Gladness

positive...
up beat...
joyful...
giving...
outwardly
my
inner gladness.

Today, I am aware of my inner gladness. With this gladness I am aware of how positive and up beat I am feeling. By being aware of the inner gladness... I am feeling inspired...I am feeling cheerful... I am feeling very giving...Today , I am aware of my inner gladness. I see everything brighter...more playful...more loving. Today, I am aware of my joyful heart and the gladness that I wish to express so positively today.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: What message can your inner gladness bring to you today?

Transforming...

new experiences...
new growth...
change...
dreams...
flourishing
and
transforming.

Today, I am aware of all the things that are transforming around me. The coming of Spring the buds appearing on the trees, and flowers starting to peek out from underneath the ground. Green shoots that will soon become beautiful flowers. Today, I am aware that although transformation can sometimes not be comfortable it allows you to grow. Today, I am aware that new experiences and different things allow me to change...to transform...Allowing me to realize my dreams and flourish.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: As you witness Spring what transformation can you see happening in your life?

Glowing heart...A reflection....

glowing...
alive...
radiant...
contented...
blissful...
my heart.

Today, I am aware of my glowing heart. As I reflect on my week and the messages that I have listened to. Today, I am truly aware that I am the KEY holder...that I can unlock or lock up anything that I am afraid of or love. I am aware that my commitments are strong and dedicated both in my creative life and my personal surroundings. Today, I am aware that the seeds that I plant are nourished from within and that they rise with my spirit upward...Today, I am aware of the need to relax both my mind and my body in order to be peaceful. Today, as I reflect on my week I am aware that my heart is glowing... that I feel alive with the birth of Spring..with my creativity...with my glowing heart...
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: What can you be aware of today from the center of your glowing heart?

Relaxing...

my mind...
my body...
calming...
peacefully...
relaxing.

Today, I am aware to relax...I am aware to relax both my mind and my body in the stillness that surrounds me. I am aware that by relieving the stress that is running through my physical being that I can calm the negative messages that I some times believe...I can release the tension. Today, I am aware to relax...To enjoy the moment...embrace the day...see the stars...and feel the strength that I have. Today, I am aware to relax...allowing me to regain my emotions...my clarity...my thoughts. Today, I am aware to relax and I see myself more clearly and I see my stars within my reach.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: What can you be aware of today as you allow yourself a moment to relax?

Create...

committed...
focused...
dedicated...
strong...
I
create.

Today, I am aware to create. To create with color and positive attention. Today, I am deep into my devotion to the creative spirit in order not to swirl within the ego thoughts that some times take over me...Today, I am aware that this creative time helps me to be the best person I can be.Causing me to strive a little more in my every day life to bring that creative spirit to every thing I do and say. Today, I am aware to be strong....to be committed...to be focused ... to be dedicated to all that I create.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: How can you bring your creative spirit into all that you do today?

Seeds...

rising...
upward...
spiritually...
with strength..
from
the seeds
of creativity.

Today, I am aware of the seeds that stimulate my creativity and how they grow in my life and nurture me. That although some of these seeds are different from the others they give me strength and allow me to rise upward and find a different star shining in my direction. Today, I am aware of the seeds that help me to stay true to my beliefs and with respect and consideration I can acknowledge them. And although these seeds appear to be similar, I know that they are not. I am aware that they each carry a different message for me, a different strength, a different point of view. Today, I will be kind to myself because of these seeds that I am aware of. Today, I will discover more creativity by being aware that there is more than one flower that grows in my garden. Today, I am aware of the seeds that bring me quietly to the place that I long to be.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: What seeds of creativity can you learn from today?

the key

guarded...
caution...
explore...
discover...
safely...
unlocking
with
the key.

Today, I am aware of the key...the key that is floating right in front of me. Today, I am aware that by moving ahead with caution I know to enter new directions carefully. To explore and discover with safety. Today while listening I have become aware to propel my self toward my goals...my dream...my hearts desires. To feel comfortable with myself...to feel the safety of my beliefs...to be guarded but open...to be cautious but aware. Today, as I listen, I am aware that the key appears before me to unlock my secrets safely.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: What does your key unlock for you today?

Swirling...

change...
continuously...
evolving...
listening...
trusting...
as I swirl.

Today, being Saturday I am posting this special mandala. Today, I have been aware of the swirling that is taking place in my life. How on this day, I am aware that change in ones regular routine causes a person of comfort to feel uncomfortable! So today, as I swirl I am aware of how important it is to listen from within. Today, as I swirl, I am aware of how to trust the center of who I am. For within the swirl my heart speaks my truth. Today I am aware that to many swirls
can pull me in different directions. So today, as I swirl..I am aware of the repetition ... I am aware that it is nothing new to me...I am aware of the colors...I am aware to be silent...I am aware to listen...I am aware of the truth that comes from my heart..
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: How can you listen to your heart today?

Positive...A reflection...

Optimistic...
overcoming...
strong...
diligent...
moving
forward
positively.

