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Nothing and Everything is Just Right….

April 14, 2020 by jjscreativelifemidwife 15 Comments

There is nothing perfect about this picture.

I am wearing lipstick, but no mascara or other attempts at beautification. I hadn’t even bothered to take a brush to my hair.

If you look more closely you will see there is everything perfect about this picture.

I am smiling, even though I am not wearing mascara, even though I haven’t taken a brush to my hair, even though I am slightly ashamed of the reality that in my privilege I was upset about going three days without a longed for chocolate croissant when people are lining up for sustenance and rightfully worrying about being evicted or mourning for losses that are incomprehensible to me.

Right now I am doing the best I can to trust myself to continue to do what I can to enhance the world in my little corner of it. I am hosting conversation circles, for one. I am posting honest and upbeat content to engage and evoke constructive curiosity in myself and others.

My porch is as close to the front lines as I get right now.

My porch is the front line right now.

There is everything perfect about this picture.

Now it is your turn to consider what is right in your life right now.

Prompt for Contemplation, Conversation & Creativity:

A blue sky holds this prompt for conversation, contemplation and creativity. "What is right with your life right now?" A pathway toward water invites you to look more deeply at the question and the prompt... "What is right in my life now is...."

Use this question to prompt contemplation, journaling, a blog post, a conversation, a poem or start a work of art in a new or renewed direction.

Please write in the comments your first response to the prompt.

Julie JordanScott typing a love poem on the edge of a foothill of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Julie JordanScott is the Creative Life Midwife. She inspires people to live their life as an artform and take action towards their best results. During the 2020 Pandemic she is also leading daily Virtual Coffee Dates, Facilitating Intentional Conversation so people will feel less isolated during this time of social and physical distancing. Join the conversation by registering for free by clicking this link.

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Filed Under: Creative Life Coaching, Creativity While Quarantined, Intention/Connection, Writing Prompt Tagged With: Contemplation, Conversation and Creativity, Pandemic Positives

Comments

  1. Jessica A Jannenga says

    April 14, 2020 at 4:32 pm

    Hi!
    I do appreciate some positive messages like this post. I continue to blog as some of my readers appreciate a fashion distraction, and I enjoy being busy with it. I have no makeup on at the moment, but am appreciating having my 2 little Shih tzus with us that bring me comfort.
    from the midlife group
    jess xx
    http://www.elegantlydressedandstylish.com

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    • jjscreativelifemidwife says

      April 14, 2020 at 7:06 pm

      I am completely in love with the fashion posts. They help me to consider how to look and dress better even now, especially later. Your dogs sound fabulous, too!

      Reply
  2. Lillian says

    April 14, 2020 at 5:04 pm

    So many things are right. I’m sheltered-in with good people, in a calm environment, with all my needs met.

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    • jjscreativelifemidwife says

      April 14, 2020 at 7:05 pm

      how wonderful to hear!

      Reply
  3. Glenda Cates says

    April 14, 2020 at 5:52 pm

    We will use this prompt in my sons Homeschooling class today because I think we should find what is good and not dwell on negative things. For me its being able to spend more time with my family one on one. Working out more and not rushing from one place to the next spending money we don’t have.

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    • jjscreativelifemidwife says

      April 14, 2020 at 7:05 pm

      Excellent. I hope the writing goes well….

      Reply
  4. Dr.Amrita says

    April 14, 2020 at 6:37 pm

    My life right now has everything right and the thing which is not,is out of my hand.I am blessed and the only way forward is to keep praying.

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    • jjscreativelifemidwife says

      April 14, 2020 at 7:04 pm

      Blessings to you.

      Reply
  5. Doug says

    April 14, 2020 at 8:22 pm

    I like the picture of peace and acceptance and appreciation for what is right and what is good.
    From what I can see of the cup, I am reminded of Philadephia, the place of “brotherly love”.
    And, your smile, makes me recall a saying about telling someone else to smile when they are not really in the mood to smile. You probably have heard this:
    – They said, “Smile. Things could get worse”.
    – So I did, and sure enough, things did get worse.
    🙂

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    • jjscreativelifemidwife says

      April 15, 2020 at 4:53 am

      ha ha ha! I love this coffee mug. It is smallish which is good because I don’t drink my coffee super fast.

      Reply
  6. Heidi says

    April 14, 2020 at 10:10 pm

    I am spending lots of time on my front porch. So thankful to have one and be able to step out there for some time “away” and out of the house!

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    • jjscreativelifemidwife says

      April 15, 2020 at 4:52 am

      That’s the same way I feel. I was out there a lot today!

      Reply
  7. Jeanine Byers says

    April 14, 2020 at 10:45 pm

    What’s right in my life is sharing yummy meals with my roommates & watching fun TV shows and movies. It’s the daily devotion on Zoom from my church. It’s getting dressed most morning,s even when I don’t feel like it, and then feeling glad that I did. Thanks for the great prompt!!

    Reply
  8. Ann Rusnak says

    April 14, 2020 at 11:23 pm

    I wish my hair liked that great unbrushed. What’s right in my life right now is everyone is healthy in my family. I do know people who lost somebody to this virus.

    Reply
  9. Melanie says

    April 19, 2020 at 2:26 pm

    Great prompt! Your desire for part of your normal life (chocolate croissant) and then slightly ashamed feelings are understandable to me. There are things that are not possible for me at the moment, but like you I face reality where there are so many others dealing with so much worse. As far as what is right in my life…..at this very moment living together 24 x 7 with family members that are all getting along and enjoying each other’s company is right <3
    Melanie

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