“Unexpressed creativity is never benign…” – Brene Brown

I am a recovering perfectionist. For most of my life, Perfectionism  stopped me from sharing my creativity with the world.

I am currently transitioning through a processing phase after an intense time of growth and expansion in my life.  So, it is tempting for me to disappear instead of showing up to create something.  Many creative endeavors have been aborted because of my fear of what people would think, the fear of not being good enough, the fear of imperfection, the fear of being ordinary…

I am letting go of all of that. As a wholehearted warrior, I have to show up in the Arena, and allow my creativity to be seen. I have to bravely throw down the gauntlet and say ‘here I am’.

So, on a lark, a month ago, I decided I was going to tweet a haiku a day. Other than the 5,7,5  syllabic pattern, I knew nothing about haiku. I was also completely new to twitter. My desire to tweet a haiku a day was totally spontaneous. I had started a twitter account as a pledge to use my voice the day Maya Angelou died. And I am just realizing the irony that she was a poet. It never occurred to me!

So far I have tweeted Haikus about the mundane, the sublime, the highs and the lows… anything goes…

I show up daily and say to perfectionism “not today”. It helps with the fear of judgment… I just show up, yes imperfectly, but I show up and do the work.

Today’s short blog is a love offering… I hope it inspires you to go create something – anything.

Here are a few Haikus I’ve written so far. I will compile them somewhere on this site. You can also follow the twitter hashtags: #yvonnetrieshaiku #100daysofHaiku

Enjoy! Then go create something.

My first haiku:
“A haiku a day
My desire to twitter
So this is my first.”

a few others:

#daringhaiku
“Dare to shine your light!
Darkness doesn’t stand a chance
Show up and be seen.”

@UNICEF
“Beauty so profound
The sound of children singing
Healing to my soul.”
#wds2014
“World domination.
Chris Guillebeau inspires.
Then hands you baton.”

@DennishaPratt #mommaneeds
“Breakfast!” Scream my girls.
Pounce with glee, awaken me.
Only 6 o’clock!

#happy
Quiet library.
A blast of the song “Happy”
sends his blues away.

#gratitude

Choosing gratitude,
when fear beckons and taunts me.
I know joy is near!

#campGLP #transition #withdrawal
Reentry from space.
Status quo impossible
While trailing stardust.

#letmestandnexttoyourfire
Sometimes your spark goes out
Get around Kindred fires
You’ll ignite again!

#theawakening
Rise from your slumber.
Create. Connect. Celebrate.
Don’t go back to sleep.

#campGLP
Dived into portal.
Discovered utopia,
Returned immortal.

#campGLP
Open heart, blue sky
Trees whispering to the wind
Possibilities…

#campGLP
New friends rocking out
An impromptu garage band
Good times with KC

#campGLP
Loved camp GLP,
Dared to be me, now I see
My soul has found home

#campGLP
Sometimes life sends you
Portals to your desires
Be brave and dive in!

#honesty
Hard conversations
are rarely fun to practice,
but worth the effort.

#kindreds
Sometimes the phone rings
It’s exactly who you need.
And the healing starts…

#allin
At Destiny’s ledge
Jumping off wholeheartedly.
The net will appear.

#defyinglabels
Put me in a box?
Ha! That box does not exist!
What a waste of time!

 

Have a fantastic week!

 

Yvonne Whitelaw writes for Yvonnewhitelaw.com where she blogs about her quest to grow into her ideals in her “Live Your Ideals Project”. By sharing her lessons along the way (every Monday and Thursday), she hopes to serve and inspire a tribe of wholehearted warriors like you, to “live your ideals, live your calling and change the world.”