What if...

What if you woke every morning with the spirit of a child?

Every speck of nature a mystery.

Every color of the rainbow sheer joy.

Every person you met your new best friend.

What if you woke every morning with a fresh new outlook?

Every possibility waiting for you.

Every capability owned by you.

Every moment new and valuable.

What if you lived today like it was your last?

Every loved one embraced.

Every moment cherished.

Every experience fully appreciated.

What if you lived your life outloud?

Every action intentional.

Every dream reached for.

Every bit of yourself accepted by yourself.

What if you loved yourself unconditionally?

Every flaw erased and viewed as uniqueness.

Every inch of your skin viewed as the perfect gift of creation.

Every fiber of your being filled with love from the inside radiating out.

What if you saw the magic in life?

Every fairytale a possibility.

Every wish, hope and dream believed.

Every day a gift of spirit.

Well? What are you waiting for!

It's up to you!

Start your day with "What if...?"

Choose to answer with "YES! I can!"

Embrace the possibilities.

Believe in yourself.

Live life to the fullest.

Every morning we wake with the gift of a new day.

Spend it wisely.

Pain & Profanity

Been MIA around here lately.

Dealing with massive fibro flare.

Doc informed me I'm presenting with thoracic outlet syndrome as well as fibro.

Another pain disorder.

Yay. (note the sarcasm there?)

Shit, shit, shit!

Just what I need.

More pain, less gain.

Fibro causes complications with exercise

which is quite a shame considering endorphin release helps pain

and exercise helps release endorphins.

So what's a girl to do?

Sex.

Yup. I said it.

Sex.

Ever notice how a good roll in the hay (temporarily) takes pain away?

If they have learned to bottle serotonin and melotonin,

how come no one has invested in the bottling of endorphin?

Ca-ching!!!!

Do I hear a money maker?

Then again, one would have to be sure to make them time release capsules.

We wouldn't want the whole world walking around with silly grins,

craving a smoke,

wanting to cuddle!

or would we?!?!?!!!

(best silly grin representation I could find in my files on the fly... tee hee!)

Play Date

A friend and I have play dates.

Creative play dates.

We visit art shows, fiber fares, shop handmade.

Last weekend we had a create date.

I met her at her house and we pulled out some paints and played.

I'm not a painter.

Never used acrylics before.

She handed over a giant canvas (gulp!)

and told me to paint.

It was intimidating.

Gertrude (my inner critic) must have been hiding in the back seat on the way over

because she came out of nowhere and started razzing me.

The music went on, paints were mixed and played with,

I shushed Gertrude and painted.

I know it's no masterpiece and I don't claim to be able to paint

(I love encaustics, mixed media, collage because it's so forgiving).

I did not finish it there as I ran out of time,

but when I stepped back to look at what I had done,

I was pretty darned proud of myself!

I brought my daffodil home and propped it up on the dresser.

When I woke the next morning to see my sunny flower beaming at me

it made me smile.

Take THAT Gertrude!

I challenge you to embrace this day with creative energy.
Kick your critic to the curb.

Write, cook, paint.

Do something creative.

Tap into your inner child and play.