In her amazing book, How to Make MeCards4Kids, SoulCollage® Facilitator Nancy Weiss offers a series of short prompts that children can use with their collages. Today I’m sharing with you a few examples from my own grown-up deck.

And I challenge you to try this exercise with one or more of your own cards. You might just be surprised at what you discover!

 

SOLITUDE

I am the one who is curled into myself.

I wonder how I can give myself more alone time.

I hear the soothing sounds of the ocean.

I see my inner world.

I want more time alone.

I am soft and centered and at peace.

I pretend I am in my Inner Sanctuary.

I feel so so sooooo good.

I touch my soul when I am still.

I worry not.

I try sometimes.

I am whole.

I understand that I can choose to claim solitude every day.

I say I LOVE TO BE ALONE!!!

I dream of peace and quiet.

I try to give myself more times of slowness and stillness.

I hope that everyone can have this deep peace.

I am home.

 

HOMEBODY

I am the one who loves to be at home.

I wonder how I can clear my schedule so I can be home more.

I hear my heartbeat.
I hear my beloved cats’ purring.
I hear the birds outside my window.

I see beloved art surrounding me.

I want to stay here.

I am safe.

I pretend that I never have to leave.

I feel comforted.

I touch my inner life more deeply from home base.

I worry about what happens when I am not here.

I cry because some people don’t have a safe home like I do.

I am in love with my home.

I understand that I can’t always be here and that my work in the world has to take me away form my home.

I say this is good.

I dream of a day when no one is homeless.

I try to stay home as much as possible.

I hope to spend more time at home this year.

I am grateful for my home.

 

Suzy, Now

I am still your beloved dog even though my body is not with you.

I wonder how long ’til you join me.

I can hear everything again; I am no longer deaf.

I see everyone and everything so clearly now; I am no longer blind.

I want you to know that I was so happy with you.

I am still happy with you.

I pretend sometimes that I am chewing on my bone in the living room.

I feel loved, even now.

I touch your heart as you touched mine.

I worry that you don’t understand how close I still am to you.

I cry no more.

I am healed and whole now.

I am clear.

I understand the Love.

I say I love you all ways.

I dream of being together here with you.

I try to remind you of my presence.

I hope you feel me in your heart.

I am still your Suzy.

ANCESTORS

We are your family.

We hear you.

We see you.

We want you to have a good life.

We are who you came from.

We feel happy and excited that you have connected with us.

We touch all hearts.

We worry that we will be forgotten.

We cry no more.

We are home now.

We understand how much you are loved.

We say what a beautiful life you have created.

We dram of honoring you.

We hope you will continue to lean on our understanding and wisdom.

We are your family.

We are here for you.