Woohoo... Today I ordered heaps of new templates and Dillusions Spray Inks like these... So I can create more amazing textured backgrounds like these... We're a little bit excited like this... And I did it relatively guilt free (which is huge for me :)
Because I deserve it. Oh boy do I deserve it! Thank you Flora for helping me see that my needs matter too.
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Bloom True Boot Camp
Monday Sept 1. Invite the Sacred In our home the Sacred is called The Force... my boys dubbed it that years ago as a joke but it stuck and I’m glad. Unfortunately The Force hasn’t been with me for a number of years now, well not consciously anyway. It was one of the many precious things that gave way in the aftermath of my devastating marriage breakdown. I never stopped believing though, never doubted and there were many times when I could do nothing but hold on tight to that belief… it was all I had. It got me through. Things are better now. Thankfully my life and I are just beginning to find our way and of course it was no coincidence when The Force recently sent me a copy of Louise Hay’s You Can Heal Your Life. I had read it before and knew it was just what I needed to reignite the spiritual spark in me. I now invite the Sacred into my heart and soul every day. I use affirmations and positive self-talk. I’ve started yoga and am exercising (almost) every day. I’m trying hard to stop obsessing over the past and worrying about the future… I just enjoy today. I’m doing things for me… I even had a massage the other day, it was heaven! I’m learning to bring the Sacred into my art too and have signed up for both Kelly Rae Roberts Hello Soul Hello Mixed Media course and Tracey Verdugo’s Paint Mojo. And of course The Force has now brought me you Flora Bowley and your Bloom True Boot Camp. Apparently it’s also going to bring me a few more hours in the day so I can fit all this in and your Bloom True E-Course… I have faith! Things are much better now, calmer, and brighter. I can feel that inner glow returning… a kind of knowing where I used to cling to hope, faith instead of fear. I think I’m doin ok. Actually I think I might be happy. Whoohoo! Thank you Flora for inspiring me to invite the Sacred in xxx I expect today will be a day like all others. Today, at a frantic pace without stopping for food, breath or any form of self care or nurture whatsoever, I will spend every waking minute (and many when I should be sleeping) doing the things I have to do in order to somehow, magically, beyond all reasonable expectations or hope, get absolutely everything done so I can somehow finally, finally, finally, after soooooo many years trying... somehow one day get to do the things that my heart and soul and every ounce of my being are so longing to do. Yes.. insanity.. that's my life!!!
Even more insane... despite my very, very best efforts and intentions every single day for aaaall these years.. I'm not even very good at it. The house is never tidy or spotless, I never eat properly, the thing I treasured most.. my marriage is now gone, the kids are out of control and very rarely do I ever reach my one and only goal... Washing Nirvana!. That's where you have every single piece of dirty laundry washed, dried, ironed and put away before another piece of dirty laundry hits the laundry floor (never in the basket even though I've told them a million billion times!!!!!!). Oh but every day I get up and do it aaaaall over again. You go girl!!!! “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results". Albert Einstein Maybe today will be different. Maybe, just maybe today I will stop to smell the roses.. and eat. Maybe I will write this post instead of cleaning the house. Maybe things are changing. I can feel a shift. It's very exciting!!! Today WILL be different. |
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