Imagine....A Reflection

reflect...
patterns...
past...
present...
future...
trust
and imagine.

Today, I am reflecting on my week and the word imagine has appeared. So today, I am imagining how smoothly things can go when you take time to reflect on the patterns of your life. By trusting that there is so much more that I have to say. By willingly looking closely to my past and present I am open to both the positive and the negative without fear. Leaving room to imagine a future that becomes that much more brilliant. Today, as I reflect on this week, I have been aware of my heart opening to different views. Aware of being open and filling myself with joy. I am aware of introspection and being understanding. Today, as I reflect on this week I see my past, my present and my future moving closer together and I imagine it filled with great warmth.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: As you reflect on your week, what can you imagine your life being filled with?

Introspection

understanding...
serving...
choices...
recognizing...
engaging in
introspection.

Today, I am focused on introspection. I am understanding and gently looking at choices that I make. I am looking at my past and by present to see what is working the best, and what will serve me the most. Introspection that is helping me find new ways to grow and understand myself. I am recognizing in very small ways who I essentially am. Today, I engage in introspection to learn to create more peace, a greater sense of my creative purpose and my soul's passion. Although there are things that cause me to step back at moments, to shut down and close up...Today, I am aware to recognize and honor all sides of myself. Today, my introspection is guiding me to create more significance in my life.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: What can your own introspection show you today?

Joyous

with joy...
with love...
with gratitude...
i openly celebrate
YOU...
my blessing.

Today, I cannot help but be aware of my joyous emotions...For today, is my son's birthday. Today, some 33 years ago at 12:01 in the afternoon I received one of my most joyous blessings . A bundle of blue to nurture and love forever! My son is the most amazing man I know...gentle of spirit, wise and intelligent, kind beyond reason with a soul that is so deep. He has shown me great happiness and joy all these years. Yes, there have been tears, but none that we could not work out...but the love strengthened every time. My son, is the person who understands and gets me the most. My son, whom I love, admire and respect is having a birthday today...and I celebrate him, more so today, for the precious blessing that he is in my life. Happy Birthday J....I love you! I celebrate joyously!!
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: Even if it is not a birthday of a special person in your life today, who can you let know that they are a blessing to you?

Breathe...

open.
allow.
believe.
stretch.
breathe
in the wholeness.
breathe deep...

Today I am aware to breathe. To breathe in the wholeness of my life. To take a deep breath and let it out slowly...purposely. Today, as I do this, I am aware that I am allowing myself to stretch, to be open, and to believe that the realization of my dreams is coming true in so many ways. Today, I am aware to breathe...allowing myself to feel the sensations of my life from birth to present day. Today, I am aware that all my breaths have brought me to this moment in time, this moment where I can gather all that I am and dream still of all that I am yet to be. Today, I am aware to breathe...to breathe in the spirit, the love, the gratitude, the experiences and the knowing. Today, I open wide with a deep breath.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: As you take a deep breath today, what can you be aware of to feel your wholeness of life?

Growing heart...

sharing...
emotions...
positive...
intentions...
listening
to my
growing heart.

Today, I am aware of my growing heart. How when I give of my heart with a positive intention, with the gift of words, gifts of hand held love, or gifts of deeds...it is the feeling that is behind my actions that matters the most. These feelings are transmitted to the receiver with all the emotions that come directly from my heart. Today, I am aware that by giving of myself to others my heart grows and allows me to be blessed in return.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: How can you listen closer to your intentions to allow your heart to grow today?

A Shimmer of Something...An Extra Thought...

When I started to do my affirmation journal, two years ago, I decided at that time to do them Monday through Thursday with a reflection of the week on Friday. This in turn gave me the time on Saturday and Sunday to visit and revisit the lessons that my soul was speaking. Those of you who venture here are aware of this journey...but TODAY...today, my soul was speaking to me and I could not deny it...I could not deny to record it...for it spoke a message that perhaps was something I needed to hear. So on this rare Saturday, I record my affirmation...

A shimmer of something

awaken...
be aware...
listen closely...
feel the warmth...
stretch...
with new life
toward the shimmer
of something...
toward your truth.

