Reflection Fr "I" day...

This is how I started to teach myself to reflect on the week...I broke it down into sections and tools by being very repetitive with myself on how I did the affirmation...where I did them..what time I did them...setting up a routine and a pattern to follow. And finally for staying the course I would give myself a reward!! (we all like to be patted on the back for a job well done...so who better to do this for than ME!!) I have had computer problems for the Past 24 hours...So lucky YOU ....2 posts today!!!
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: As you reflect on your week did you stay the course? Did you reward yourself for a job well done?

This is my strength...

Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: Can you be aware of your strength today?

This is my key...

Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: What can you use your key to unlock?

My heart...

This is a page from my 2006 affirmation journal...this is how they started...I would start most entries with either THIS IS...TODAY IS A DAY OF...or I AM....all bringing me to the beginning of centering myself to listen to my messages...I have been using the heart with wings in my artwork for many years...I have done them all sorts of ways...so my guess would be that the visual for this page came first and the writing came second...
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: How can you honor your heart today?

Emotions....

This week I will be sharing with you pages from one of my older affirmation journals. I will not be sharing my regular journal for the rest of the month...I have gently given myself permission not to journal if I do not want to this week....and next week I will be out of town. I will start up again in September as it will be the beginning of a new year for me...(as it is my birthday month.)
You will see that these journal pages are quite different from what they have evolved into now...and I am sure when I look back on the pages done in 2008 several years from now, they will look quite different to....which means...I continue to grow...
I hope you enjoy these affirmation pages...some of the lessons I am still revisiting and learning.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: How can you be gentle with yourself today?

Spilling Open...A reflection

with
eyes
and
mind...
to dreams
and
possibilities
I am
spilling
open.

Today, I am aware of spilling open...I am aware that I am doing this more often not only with myself, but with others. Subjects I once found to personal...to raw...to confusing...I am now addressing with my eyes and my mind open to capturing dreams and possibilities. Today, I am aware that I am spilling open and learning more about myself in the process....Even when I am aware that somethings are not going the way I think they should go, I am finding hope...I am sharing...I am believing that there are still other possibilities...
Today, as I reflect on my week and the messages that came to me...I am so aware that I have opened up more and more. I am feeling an intimate trust and releasing my self ...my words...my actions. I am allowing myself to feel the happiness that surrounds me with my mind...my body...and my spirit, allowing me to feel stronger...capable and loving. I hear the guidance of my inner voice and I am taking action with more excitement than I have in the past. I am aware that I have a richness of color...love and creativity that shines abundantly around me. Today, as I reflect on my week I am aware that there is a shift in my emotions...a shift in my response...a shift in my messages...and I am aware of them ... keeping them close to my heart.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: Today, as you reflect on your day and your week can you spill open a little more so that you can see a shift in yourself?

Shining abundance...

overflowing...
with creativity...
possibilities...
Rich in...
color
love
happiness...
present in my
shining
abundance.

Today, I am aware of my shining abundance...shifting...noticing and being aware of just how much abundance actually surrounds me. Today, I am aware to take a loving look at those I hold dear and realize that I would be lost without them in my present life. That certainly life would go on...but not as it does at this moment...not with the intensity of the abundance that I feel because they touch my life. Today I am aware that I am rich in love...and joy...and happiness. I am over flowing with creativity...freedom...and possibilities...Today, I am aware of my shining abundance and I recognize and see how bountiful my life is.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: Can you see your shining abudance today, and allow it to become a bigger part of who you are?

Inner Voice...

guiding...
taking action...
listening...
to my
inner voice
with
excitement.

Today, I am very aware that I am being guided to a star by my inner voice. Today, I am listening to my inner voice as it loudly is telling me what to do without being side tracked by others. Today, I have listened and taken my own messages a step further by putting them into ACTION! Today, I asked myself a different question than usual...I asked myself.."What do I want RIGHT now"...now, some might consider this a selfish question, but so many times we give up what we want for what others tell us we want or cannot have and so we neglect our self, we silence our own inner voice. Today, I took ACTION...today, I listened to my inner voice...Today, I look forward to exploring a different side of myself with the excitement of self discovery. Today...I feel like a free-spirit.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: What one small message can you listen to today, that you allowed someone else side track
your from doing?

Happiness...

my mind...
my body...
my spirit.
feeling
strong...
capable...
loving.
surrounded by
happiness.

Today, I am aware of my happiness...more so this morning for whatever reason it is so apparent. As I look over my journal I am aware that I have been using a lot of yellow backgrounds... showing and speaking to me of the happiness that surrounds me. Today, I am aware how much this happiness benefits me...my mind...my body...my spirit. I soar...I dance...I sing...I laugh...I dream with much more pleasure. I am aware of my life...I am aware of the beauty around me...I am aware of how I feel...What I think...and all the positive thing that are taking place. All the love that surrounds me and comes my way. Today, I am aware of my happiness..I am aware that I am actively determining and participating in creating that happiness...I am feeling strong...I am feeling capable...I am feeling nurtured and nurturing...I am growing! Today, I am aware of my happiness and today I feel gratified by it and I smile from my heart.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: Today, what happiness can you be aware of that makes your heart smile?

