I live my life with the same focus as I make pottery.
The same skills that are needed to create a work of art or even a simple cup out of a piece of clay are the very ones that can transform a day.
Maybe a life.
For over twenty years I have been creating with clay. Now I want to share how this practice has been a meditation and a wonderful lesson in how to live
a life that is more about ease, and centering, instead of pushing and forcing.
Imagine your day as being a lump of wet clay. 
How does that lump of mud become a thing of beauty? How does your day become a beautiful gift?
Ease and presence, that’s how.
I focus on the clay, let other thoughts drift away as the clay spins in my hands and I gently encourage it to center.
What if you started your day with that image. Focusing on the day and centering your mind to the tasks ahead.
That could happen by deeply breathing and smiling maybe counting slowly to ten before starting a task. Focusing on that one task and enjoying that sensation of really being in the moment.
When my focus drifts while working at the wheel, the clay lets me know right away- flopping or at times flying in a huff, off of the wheel, on to the floor!
Messes like that happen in our day too when we don’t allow our minds to sink into a task. When we are just going through the motions in a scattered way.
Each day we have a new chance to create a day that is memorable and beautiful. With ease and focus imagine the amazing days that can be created by you.
Presence and Positivity 
Cindy,
I appreciate your analogy with the potter’s wheel. I’ve been thinking of this often but for the way emotions cycle around, in a more circular or cyclical way than the timeline thinking we typically lean on. I like also thinking of the self off center as a wobble – this is a helpful visual!
Thank you!
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