Monday Morning re-set

Monday morning was hard for Chica and me today.

Okay, much more for me than Chica. She’s just hanging out like her 10 year old doggie self.

I, on the other hand, am dragging my butt.

The kind of butt dragging that even purple Chucks

a shower and getting dressed in some comfy duds doesn’t even help.

David and I worked really hard this weekend,

painting, cleaning, sorting, and making multiple trips to Home Depot for supplies.

That’s going to the new normal here for a while.

This I know.

But I got strong reminders this morning that even in the midst of busy and a million “have to’s”,

there still has to be time for creative juicy living.

That is my purpose here on this planet, so that has to be a priority, no matter what !

So I took a half and hour and did this little journaling exercise inspired by a Pinterest pin I saw.

And then I took a bit of time to create this blog post.

Ahhhhh…

Feels good.

Like a soak in a tub,

or putting on your favorite jeans or shoes…

Giving thanks to my beautiful creative soul for the reminder !

Happy Monday, Beautiful Ones !

Remember to breathe…

Morning Gifts

From where I stand this Monday morning, November 18, 2013.

New art doodles, new Rock Beings, new day…

 

Centering Thought : A gift resides in every moment.

(From Deepak Chopra)

 

May your Monday be full of light, Beautiful Ones !

Haiku My Heart–Let the Heart Choose

Choices float in minds

Will this one be right or wrong ?

Listen to the heart.

It seems like so many of us are questioning…

thinking,

analyzing,

pondering,

debating,

and often,

worrying

about choices.

All of this is taking place in our minds.

If you are anything like me,

that can be a scary, chaotic place sometimes…

Now the heart…

ah, the heart…

Bringing choice closer to our heart…

Doesn’t that just feel better ?

I know the mind has its purpose and its work to do,

but on this day,

this longest day,

this first day of summer,

I think I will let the heart be in charge !

Morning in the studio and

afternoon at the beach !

That’s what the beautiful heart of mine wants !

Happy Solstice, Beautiful Ones !

Listen to your sweet heart today.

 

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Haiku My Heart–The Words Said…

The pursuit wears on.

Strive, change, chase, never enough.

Just be happy NOW !

(Little Happy decked out for the day in the studio)

 

This morning I awoke with that striving mode, self-defeating monkey brain crap in my head.

“Yeah, you’re making changes but you have so much to change, you’ll never get there !”

“Other people have the answers and are applying them and having “success”. It must be you who is weak.”

“Weak.”

“Weak.”

Man, it sucks to wake up like that.

I got up, poured myself a cup of coffee and headed to the computer.

One of the first things I read on Facebook was this :

(SheRecovers image)

This morning, these were the exact words I needed to banish the monkey brain and those negative thoughts !

JUST BE HAPPY.

Those words started ringing in my mind like a sweet chime.

I took a bunch of deep breaths and thought “Yes.”

Felt “Yes.”

Phew…

Of course, monkey brain tried a few times to put up a fight, focused on what was “wrong” and “not enough”,

but the real me is finding the strength to tell that pain in the butt part of my brain to f-off !

So the plan for today is focusing on

just

being

happy.

And just maybe,

with a little help from my monkey brain banishing friends,

I can BE there for awhile.

 

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Happy Friday, Beautiful Ones !

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