Day 6 Gratitude Challenge – Hobbies

06/06/2016

I give thanks to the universe for the qualities and gifts that make me unique.

Today’s gratitude is hobbies. I am at champion at this one, I love learning new skills and having the opportunity to unfold my interest by taking up new hobbies. I often express regret at the lack of time I have to keep up with all my interests and hobbies.

Over the years I have learnt many different skills to express my creativity. I give thanks to living in a place which allows me the freedom and access to explore my many interests. In doing this life becomes more than simply existing. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs identifies basic of life that need to be in place before you can explore personal potential

1. Biological and Physiological needs - air, food, drink, shelter, warmth, sex, sleep. 2. Safety needs - protection from elements, security, order, law, stability, freedom from fear. 3. Love and belongingness needs - friendship, intimacy, affection and love, - from work group, family, friends, romantic relationships. 4. Esteem needs - achievement, mastery, independence, status, dominance, prestige, self-respect, respect from others. 5. Self-Actualization needs - realizing personal potential, self-fulfillment, seeking personal growth and peak experiences.

I have been extremely blessed to have had the first 4 needs met which has allowed me to seek personal growth in expressing myself creatively

. Here are some of the ways I have done this

Thank you Universe

Sorrow’s Thorn written in 2013

Sorrow's thorn in the faded memories The barbed wound in the softness of melancholy Yearning for a life, long gone

Beauty decayed

No longer shining bright Memory betrayed

Hope, lost in the hidden recesses' of the mind The sharp pain, knowing for a moment you cannot remember Sliding back, into the blurring colour of the faded memories

Sorrow's thorn