Direction

This last weekend was spent at a retreat in Williams Bay, WI. My friend Debby followed her dreams and started her own business instructing NIA dancing and organizing retreats. The retreat was her first that she formally hosted under her new business. I had a fabulous time at the retreat, which I was grateful for because I have been really stressed with work and finishing up school in the last couple months.

The whole week before the retreat I pondered if I should even go, I thought it would be new ground and that I would not hardly know anyone. It was like the anticipation of the first day of school in a new school. I am glad to say I was wrong, I did know almost all the other women that attended the retreat, and I also met a couple new kindred spirits. It was refreshing to be in a space where everyone was free to express themselves and explore new things. Our retreat was centered around a concert on Friday night and a morning workshop on Saturday by Jennifer Berezan. I have been to workshops taught by Jennifer twice before, and she is always phenomenal.

The weekend helped inspire me to get a bit more serious about the writing I have been doing. I have been working on a spiritually themed work of fiction now for a couple years on and off. I think I have a good concept and a good foundation to continue on with developing the story. I feel that I more direction and focus on the project. The center of the work is around seven individuals that are pulled together that all have to learn three life lessons each. So, scattered in future postings I will be sharing the twenty-one life lessons. I think writing about them in the blog will also help me with progress on the project. It is both exciting and scary that I will be putting my "lessons" out there for others to read, but I think it is the right thing to do.

In closing, the photo above was taken at the retreat. I found the weather vane for some reason intriguing. More than anything, I think I was looking for direction that weekend, and this image symbolizes that.