Posts Tagged ‘Gratitude’

Today is the day!

A big step forward.

I just stepped in and signed the papers… there will be movement soon.  Thursday infact.

The Center for Joyful Living.

Watching in wonder!

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When asked this morning what excites me in my life…

  • The JOY that I feel every morning when I wake up! ♥ 
  • The gratitude that I feel every morning when I discover that I am breathing! ♥
  • The bliss that I feel every morning when I choose to LIVE the next moment fully! ♥

YES! ♥ Oh yes, there were other thoughts that flew into my head but the simple JOY of waking up was what resonated in my heart!

Sunrise

 

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What I see everyday…

I enjoy this business card so much. I don’t really know why I enjoy it, I have never really thought about it. But there it is, I look up . I enjoy the raw quality of this broken masculine image looking back at me.

I like that phrase … broken masculine image… ♥

Check the work of this local Toronto painter at Stev’nn Hall

This is also about the joy I have at having a camera in my hand all the time. I like where this photographic journal is going and the expression that it is generating. I love the ease of use.

View from my Desk - 9am - Toronto 2012

vis·ta

noun

1.

a view or prospect, especially one seen through a long, narrow avenue or passage, as between rows of trees or houses.
2.

such an avenue or passage, especially when formally planned.
3.

a far-reaching mental view: vistas of the future.

and on we GO! That word “ON” was very carefully chosen… Onward hoooo

Everything is full of contrast… light and dark, soft and hard, floating and still, fast and slow…

Finding the middle is a challenge and fun… The only thing that is not contrasted is the forward motion. I am moving ahead and there is nothing that indicates one step forward and two steps back.

ZOOM ZOOM

I can’t wait to see what happens with all of the movement.

Contrast + Motion - Rome 2009

Ingo Maurer and Zettel’z 5 are on their way to our dining room! YAY! Another poem in a delicious and delightful way!

The impulse turned to action and there was little judgement and little back and forth dithering and indecision. I look forward to the arrival of Zettle’z 5 the newest addition to home!

Zettel'z 5 it is Settled - January 2012

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Yesterday, was about the embodiment of touch… Today, will be about the embodiment of rejuvenation… Tomorrow, will be about the embodiment of …

em·bod·y

verb (used with object), -bod·ied, -bod·y·ing.

1. to give a concrete form to; express, personify, or exemplify in concrete form: to embody an idea in an allegorical painting.

2. to provide with a body; incarnate; make corporeal: to embody a spirit.

3. to collect into or include in a body; organize; incorporate.

4. to embrace or comprise.

I adore that I am able to live the life I choose and to be able to incorporate all that comes to me in the life I am given.

LIFE - Hawaii 2011

 
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Today I am UnWRAPPED

I usually carefully put myself together, wrapping myself up, making certain non of the loose ends are showing. There seems to be no wrapping today. I am full of all of my passions and full of all of my fears and full of all of the joys of my life.

I am particularly aware of how raw I feel when I hear, inconsistencies and unbalanced elements. Hearing imbalances, untruths, lies has me feel a little raw today. The world can be cruel and unkind. I will need to be extra generous with my own self care.

I will be sweet and kind and generous and finally extraordinarily gracious with myself in order to compensate for the: gas lighting, crazy making, unbalanced emotional response that takes place in me as I hear lies or untruths.

The sweetness and graciousness will allow me to glow. The glow will let me be safe and know that it is alright to be UnWRAPPED.

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I want a little sugar
in my bowl
I want a little sweetness
down in my soul
I could stand some lovin’


 

MMMMMMM YUM!

Pretty much everything is not as it seems. There are always layers and layers under and over and in and out.

Today I will look through the reflection and see what is under the surface. Today I will look further inside and outside to see what is.

Perhaps it is nothing… – ♥ –

Perhaps it is everything… – ♥ –

Not as IT SEEMS – Indiana June 2009

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Creative Expression is a constant source of Juice!

What travels trough me as creative energy manifests in so many ways. I love how I feel when I am creative and when the creation is moving through me.

Creative Expression - December 2011

YUM
  1. An expression used to indicate delight in regard to a certain food’s flavor

-♥-

My version: ~ The sound made when releasing through a hum, with the tongue lowered… and expressing delight!

Today I will be in the YUM of release. A day when I take care of chores, the laundry, repositioning all of the supplies from the weekend. Today I will take care of all of this and be in the YUM of the release from the weekend. YUM … -♥- … YUM … -♥- … YUM

And I can smile and be grateful all at the same time…

LOVE -♥- Juicy Heart 

YUM … -♥- … YUM … -♥- … YUM

YUM ... -♥- ... YUM ... -♥- ... YUM - an expression of delight - Bologna 2010

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