tall and write with pride

I will write for myself alone

I will exercise my creativity. Grow. Blossom.

And I will be all the better for following my passion

Jamaica 2016

Brushstrokes of Sunset

The salty tide beckons
 
Can you hear the lapping, the cleansing covering of the waves? What wondrous love is this...contained but not restrained in the calling of the breeze?
 
Ocean upon ocean
 
Endless horizon
 
The rising of the tide
 
The waking of the sun
 
Clouds and color lavished across the sky
 
The brushstrokes of sunset

The brushstrokes of sunset Wait...
 
Do you see it?
 
Be still...

Can you feel it?
 
Sink into its power
 
The grace...
 
Can you touch it?
 
Reach out your hand
 
Impress your frame into the pebbled sand
 
Take on the turquoise, cobalt and emerald
 
This gift is for you
 
Breathe deep
 
Be renewed
 
Stand tall
 
God is near
 
God is present
 
God envelopes your being
 
He washes you in the sea of His grace

He washes you in the sea of His grace Nothing withheld
 
Hope
 
Promise

Provision
 
The gift of the sea
 
It mirrors your reflection in its looking glass
 
The image is love
 
Brilliant
 
Shining
 
Contagious
 
Yours

Laura Lyn Donahue, Jamaica 2016

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