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....thank you!


Appreciation is the highest form of prayer, for it acknowledges the presence of good wherever you shine the light of your thankful thoughts.
Alan Cohen








A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all other virtues.
-- Cicero

Maybe we're not supposed to be happy. 
 Maybe gratitude has nothing to do with joy. 
 Maybe being grateful means recognizing what you have for what it is.  
Appreciating small victories.
Admiring the struggle it takes simply to be human.  
Maybe we're thankful for the familiar things we know. 
 And maybe we're thankful for the things we'll never know.  At the end of the day, the fact that we have the courage to still be standing
 is reason enough to celebrate.
Meredith Grey




If you can't be content with what you have received, be thankful for what you have escaped.

-- Author Unknown




To educate yourself for the feeling of gratitude means to take nothing for granted, but to always seek out and value the kind that will stand behind the action. Nothing that is done for you is a matter of course. Everything originates in a will for the good, which is directed at you. Train yourself never to put off the word or action for the expression of gratitude.
-- Albert Schweitzer







May my feet rest firmly on the ground
May my head touch the sky
May I see clearly
May I have the capacity of listen
May I be free to touch
May my words be true
May my heart and mind be open
May my hands be empty to fill the need 
May my arms be open to others
May my gifts be revealed to me
So that I may return that which has been given
Completing the great circle.
The Terma Collective

Wishing you a wonderful day of thanks...
xo








...happiness song



Friend and fabulous artist Teri @ Teri's Artery sent the video for her 'happy song' favorite, so I thought I'd pass it along... If you decide to visit her blog (and you should) make sure to check out her painting of the poppy field, so beautiful....but all her art is grand.

.....ladies in waiting and Sacred Sunday





I’m feeling extraordinarily blessed today….

It might have something to do with spending most of my Sunday in my studio…
Some thing I haven’t done in a week....ever since company.

My studio is my sacred space.
It is a gift to me from my bear of a husband
….it’s not fancy
...and it so suits me
It is the place I can hang out and create or not….
I set the vibe.
I have music, a DVD player, telephone, windows, a bathroom, a little refrigerator,
I don’t have a microwave but I do have a tiny coffee pot that I use to make hot water for tea….

There is enough room so I can have a bed for Maia
(my most constant companion),
there is a futon, a desk and bookcases & my favorite thing,
a woodburning stove!!!
And of course my stuff….
books, cd’s, dvd’s, apron’s, jackets, slippers, coffee mugs, incense, tea, crackers, notebooks and journals, alters (2), cocoa bars
AND
my figures in every available space…
waiting to find their person…

And the art stuff
everything from bones & pods to elegant lace & fur…..
Lot’s of art stuff
much of it gifted to me.
I get the most amazing bundles of things from people….
gifts with the words,
“you might be able to use these in one of your figures….”.

Yesterday I cast a mask of my #1daughters face (oldest of two, thus #1, married to Wonderful-Son-In-Law and mother of Beloved Grandson).
I’m making her a Spirit Mask….
That meant we spent time together…
always a gift.

Today I woke up to a warm house and fresh coffee.
I took the dogs for a walk…
did a little meditating
what a gorgeous day it is!!!

Came back and turned on the news to see what I might be missing out in the world.
Seems we are having a Swine Flu outbreak...
sounds scary
…this ought to take our minds off of the financial mess,
the wars,
and the torture tapes
….everyone is being asked to go to the dr. if they think they might be infected
…I’m wondering if that includes the uninsured???

Turned off the news and put on some music…

Got a little laundry done and a little housework…
had a banana & strawberry smoothy with toast and strawberry jam….
and now I’m here with you, soon off to my studio…
Life doesn’t get much better. ….


And even though I'm blessed big time,
a few weeks ago I let my self get caught up in some fear…
bad thing
It seemed the more I carried it around with me,
the more less than desirable stuff started showing up…
It is so important for me to stay grounded and focused on what I want…
not what I don’t want.

Today is a full blown day of gratitude….
And you are included in my thoughts….
Big Hugs and Loads of Light….

2nd Saturday Art Hop, Sacred Sunday.....

Griz, Viv & Me....

I missed posting for Sacred Sunday, my brain just wouldn’t snap to and help me write….Being an artist is a solitary thing and when I go out into a space where I talk a lot it zaps my brain for a day or two, lol….

Even though I didn’t post last night I think I'll still do a Sacred Sunday post…Three things came up hugely for me this weekend….once again friendship….

That’s what Art Hop was all about…I spent the day with friends!!
It was a really fun and rewarding day…People did come, they did like what they saw (although I overheard a man telling his wife that my Spirit Figures look, “like aliens”, I guess he’s more right then wrong). We both sold some art and that is a very, very, nice validation …

.I sit here to write this and I immediately go to gratitude for the moments I was part of on Saturday. A lot of laughter, gift giving, people came with gifts for us us (me & Viv)!! And we had gifts for them….there was some soul to soul talk, and lot’s of hugs and kisses…We are a friendly group, artists and art lovers….I think you get the idea that I’m really, truly feeling happy and blessed with the way the way Second Saturday Art Hop went….It was a sacred day……

"Laughter is the closest distance between two people."--Victor Borge
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