By Bart Sharp

Sometimes we become lethargic or stuck.  The creative process of our magical life is affected by a variety of things.  Often there is an emotion or project that we have not come to completion with that is taking our energy elsewhere and out of the present tense.  Sometimes it is the simply our surroundings that affect our magical life and creativity to receiving inner wealth.

I awoke one morning from a dream that felt like it had slapped in the face.  It was an abrupt awakening that was not physical but the immediacy of it had struck inside of me.  I could not remember the details of the dream but I knew its message.  “You are sluggish, it is time to change things up.”

The message rang all too true for the past week I had been slowly working around my home.  My productivity as a writer was less.  My business as a counselor was down.  I was doing less in general.  It was summer time in Texas and the heat takes its toll on everyone as it sucks energy from everyone.  But, I was spending the days in an air-conditioned home, so I had little excuse.

The dream had a more direct message.  The dream stimulated my awareness to a plan.  I needed to clean my home and finish projects that were annoying me.

We as creative and active people have an intimate relationship with our home.  The condition of our home affects us.  If our space is disorganized it can steer us away from our top creative efficiency.   Our home and own energies do flow together.  Completing those unfinished projects and maintaining an environment that is visually pleasing opens us.  It is why we should always spend time cleaning, organizing and straightening.

We are connected to everything, everybody in some way.  Our immediate surrounding and relationships have the most direct affect upon us.  In most cases it is the thing we are most able to change as well.  Be willing to be aware of what changes within and around you could best facilitate your creative growth and magical life.