Thank you for visiting! I am so happy you are here!
I want to share with you a little of my story.
When I was about fifteen years old, I was gifted a book that was instrumental in laying a profound, personal foundation for me. It was called If You Want To Write by Brenda Ueland.
First published in 1938, this book was a novel departure from all the social and educational conditioning I was immersed in at the time. It moved me. And when I say moved, I am talking tectonic plates. This book fundamentally altered, and at the same time, confirmed and clarified the thoughts and feelings I held secretly close to my heart but could share with very few. For the first time in my life, I felt seen. And from a woman I had never met, who had passed on right about the time this book came into my life.
This book spoke of the Creative Power that works and lives in each and every one of us. It spoke of self-trust, ardor, courage and the importance of following your truth. It spoke of living life, and not simply going through the motions. It spoke of daring to be bold in your creative work, allowing what is alive in you, what is original, what is unique only to you, the freedom of creative expression. Everyone has this. But it is so muddied over by obligation, duty, social conformity and meeting others’ expectations of us that we lose the spark. We lose what makes us Divine. We lose the gift we are meant to bring to the world, our personal treasure. This short story, The Golden Seed, grew out of that search for that personal treasure.
Since my early youth I have always been an avid and dedicated journal writer. And I have written and published professionally, within the boundaries of my expertise. But I could never quite bring myself to go beyond that. Writing professionally was safe, analytical and scientific. No one could argue with my choice of content. But writing from the heart, opening myself up to possibility, was another matter all together.
While writing The Golden Seed, I originally intended it for older grade school children and young adults. But I believe anyone can benefit from the simple story line and the messages living within it.
So I invite you to come along with me on this journey. It will evolve, as all journeys do. There will be uncertainty and it won’t be perfect. But it is my hope that it will be a light that shines despite darkness, a place of respite for weary and heartsick souls, and a call to something that lives in you that is greater than yourself, and can, if not make all things possible, at least make some things better, in your life and in the lives of everyone around you. Give yourself permission to travel to a place of vibrant color, creativity and freedom. Because if you don’t gift it to yourself, no one else will. I look forward to seeing you there.
Blessings, Kristina