What is the Spark?
For me it’s hard to describe, but boy do I know it when I feel it. Probably because it IS a feeling. I believe it’s a way of being and experiencing life too. I can describe what it feels like for me and I would honestly love to hear what it feels like to you if you feel inspired to share.
For me, it feels like zest for life. It’s very strongly connected to our Life Force, our Chi, our Prana. It feels like joy, presence and clarity in a big way. Like inspiration, meaning and purpose, loving moments I absorb whole heartedly. I feel it really strong when I recognize the magic of seemingly insignificant moments, but also when I allow myself to feel the greatness of the great ones with eyes closed, breathing deep, and saying out loud in awe “wowwww…”.
Speaking of awe, for me it lives in awe and wonder big time. In my curiosity. In my openness to experience new things and have authentic beautiful connections with other people; whether that interaction is an hour long visit or a smile passing someone in a grocery store. I’ve felt them both.
The Spark makes me feel resilient and shiny. Courageous. And even though I don’t always feel confident, I realize it’s in my willingness to be vulnerable too. It’s in my dusting off when I fall down especially when I can manage it with even an ounce of ease and grace.
The Spark lives deeply in my ambitions and passions. My goals and dreams. And boy, do I got a lotta them. Big ones too.
The Spark heightens my intuition because it’s connected to my soul which is connected to Spirit, Creator, the ultimate God Spark. (I got an internal shiver just in writing that. I guess maybe that’s it then 😊)
Integrity. Self reflection, awareness. I find it when I can manage a connection to calmness which often breeds clarity. It resides in the lightness in humor. Not taking myself, or life, too seriously (or not for too long at least).
It grows from my imagination – and I believe the imagination is a key piece. And if imagination is the key then maybe the Spark is the hand that turns it.
I feel it in the trust in my own capabilities and my trust in the unfolding of life.
The Spark helps me feel when I’m on the right track because it feels brighter and stronger when I am. It tells me when boundaries need to be set or something needs to change because I can feel when it diminishes.
The Spark is intertwined through out my stories and things that I share here. And honestly, I know what it FEEELLLSS like but I’m still finding my voice around how to explain and share about it. So hang in there a tick while it flows into place.
What I know is that life can be struggley. I feel it daily. It can be tricky to feel the Spark and zest for life that I believe we are meant to feel most of the time, and CAN feel most of the time, if we position ourselves right. Sometimes we simply gotta opt out of the madness, tap out of the chaos in what small ways we can, even for just a little while, to achieve some reprieve to reset.
Maintaining our Spark, our Energy, our Chi can be hard as heck. It’s tough trying to juggle kids, your relationship, work, self care, house keeping, feeding ourselves semi nutritious grub, to do lists, passions, dreams and goals… We have so many responsibilities. So many irons in the fire at all times and so many things constantly pulling at us from all directions.
And it isn’t about never experiencing the mud. After all the mud provides contrast and sometimes necessary growing conditions, but the Spark CAN make it more bearable. Even better than bearable, it makes life enjoyable and even, dare I say,… easy <3 Activating the Spark changes the way that we think which changes the way that we feel, and as you know, the way that we feel changes everything. It colors our every experience and perception and determines whether we come out on the other side feeling poorly, ok, or... LIT.