Today, I am aware of being positive. I am aware to move forward with a positive push that allows me to take on challenges that I might not have contemplated before. Today, I am aware that this push energizes me and is giving me inspiration as I move forward. As I reflect on my week I am aware of the patterns in my life...and the blessing that they bring me whether they are trials or triumphs. I am aware that I must bring in more play to my life in order to feel the love for what I do. I am aware that with new beginnings comes new growth and that I should laugh more within my life. And today, as I reflect on this week I am aware of the movement that goes on around me that brings both my fears and my desires. Today, I am aware to be positive with all of these messages.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: As you reflect on your week what positive messages did you hear?

Pattern

triumphs...
trials...
good fortune..
gratitude...
blessings...
prosperous...
growth...
the pattern
of life.

Today, I am aware of patterns. The patterns that present them self in my life almost daily. Today I am aware of both the triumphs and the trials of my life...how each has a lesson for me within its pattern. I am aware to understand these patterns with blessings. I grow each day with the patterns that I am aware of today. I am aware today, to be grateful for the abundance of patterns that bless my life.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: What patterns in your life can you be aware of today to see your blessings?

Playing...

On the limb...
playing...
dancing...
joyously...
bonding...
with growth
and love.

Today, I am aware of the delight of playing. Of being light-hearted and child like. Today, I am aware that placing myself on the limb with my heart and swaying in the breeze allows that freedom of play. That play strengthens the bond of the heart and of growth. Being playful allows time to connect...allows you to feel good and create a memory of joy. It is these playful moments that will help you get through less light-hearted times.Today, I make a play date with myself. Today, I am aware of the delight of playing as I lightly sway with the gentle breeze.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: Today, can you make a play date to delight yourself?

New Day!

New Beginnings...
New growth...
Winds of change...
Visit my garden.
Change with joy...
laugh with life...
this new day.

Today, as I sat down to be quiet and reflect, the song of a bird called to me from outside the window. I sat for a moment still trying to reflect and it sang louder and caused me to rise up and see who was singing for me. It was a Robin there in the tree....singing a song of new beginnings..singing a song of new growth and the coming of Spring. Reminding me to be aware of this new day and the changes that will happen as I meet it with joy...and the song of laughter that I sing as I connect with life...This Robin, singing so sweetly to me this morning, allows me to be aware of the garden I am planting and to take care to nourish myself with the happiness of this new day.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: What can you be aware of to nourish yourself with the happiness of this new day?

Movement

movement...
change...
unknown...
energy...
both
fear
and
desire.

Today I am aware of movement. The movement of my connections with others. Today, I am aware that although this movement rides many tides it is full of energy. Today, I am aware of movement...by staying in touch, by sharing experiences, by nurturing closeness, by allowing all this to happen...the movement brings me closer to the surface of life and my inner most fears and desires.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: Are you aware of the movement today, as you ride your tide?

Welcome...A reflection

sharing.
resting.
releasing.
love.
joy.
laughter.
welcome...
welcome...
welcome...

Today I am welcoming in all the messages from my week. I am floating and I feel full. I am overflowing with the reflection of this week. I have been creative, I have been relaxed, I have been overflowing with laughter and joy this week. I have taken so much time to be present, to witness these days, and face the sun. I have been shifting and flying as I release some old beliefs that needed to be let go off. I have been resting in my truths and my dreams. And I am allowing myself to fly freely toward the blue sky. Today, as I reflect on my week I am aware that butterflies visited me each day during my listening time and that they brought a message of staying in the present. Today, as I reflect on my week,I am aware that those same butterflies bring me wings to fly and flowers to grow. Today as I reflect I am truly aware of what a very good week it has been . Today, I am welcoming all of these messages and I am aware that I am exactly where I am suppose to be at this very moment. Flying freely and following the direction of the fragrant flowers.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: As you reflect on your week what messages were delivered your way over and over again?

Present

breathe deep...
let loose...
let life in...
let freedom in...
let dreams in...
face the sun...
and fly
in the present day.

Today I am aware to be present. To breathe deeply and let my life today be present. Careful not to project to far to the past...careful not to project to far to the future. Today, I am aware to be present and face the sun of this day. To let the dreams of this day take me to flight. To stay present is often a difficult thing to do...we are usually in such a hurry to get to the tomorrow that we sometimes neglect the here and the now. Today, I am aware to be present...to float here in the freedom of the day...to loosen the spirits of yesterday and not project into tomorrow. Today, I am aware to be present...present in this beautiful day gifted to me. Today, I am aware to breathe and breathe and then breathe some more..strong, deep, spiritual breaths that will allow me to experience this day to the fullest.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: How deep a breath can you take today, to allow your self to be present in this beautiful day?

Releasing

releasing...
perceptions.
releasing...
old beliefs.
releasing...
resistance.
shifting.
flying.
releasing...
myself.

Today I am aware of releasing. Releasing old beliefs that no longer serve me well. Releasing some perceptions that I have of myself...of life...of labels...of good and bad...right and wrong, that have been instilled within me forever. Today, I am aware of releasing and by releasing some of these thoughts, these beliefs, these labels I am able to shift and begin a flight to dreams that appear before me. Today, I am aware of releasing and that by letting go of some to my weight I am able to release myself and fly. Today, I am aware of releasing...and the new found freedom of choice and growth that I give to myself.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: What one thing can you release today, to give your self some new found freedom?

