Haiku My Heart–What Are You Building ?

What are you building ?

Does it reflect your Deep Soul ?

If not, make it so.

 

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So I have a few visitors in my Art Journal today.

One is a teacher of mine who I was lucky enough to spend two days with last fall at Art Is You in Stamford, CT.

Tracy Verdugo, who is from Australia, teaches intuitive painting and I feel her influence in this piece in at least two ways.

First off, the elephant.

Tracy has been painting gorgeous elephants in her work lately and when I saw this red blob of ink appear on the page, with its curled trunk in place, that is what came to mind immediately.

Tracy also just happened to share this link this morning on her FB page.

She was pondering this same question “What are you building?”. That question seems to have inspired this whole piece, though it was the last thing I added with alphabet stamps.

The second visitor has to do with the elephant as well.

Today, I welcomed Ganesh, the Remover of Obstacles onto my page.

image from here

image from here

 

Ganesh’s visit makes a lot sense to me.

I am in a kind of limbo land for quite a few things in my life right now.

Focusing on the larger picture and what kind of life I want to be building, as well as staying in a place of great gratitude for what I have right now,

seems to be the work of this time.

I am up for it !

And having a bit of Ganesh’s help sure can’t hurt !

 

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What are you building today, Beautiful Ones ?

I hope it is a happy Friday for you !

 

 

I believe our hostess, Rebecca is away this week, but be sure to visit recuerda mi corzaon for more haiku love soon.

Sharing the Joy–What energy creates…

It’s been a grey day.

I am still pretty low energy but feeling so much better.

I joyfully spent the day streaming movies on the iPad and happily stitching away.

And seeing what today’s energy creates…

I hope your Thursday was full of quiet joy, Beautiful Ones !

 

Head off to Meri’s Musings to witness more joy sharing.

Share the Joy–Goodies to Share

From this week’s Joy List…

I’m not going to lie.

Last week’s eb immersion workshop was wonderful

but I have been extremely tired and wiped out since I got home.

Just enough energy to lie about with my furry babies and snuggle…

and reconnect with this sweet bundle of joy, My Cute Hubby Man.

Finally, after a really good night’s sleep last night,

I am feeling more like myself today!

I had the energy to photograph and list some goodies in the old Etsy shop.

You are my Sunshine Rock Being.

You are Magic pouch and journal

Pink Temple Treasure Tin

Map Your Way embroidered neck pouch and journals.

It feels so good to have this growing collection of art bits that I am really proud of and love, and am anxious to share.

And now that I have myself back a bit,

I can get back to creating more !

What joy !

Happy, happy Thursday, Beautiful Ones!

 

For more joy celebrating, head over to the always magical Meri’s blog !

Share the Joy Thursday–Refilling the Bucket

So I find myself depleted.

depleted past participle, past tense of de·plete (Verb)

Verb: 1. Use up the supply of; exhaust the abundance of, 2.diminish in number or quantity.

Jen Louden, whose blog is called “Savor and Serve the World”, wrote this blog post entitled “Stop the cycle of over-providing”. I read it yesterday and it was one of those moments where you just know the Universe was giving you that crystal clear message you were looking for.

I am depleted from overproviding for everyone else but myself.

So today, now,

I have no choice if I want to live the one precious life the way my Soul truly wants me to live.

Today, now,

I am going to deepen my practice of belonging to myself, as Jen suggests as an antidote to this depleted feeling.

Today is going to be all about me, in the very best, super healthiest way possible.

And along the way I know I will find joy.

Take good care of you, Beautiful Ones !

Big Love !

For more joy, visit Meri at Meri’s Musings.

PS : Happy Birthday to my beautiful Writer-Lady friend, Patti Digh, and also to her amazing daughter, Emma. Love and light to you both !

This Kind of Living…

My journey brought me here :

where I brought little gifts to a dear friend.

The time we spent together was precious to me, mind, body and soul.

There, I gathered, with some help from my friends,

many a treasure.

Feeling full, supported, loved, and connected,

I created an energy bundle.

With my bundle carefully packaged for travel, I brought it north

to these two amazing spirits.

Together, we three put the energy to great use.

And for this kind of living,

I am so very grateful.

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Happy Sunday, Beautiful Ones !

And Happy Canada Day to my fellow country men and women!