Wednesday 2 March 2011

Setting limits

I haven't joined in with the Wishcasting crew for months but felt particularly prompted when I saw the question this morning - What limits do you wish to set?

Limits is not really a word I carry around in my vocabulary. I prefer words that form sentences like - leap without looking and where angels fear to tread. But lately, I've come to the realisation that perhaps for my own sanity I need to set maybe one or two little ones here and there.

I think I've been pushing myself too hard. There's so much I wish to achieve, yet not enough hours in the day or, more realistically, energy in this mind and body. By trying to win at everything, I think I'm coming in a medicore average at all. Some focus wouldn't go amiss, a concentration on one thing at a time. My mind is a tangle of thoughts, ambitions and ideas all competing for attention and getting themselves mixed and messed up.

Night time offers no rest when dreams get mixed in with reality and I awake in a state of confusion. It took me a while to realise this morning that I hadn't actually just had dinner with the Queen, Princess Anne and the late Edward and Mrs Simpson. Edward and I shared a cheeky glass of vintage wine that he'd hidden from his father... Interestingly, the Queen and Princess Anne resembled their current selves but Edward looked like Guy Pierce... (guess what I watched at the weekend!). Colin Firth was strangely absent. Perhaps he was busy off being Mr Darcy in someone else's dream.

The illustration for this post was prompted by Illustration Friday's 'swarm' topic and the book I am reading - Of Bees and Mist by Erick Setiawan. One of the characters - Eva, a rather wicked woman carries a swarm of bees around her to torture those she seeks to influence. A kind of nagging annoyance that saps the spirit and bends you to her will.

My head feels like it has been infected by her bees at the moment and I think it's time they found someone else to bother - or better still, went back to the business of making honey - a far sweeter occupation. Is a bee invasion a warning that I'm reaching my limit?

24 comments:

  1. As you wish for yourself, so I wish for you also.

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  2. Wise choice. As you wish for yourself, Lisa, so do I wish for you as well.

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  3. Good morning hon!! Oh oh oh I understand this one!! Ackkk so easy for me to get all cluttered up and out of balance!! Someone told me recently that her creative side was too big for her eyes..I laughed cause I totally understood..to many things I want to do..not enough time. OK will you please send those kind of dreams to me please...sounds heavenly!
    As you wish for yourself hon..I wish for you!
    Hugs and love, Sarah

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  4. As you wish for yourself, I wish for you also.
    Your blog is beautiful!

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  5. Good to see you again!!! :)
    I wished for something similar. This no-limits state of mind was getting overwhelming.
    As Lisa wishes for herself so I wish for her also.

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  6. Welcome back. As you wish for yourself so I wish for you as well! You may want to check out the Right Brained Video Business Summit...it's free and just started http://rightbrainersinbusiness.com/

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  7. I wish for you to leap big! As Lisa wishes for herself, so I wish for her also.

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  8. Lisa, I think we all go through the ebb and flow of creative energy. It sounds like you're getting messages to pull back and and have some down time. As you wish for yourself, I wish for you also. BTW, I was chased by an angry swarm of bees last week (what panic!), so I can relate to your picture.

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  9. As you wish this for yourself, I too wish this for you. ~M

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  10. As you wish for yourself, I wish for you also! I'm starting to think a few limits can be beneficial as well.

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  11. Lisa, I can indentify! I so enjoy your writing - you had me laughing straight away! And your art is stunning! Unfortunatly I think I know that evil swarm woman. She comes in many forms! I have trouble setting limits for myself as well but I'm working on it!

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  12. So glad you explained about the bees because after reading your post I thought she had bats in the belfrey......... Annette

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  13. Leaping in the right direction, allows us to know where we will fall :]
    I think... if we know what our "limits"are, might guide us through without distractions.
    As you wish for yourself, I wish for you as well.

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  14. Wise words. I like when you say, ". By trying to win at everything, I think I'm coming in a medicore average at all". Amen
    As you wish for yourself, so I wish for you, too.

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  15. Love your painting. Very expressive.

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  16. Your painting is beautiful...as are your hopes for yourself. As you wish for yourself, so I wish for you as well.

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  17. As you wish this for yourself, I wish it for you too. I think I might have temproarily nicked Colin Firth. I'll let you have him back soon, honest! Good luck with the focus. Jacs x

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  19. I can relate with this so well, especially when you said, "By trying to win at everything, I think I'm coming in a mediocre average at all." As you wish for yourself, I so wholeheartedly wish for you as well.

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  20. Oh my gosh, I related to this so much! So many things going on in my head, and I want to do them all. And, I loved hearing about your dream, even if it didn't have Colin Firth. :)

    As you wish for yourself, so I wish for you as well.

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  21. Such wisdom in your post. Woe to lack of Colin Firth (that should be a requirement for all good dreams)

    As you wish for yourself, so I truly wish for you also.

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  22. Wow...sounds like me at the moment! Oh, except for the bees...nice metaphor though - what with bees being busy and all. I also want to say a big thankyou for your lovely notes on my blog...they really do mean so much to me...look after yourself x

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  23. ok, I was sure I posted a comment here yesterday, but I must have missed a step.

    Hope you are having a better day - we all have moments when it feels like there are just tooooo many thing going on - nature of being a woman maybe? Just focus on that lovely retreat you are going to enjoy so much!

    Hugs and smiles

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  24. Lisa,

    Oh is o understand what you are saying. Although I set limits so I can work on a project, I am so consumed by the project that I let everything else slide. No self care for me of late and it shows, I have to work that in to the equation somehow.

    As you wish for yourself I also wish for you.

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