Today, my spirit is sending me a message of truth in small shimmers...Perhaps, I have been somewhat aware of the shimmers over the past few weeks, but I did not hear it the way that I did today. When I am not aware of the whole picture and only get glimpses then sometimes the picture looks differently in the beginning than it does at the end. Today, the shimmers are brighter, and warmer...today, I am more aware of the total picture than I was before. Today, I am aware that I was not listening close enough before today. But, today, I stretch with a new life
toward the shimmering truth and I am awakened and aware.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: What can you witness today, to be aware of the shimmer of something within your own truth?

Spirit ... A Reflection

spirit...
reflection...
trust...
intuition...
truth...
understanding...
my process.

Today is a day of reflection of my spirit. Today, as I reflect on this week I am aware that this reflection of spirit is so important. I am aware that the most important thing is to trust my own intuition..listening closely to my inner self. Today, as I reflect on my week I am aware that it is part of the process of following the whispers that my soul speaks. Looking inside and putting my trust in myself and my truth. Today, as I reflect on my week and my spirit, I see and hear the messages that are helping me to better understand my life as a whole. This week I appreciated the many blessings that are in my life and new ones that have come my way. I shared who I am and who I use to be. I celebrated my love for those who surround me, and I was inspired by others and myself. Today, I am aware that my spirit continues to reveal itself to me as I grow in belief and strength.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: As you reflect on your week, what insight and understanding did you find?

Inspiration

Introducing...
thinking...
insights...
experiences..
exposure...
rich with inspiration.

Today, I am aware of inspiration. Where it comes from and how I need to be always present to be aware of it. Inspiration that comes from so many different places that can broaden my way of thinking. It comes from the sun waking me in the morning and the moon kissing me at night. It comes from other people and their insights and experiences . It comes from the sound of laughter and the presence of tears. Today, I am aware of inspiration, and how exposing myself can make me richer in all sorts of wonderful ways. Today, I am aware of the shapes and colors of my world and what inspires the happiness within. Today, I am finding that by receiving inspiration from the outside I can give more of myself from the inside. Openly...honestly...and lovingly.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: Where can you draw some inspiration from today?

Celebration!

gathering...
energy...
festive...
merriness...
light hearted...
A celebration of life.

Today, I am aware of celebrations. How many times we do this in the course of a year, for special times, such as birthdays, holidays, mother's day, father's day....but today is a different sort of celebration. Today, I celebrate LIFE! My life...my family's life...my friends...and my loves! Today, with a totally festive merriness I will gather with love ones for a celebration of self...of love..and of togetherness. By doing this we can share our joys, our hearts, our love, our successes, both with inspiration and delight. Today, I am aware of celebrations and realize that you do not need a special time to do this, it can be any day you choose to focus on the celebration of the love that you have in your life.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: How can you celebrate your life today?

Sharing

stories...
dreams...
past...
future...
present...
beliefs...
growth...
sharing who you are.

Today, I am aware of sharing. By sharing stories with others you began to become more in tune with yourself and your growth. By sharing dreams of the past and future, you become more aware of the things that have directed you to the paths that you have chosen. By sharing your growth with yourself and others you see that life can allow you to blossom from deep within. Today, I am aware of sharing...sharing all of these things to others is allowing me to share them with myself. And by sharing them with myself I continue to form new ideas, new dreams, and a newness of my heart. Once you start to open up and share you begin to see the beauty that is in your life and what surrounds you and helps you to grow...Today, I am aware of sharing who I am...
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: Who can you share a piece of yourself with today?

Appreciation

positive...
encouragement...
compliments...
kindness...
generosity...
nesting with appreciation.

Today, I am aware of my appreciation for all the positive words and encouragement from family, friends and even strangers. This appreciation allows me to reinforce my nest with my dreams and the wonderful feeling it brings my way. Today, I am aware that my nest is full of dreams that have been accomplished with the help of all this reinforcement. When I express my heart felt kindness I lessen any negativity I have. I strengthen my nest, allowing more and more positive energy to come my way. My nest becomes intertwined with more gratitude, more love, and that pleasure allows me to dream different dreams while honoring those that have been accomplished. Today, I am aware of my appreciation that has helped to build a strong foundation to my nest.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: What can you appreciate today that has helped your foundation to be a little stronger?

