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La la la…It’s the most wonderful day of the year. (Wink.)

Posted in Uncategorized on February 9, 2018| 70 Comments »

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Time for a pink princess party…AND CAKE! Yay!

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Gratitude…

Posted in Uncategorized on February 8, 2018| 8 Comments »

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Shhhh…

Posted in Uncategorized on February 7, 2018| 8 Comments »

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I know I write a lot about naps, resting, and quiet time. I do this because I’ve found it’s one of the most important things we can do. It’s in the moments of quiet that we open a way to hear the whispers of our heart, whispers that are often drowned out by the noise of life’s busyness. There really is an inner wisdom that lives in each of us and it is speaking to us all the time. There really is a place within where nothing is impossible, but it does us no good unless we open a way to see it and experience it. One of the ways to do this is through regular quiet time.

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Decisions…

Posted in Uncategorized on February 6, 2018| 6 Comments »

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Let your soul sparkle.

Posted in Uncategorized on February 5, 2018| 7 Comments »

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I woke up this morning feeling very sad. As I sat for a moment thinking about this post I tried to remember what makes my heart sparkle. I felt nothing at first and was going to post without any commentary. I then remembered so many times when I felt empty or afraid, sad or alone and then looked within only to find a sense of real joy bubble to the surface. I was reminded that this is always with me no matter how I might feeeel. I was reminded that I can’t look to my feelings because unless they are feelings of peace and joy, they don’t tell the truth. I was reminded that sometimes things are darkest just before we find that light and that in this world there are always going to be changes. There will always be endings and beginnings, things that leave and new things that enter our lives but there is always an unchangeable place within that doesn’t fluctuate and is always with us. This is what truly makes my soul sparkle…this and cookies.

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Super Bowl Sundae?

Posted in Uncategorized on February 4, 2018| 6 Comments »

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Today is a special occasion…

Posted in Uncategorized on February 4, 2018| 5 Comments »

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I often look at my life and ask if I only had a short time to live, am I doing what’s truly in my heart? Are there things I need to eliminate from my life? Are there things that I’ve left undone? This might not seem “positive” to some but I find it to be very helpful tool.
 
I understand that we all want to think we have all time in the world but I’ve watched too many of my loved ones pass to live with my head under that sand dune. It can be a bit scary sometimes to really go there but I find it can also really help me put things into perspective; it sets my priorities straight faster than any other exercise I’ve found.
 
On the most superficial level, I do save “those shoes” and “that dress” for just the right occasion and forget that today is occasion enough. I’m trying to get better at this. (As foolish as I might look in my sequined dress and satin boots at the local diner. Wink.) More importantly, I’m reminded to ask myself what this life is all about? What is the purpose? We can all get so caught up in day-to-day living and surviving that we forget to ask the deepest questions in our heart.
 
I know It can seem a little simplistic at first glance, but ultimately it all comes down to love–to giving love, expressing love, BEING love. So I begin to ask myself how I can open a way for more love to pour through me? The love pool is infinite within each of us so there are always opportunities to express more love. Today I’m looking for ways to do that (while wearing a few sequins). xo

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Relax, breathe…and do nothing.

Posted in Uncategorized on February 3, 2018| 8 Comments »

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I was a professional fine artist for many years. I painted portraits, commissioned art, had gallery showings and painted large murals. With each new painting I found I had to forget most of what I did on any previous paintings. I had to let go of the past, if you will, and make room for the new one to flow in that moment, with each brush stroke.
 
I find painting to be a very interesting process; some of the most productive time is when it looks like you’re doing nothing at all. It’s the time that you sit back, imagine, get a feeling or a sense of what the next step is. It’s the time spent staring at the canvas when the painting unfolds. The painting isn’t really created when the brush hits the canvas–this is only when it becomes visible to the eyes. The creation takes place during those moments when it looks like nothing is happening.
 
Creating a painting isn’t any different than living a creative life. A creative life is one filled with a sense of newness and adventure (albeit a little scary sometimes), instead of a life where we plod away trying to repeat what seemed to work in the past and avoiding what didn’t. Each day is like a new painting, a blank canvas, and we become the brush. Each day unfolds anew and the very important moments when we look like we’re doing nothing, opens a way for the next step…and then the next.

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Hang on…

Posted in Uncategorized on February 2, 2018| 9 Comments »

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We’re in the process of preparing for a move so I’m doing a lot of sorting and purging. As I sift through years of accumulated stuff invariably I’m sent back to times gone by–some of them very painful. When I look back at even a few years ago and how much my life has changed, I can’t help but marvel at how limited our perspective is in any given moment, and that sometimes what appears as profound difficulties can be the vehicle to carry us to places we never dreamed of.
 
I went from a place that I can only describe as so unbelievable dark and challenging that I would have never thought someone could walk through it and live to tell about it, to a completely different life than I had ever known. Had you asked me if this were possible in the midst of the storm, I don’t know if I could have even imagined. At best it would have seemed like a dream (if I could have even wrapped my mind around it). An impossible dream.
 
Once again, my own experience taught me that there is quite literally nothing that is impossible, and that we simply cannot judge according to our present circumstances however difficult this can be sometimes. What we can do is go inward, get quiet, listen and trust. We can trust that even though the mountain ahead of us looks insurmountable, we are not alone and appearances simply do not tell the truth.
 
Appearances are like looking at something through a hole created by a very tightly rolled newspaper and then thinking we have the whole story. We don’t and for this I am exceedingly thankful. I am so grateful that I was wrong about so many things. And today, I can look upon whatever mountains might be before me and say, “Yes, this doesn’t look good and although I might be scared, deep down I know that I’m wrong if I believe there isn’t something good happening. Thank you. I love being wrong.”

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Dear February…

Posted in Uncategorized on February 1, 2018| 4 Comments »

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Like most people, there was a time I believed the most important thing was to be loved. After some profound experiences I came to see that the most important thing was TO LOVE, to give love, to express love. I don’t mean this from the sense of sacrifice or in some way being altruistic, giving love is actually selfish in the best sense of the word; when we give love we feeeel love ourself within and love heals.
The great news is that it does not matter one bit what the object of our love is–it can be anything or anyone–it’s the expression of, or the giving of love that matters. It is always the love we withhold that hurts and nothing and nobody can prevent us from loving.
 
Today I am setting my sights on loving as many things as I can. Join me?

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