Resting...

resting...
in my truth.
resting...
in my dreams.
resting...
in my reality.
lightly
resting.

Today I am aware of resting. Lightly resting in the reality of now. I am resting with the truth of things that have been presented to me...I am resting in the dreams that my heart feels...I am resting lightly right here, right now. Today, I am aware that some of my illusions have been lifted, that I am resting here in the awareness of passion. I am resting with the words and thoughts that are coming from a golden lightness from inside. Will I rest for long? That is not a question that I am able to answer...but today, I am aware of this resting, and it feels right. Today, I am aware that one must rest in order to be open..in order to be graceful...in order to be free...in order to fly perhaps for the very first time to heights I could only dream of.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: In your every day hurry can you give yourself a moment to rest?

Free

blue skies...
wings unfolded...
light hearted...
flying
free.

Today I am aware to feel free. To feel the wind gently carrying me upward. Today, I am aware to feel the light hearted knowledge that my wings have always been here...that the sky has always been blue...that I have always been ready...and that I am free to choose to expand my world and fly. Today, I am aware to feel free...Free to explore the possibilities of life, of creativity, of my world. Free...no strings attached to weight me down...Free to soar and reach new heights...Free to believe that anything is possible if I allow myself the freedom. Today, I am aware to feel free and rejoice in the colors of my outstretched wings.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: What freedom can you be aware of today to rejoice in?

Truth...A Reflection

Slowly..
Rising
on wings.
I surface
with my
truth
toward a
new day.

Today, I am rising with my truth. I am slowly seeing from my heart the rays of light. I am surfacing from my emotions and willingly taking flight toward a new day. This week my confusion has caused me to seek my silence and center myself to listen closely to hear my truth. This week as I reflect I am aware that I must be present and positive to stretch forward. I am healing with growth from my endings and my beginnings. I have moved my thoughts into focus and am freeing myself from expectations. This has been a week of great acceptance ..this has been a week of gratitude and gentle guidance. This has been a week of moving closer to my heart. So, today, I am rising with my truth.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: As you reflect on your week, what messages did you receive that will bring you rising to your truth in order for you to take flight toward a new day?

Alone

present...
positive...
full...
aware...
stretching
forward.

Today, I am aware of giving myself alone time. I am aware of the difference between being alone and being lonely. Today, I am aware of being alone and feeling the freedom that it brings to me. I am aware that by being alone I can connect with myself and my heart felt wishes and the messages that they bring to me. I am aware that by allowing myself this alone time I feel present...I feel positive...I feel aware and I can stretch myself forward positively and fully toward my truth. Today, I honor my alone time.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: Can you honor yourself with some alone time today? (even just 5 minutes will make a difference)

endings and beginnings...

gratefully...
accepting...
gently...
healing...
with growth
from my
endings
and
my beginnings.

Today, I am aware of endings and beginnings. I must be aware of being courageous enough to grow into the flower I was meant to be. That by being aware of letting go of the things that have ended, I am able to see the new growth that it has provided me. Today, I am aware of the gratitude that I have and how by accepting that life is full of both endings and new beginnings I can heal the deeply held secrets and emotions that I have carried with me for so many years. That by gently letting go of those things that have ended I can heal and prepare myself for what is yet to come in a more positive way. Today, I am aware of endings and beginnings as I open to reach the truth of my heart.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: What can you let go of today, that will help you reach the truth of your heart?

Looking within...

expectations...
freedom...
dreams...
reality...
moving inside
looking within.

Today, I am aware to look within. To listen closely to the message from inside. Going to the place where the silence can quiet me. To the place where there is no where to go...nothing to do but to listen to the message. Today, I am aware to look within. I am hanging my heart there for me to come home to safely. I will listen today, with understanding and insight...for today, as I look within and swim in the silence, my heart is looking for a way to be completed. It is listening for a message to free myself from expectations...it is listening for a way to celebrate the old and the new...it is listening so that my dreams and my reality can make room for all the new things that will come my way. Today, I am aware to look within and honor the messages that come.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: What do you hear today, as you look within and listen closely
to the message from your silence?

Focus...

thoughts...
feelings...
exchanges...
challenges...
clearing
to allow
my focus.

Today, I am aware of focus. I am aware that when my mind is restless I need to focus in order to find and speak my truth. Today, I am aware that silence allows that focus to happen. QUIETLY I am becoming focused today and clearing my mind to find a calm in my restlessness. Today, I am aware to focus, to find a way to allow myself an outlet for the thoughts that appear trapped there. Today, I am aware to focus and speak my heart to myself to reveal the truth of my feelings. Allowing my self a clearer sense of being. Today, I am aware to focus..focus on that which confuses me to find my true answers. As I focus today, I am bringing shadows into light.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: What can you focus on today that will bring you closer to your answers?