Goodness.....A reflection

pausing...
shifting...
focusing...
on joy...
on happiness...
on heartfelt
goodness.

Today, as I reflect on my week I am aware of the goodness within my heart. I am aware that when I pause to allow thoughts from the past enter I can see them differently. I am aware that if I shift my focus from myself to others I can hear their hearts. Today, I am aware that if I focus my spirit I can see the abundance of love that has been (even when not recognizable) and is in my life. Causing me, today to feel and honor myself and others with great happiness. By seeing the goodness of my heart and of the heart of others, I am better able to see the blessings. Knowing that today, I am feeling positive, joyful and grateful for those blessings both past and present. Today, I am aware of the goodness of my heart, and the goodness within others.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: What goodness can you pause, shift or focus on that will fill your heart today?

Love

love...
sparks...
flows...
surrounds...
from the inside out.

HAPPY SAINT VALENTINE DAY...
Today, I am aware of Love. All the the different types and emotional explosions of love. The love that we have for others that we give freely...and the love that is returned. The love that you have for a child, a lover, a friend, a spouse, a grandchild, and for your self. Present loves, past loves, and the unknown of future loves. How totally different in emotions they are from one another. And yet how uniquely the same. Love that can cause tears, that can can cause complete joy and happiness, love that can help you grow, and the love that can stop you in your tracks. Unconditional love, unwanted love, unrequited love, dreamy love, soft love, hard love, puppy love. Love, the first emotion that we learn that can both comfort us and sting. Love...the emotion that ties us all together. Love...has been written about, sung about and made into movies. It makes the world go round, brings you up when you are down, makes you want to run and ride, or turn your back on it completely. Today, I am aware of Love...of the master part it plays in my life...how it sparks and flows from the inside out..and how in return it is brought back to me with this same energy. Love...Today, I am aware that it surrounds me in so many different ways...and I release it from the inside out unconditionally to those who touch my life...and to those lives that I touch. Today, may you be aware of how full your heart can be from the inside out and may you express it with an explosion of happiness to yourself and those you love.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: Who can you share your love with unconditionally today from the inside out?

Exposure

exposing...
insights...
experiences...
colors...
warmth...
growth...

Today, I am aware of exposure. Exposing myself to my world, past...present...and future. How by exposing where I have been gives me insights to who I have become. How by exposing the experiences of my life gives me insights to how I have reached this point. How by exposing my colors and creativity, I see things with different eyes. How by exposing my warmth, I can better serve who I am and where I want to go. Today, I am aware of exposure, and realize that by doing so my spirit is lifted and I face the sun.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: What can you expose to yourself or another that will allow you to face the sun?

Energy Exchange...

exchanging...
connecting...
reinforcing...
pursuing...
with a renewed energy..

Today, I am aware of what happens when there is an energy exchange between people. That by exchanging both the questions and the truth you begin to find a balance. When you start to exchange true energy with others from the core of truth you unconsciously begin to energize each other. You begin to fill voids between one another...eventually coming to a place where you will stand on equal ground. This exchange of energy helps to reinforce each person, emotionally, mentally, creatively, and soulfully. Arriving at a place where you feel whole, full, and have a sense of growth. Today, I am aware that when you exchange energy like this, you become more of your true self.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: Who can you have an exchange of energy with today, to better reach your dreams?

Open...

opening...
the petals
of truth...
honestly...
longingly...
freely...
with trust

Today, I am aware of being open. Open to the petals of who I once was, and who I am now. Opening all of the things that have helped to form the person that I am today. Today, I am aware that my willingness to share who I am must be done by being totally honest...to the point of being vulnerable. By exposing the whole flower, the leaves that perhaps are ready to fall off the stem and the new growth, comes from my center. Allowing me to expose who I am to myself and to others. By trusting freely I am becoming comfortable enough with both the old and new petals that make up who I am today. Today, I am aware of being open to all aspects of my life.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: What are you willing to share to open your soul freely today?

