the inspired writer

I really love Jamie Ridler — the space she provides for creativity and community, for dancing in our lives and discovering through art. She has a newsletter worth reading each month, a great series of Creative Living podcasts engaging newsletter and, perhaps my favorite, a weekly feature she offers called Wishcasting Wednesdays.

Each week she poses a question to inspire and clarify your wish. And what's more: she invites people to be a "maker of magic and a tender of wishes" by publicly sharing their wishes (she provides a cool feature where you can link to your wish) and support other's wishes, too.

As Jamie says, "There is great power in wishing together."

I love the idea of placing our wishes out into the world for all to see and hold.

I certainly believe in the power, magic and beauty of that.

I loved her Wishcasting question from yesterday:

What story do you wish to live or let go of?

It spoke to me because so much of what I'm doing lately is re-authoring my life:

Claiming myself as the sole author of my experience. And deciding what story I want to tell for this and coming chapters of my life.

I wish to let go of the story that life is hard and sucky and out to get me. The story that I'm alone in a dark forest with no one to help. The story that there are no happy endings.

What I wish instead is this...

....I wish to live in a story of possibility.

Of wonder.

Of being held by a loving universe where everything (every single thing) is unfolding as it should.

A story where I find my "star" and shine it upon everyone I meet.

A story where goodness always prevails, even through the darkest of nights.

And a story where there are flowers, poetry and picnics under an oak tree on sunshine-y June afternoons.

In short, a story that is so fascinating, entertaining, beautiful, heartfelt and moving that I never, ever want to put it down.

How about you? How would you answer Jamie's question?

I'd love to see your reply — and be sure to add yours to the other wishcaster's on Jamie's blog, here.

(Thanks, Jamie, for giving me the chance to author the story of my life from a more authentic and powerful and beauty-filled place. I needed this today.)

Image: Purple flower, living room bouquet, last week