Saturday, November 6, 2010

today i am grateful for


being a brave girl.

here are some brave things i've done lately:
  1. spoke the truth
  2. got messy with paint
  3. held up my art proudly and talked about it in a group
  4. let someone see the real me
  5. let myself be vulnerable
  6. talked about my fears
  7. gave comparison a rest
  8. laid low
  9. told a woman i barely know that i thought she was brave (she was!)
  10. let love in

Friday, November 5, 2010

today i am grateful for


extra wicked hot & sour soup that knocked the would-be killer virus on its butt.

Thursday, November 4, 2010

today i am grateful for


a home that belongs to me. 

i've gone without a space of my own too many times in my life to underestimate the stability and security a home provides.  i could never take it for granted.

this one, it holds me.

thank you little brick house and big back yard and tiny magical forest.

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

today i am grateful for


the freedom to express my opinion.

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

today i am grateful for


beginnings.

mornings, first days of the month, new years day, even mondays...if it's officially the start of something, i love it.  the sense of the clean slate, of the do-over, of pure possibility is one of the most exhilarating feelings i experience.  the power to begin again polishes the roughness of loss.  there is nothing like the energy of new.

for the past month, i've been somewhat obsessed with the word 'begin'.  i went to squam thinking i would make a piece of art with the word in it.  while there, the spectacular sunrises deepened my awareness and connection to the art of beginning.

in my last workshop, i randomly picked this blessing and it was read to me by the lovely jen lee:

"just when it feels like everything is over, a new beginning is about to be born."

Monday, November 1, 2010

today i am grateful for


finding love in unexpected places.  and people.