Comfort....A reflection

wrapped in comfort
as i gather...
wrapped in comfort
as i open up...
wrapped in comfort
as i blossom...
wrapped in comfort
as i remember...
wrapped in the comfort of me.

Today, as I reflect on this week I am wrapping myself, my spirit, my inner child, my dreams, my memories, and my happiness in comfort. I am so aware today, of the emotions that are truly me. I am aware of the fact that self comforting is so important to who I am and what I do. That by wrapping myself up in comfort I am supported by the love that I have for what I do and who I am. Today, as I reflect on this glorious week, I take that comfort and use it to warm myself and move forward in growth, in nesting, in happiness, and in creativity. Today, I am aware that it is this comfort that allows me to continue to take the smallest of steps, and the largest of leaps. Today, I wrap myself in comfort...the comfort that allows me to be me.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: Today as you reflect on your week, what comfort can you wrap yourself in?

Remembering

remembering...
a wish...
a dream...
a life time...
remembering...
yesterday...
today...
forever.

Today, I am aware of remembering. Of remembering things that have helped to form the person that I am today, right now. Remembering some of the things that have helped to mold and shape me...of wishes and dreams from the past that are still present. Today, I am aware of remembering. From the smallest of memories to the largest. Today, as I remember I am filled with a sense of accomplishment, a sense of loss, and a sense of belief. Today, I am aware that those memories fill my soul, fill my senses, and fill my path but that there is also so much room for growth. Today, I grow with my memories.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: What can you remember today to bring you a sense of growth?

Aspiring

preparing...
manifesting...
happiness
joy
blossoming
growing
aspiring...

Today, I am aware of the growth pattern that I am aspiring to. Today, I am aware that my thoughts and actions are what brings things to me and around me. Today, I am aware that I aspire to be happy...full of joy...to blossom and grow beyond the stem. Today, I aspire to stay in this moment ... today, I aspire to prepare for new growth... today, I aspire to be aware of my happiness and joy....Today, I am aware of the growth pattern that I am aspiring to.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: What are you aspiring to be aware of today?

Core

open...
exposed...
to me...
to my creativity...
to life..
open...
to my
core.

Today, I am aware of my core...of being open to the seedlings that lie within it. I am aware that my exposure to myself is becoming clearer. I am seeing things from different angles, I am exposing more of who I am and what I want to myself. Today, I am aware of my core..and that by being more open to my creativity I can see where it might be leading me...I can feel my life shifting...and I become more open to all the possibilities. Some things that once seemed so important now seem to have shifted and hold less importance. Today, I am aware that the seedlings of my core are many and I am just beginning to see the potential of being open to them. Today, I am aware of my core.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: What seedling in your core are you aware of today?

gathering..

gathering..
re-gathering...
passion...
skills...
ideas...
gathering...
to build a new nest...

Today, I am aware of gathering...gathering my passion for my creativity. Today, I have been elbow deep in paint..challenging myself with new ideas and skills. Today, I am aware that I am gathering all sides of my creativity to build a new nest. A nest that is feathered with the various things that I do...A nest that is comfortable and made with love. Today, I am aware that I am gathering all that I am and all that I can be. I am comfortable today with this gathering...
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: What can you gather to you today, to help you build a new nest?

Look in all directions...A reflection

turn...
around...
turn...
look...
the direction
is clear
no matter
which way
just follow your heart....

Today I am aware of the many directions that branch out from my core...the directions, that if I look closely...if I turn around...if I look side ways...I realize that it doesn't matter the direction. As long as I am following my heart it is the right direction to go. Today, I am aware that some days, some weeks just seem harder than others, sometimes there are just obstacles to overcome. But the truth is ...it never really changes the direction. The direction that I have come to listen to daily... the direction that speaks to me in a softness from my soul...the direction that allows me to realize that change is nothing to fear or dread. It is just a different opening ...another color added to the core...another star that either comes a little closer in view or bursts into two different stars. Today, I am aware as I reflect on this week, that although there has been a great deal of change I am still aware that as long as I follow my heart I can look in any direction and see the colors of my life.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: Reflecting on your week have you found a way to listen to your heart to find your direction?