Yesterday I was speaking to a friend. Among other things, I told her I was not in a great zest for life mode and haven’t been for a while. As I had just finished a Spirit Rock workshop on “Yes: Practicing What Is”, she reminded me to say yes to and just allow what I was feeling and experiencing. (I suddenly remembered my posts on Just is, the moments where I got it.) Then, right before saying goodbye, she said, “Deconstruction, Karen!” I said I would have to look up the definition to understand fully. To which she replied, Reconstruction!”

Deconstruction: “A method of critical analysis of philosophical and literary language which emphasizes the internal workings of language and conceptual systems, the relational quality of meaning, and the assumptions implicit in forms of expression.” (English Dictionary)

Reconstruction: “A thing that has been rebuilt after being damaged or destroyed; comparison between the original and the reconstruction.” (English Dictionary)

Aha, I had been trapped in negative mental habits and patterns of thought that diminished my soul vitality. Further, as Byron Katie said, “I discovered that when I believed my thoughts, I suffered, but that when I didn’t believe them, I didn’t suffer, and that is true for every human being ….. I found that suffering is optional.” And so, I write, get out my paints, and claim myself as the artist I Am.