Intimate trust...

unfurling...
releasing...
expressing...
deepening...
my wings
with
intimate trust.

Today, I am aware of intimate trust...the trust that allows me to unfurl my wings to fly...to be freer...to express myself...to over come fear...to not hold back...to release...to be truthful...to be honest...to deepen...to forgive. Today, I am aware of intimate trust...of becoming whole...of spreading my wings in flight with my creativity...with my feelings...with my commitments...
This intimate trust allows me to be aware of the support...the dreams...the hopes...the love and the promises of the brightness that surrounds me. Today, I am aware of the intimate trust and today....I fly with it.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: As you begin (or end) your day what can you put your intimate trust into?

Loving Nature...A Reflection

without words...
honestly...
truly...
exposing
my
loving nature.

Today, I am aware of showing my loving nature...that by being attentive..by being honest...by staying true to how I feel I can communicate my feelings...my dreams...my hopes and desires clearly without words. Today, I am aware of showing my loving nature and how sometimes words can confuse me. So many times there can be multiple meanings to a word...one word misplaced or misunderstood can confuse and be misinterpreted. By showing my loving nature...by touching...by connecting...by joining nothing is misunderstood and the message comes directly from my heart. Today, I am aware of showing my loving nature... allowing the depth of my feelings to be displayed.
As I reflect on my week I am aware that I have been surrounded by a great deal of positive energy that shines around me. I am aware of a fullness that I feel from all directions and my strong desires have been acknowledged and allowed to flourish. Today, as I reflect on my week, I realize that I am unfolding more and more every day.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: As you reflect on this day what part of your loving nature can you show to yourself and others? As you reflect on your week what messages did your heart speak to you?

Unfolding...

my heart...
my dreams...
unfolding
with
gratitude.

Today, I am aware of unfolding...of choosing to unfurl myself. Unfolding my heart...unfolding a positive attitude...unfolding my dreams...unfolding my gratitude. Today, I am aware of unfolding my strengths...unfolding my energy...unfolding my creativity...unfolding my love. By being aware of this I am blossoming with happiness that is coming from deep within and generating outward. I am aware of the opportunities that have appeared before me...the lightness of my spirit...the staying power I am feeling. Today, I am aware of unfolding...releasing fear...letting go of old learned habits...recognizing possibilities. Today, I am aware I am unfolding with my heart and I am grateful.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: What can you be aware of today, that you can unfold?

Strong desires...

in comfort...
in dreams...
in creativity...
in acknowledgement...
my strong desires
flourish.

Today, I am aware of my strong desires...to allow my mind to wander...to share ideas...to be talkative...to exchange thoughts and feelings. Strong desires that allow me to let comfort in...to share the most personal sides of myself. Today, I am aware of my strong desire to listen to the input of others and accept their offering. This strong desire is allowing ideas...dreams...and creativity a direction...a way of become a reality. Today, I am aware of my strong desires that allow me to take the hand that is offered to me...for support...for guidance...for acceptance...for love. Today, I am aware of so many strong desires that I acknowledge and improve upon...that I recognize that I am allowing them to flourish.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: What strong desire can you allow to flourish today?

Fullness...

From all directions...
I am aware...
of all sides...
of life's' fullness.

Today I am aware of the fullness in my life....the fullness that is happening all around me. I am mindful to be aware of all the different sides and to see and honor it clearly. The blossoms... the light...the dreams...the warmth...the creativity...the love. Today, I am feeling this fullness and it touches my true self. I am aware to pay attention to this moment...because this is the real space of being alive with this fullness. I am aware that this fullness is manifesting my dreams...my hopes...my connections...my love...allowing it to flow freely and making me aware of how happy and comfortable I feel. Today, I am aware of fullness...today I attend to it...I enjoy it...I awaken to it...I breathe it in. Today, I am full with the wonderment of life.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: As you breathe deeply today are you aware of what brings fullness to your life?

Golden Energy...

protective...
playful...
working...
growing...
powerful...
golden energy.

Today, I am aware of my energy...the golden energy that surrounds me. I had the great opportunity to be a part of a class that allowed me to partake in some powerful energy from all those who were part of a healing circle. Today, I am aware that we often protect our self with energy...we play with energy...we work...we expand..we grow and there are even times we deny our energy. Today, I am aware of how important it is to remain open and connected to our energy. Being mindful not to be overwhelmed by it or allowing it to deplete us. Today, I am aware of the golden energy that surrounds me...I breathe it in...I breathe it deeply...I build on it
I learn from it...I grow strong from it. Today, I am aware of my energy and how this energy is allowing me to feel my love...my joy...my power to both take in and let go. Today, I am aware of my energy as it shines brightly with golden warmth.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: Can you feel the golden energy that surrounds you today?

Shining Love....A Reflection

connecting...
warmth...
love...
inward...
outward...
shining
love.

Today, I share with you a reflection of my week...A week that I was away from my home. A week of connecting with the love that shines from within letting it flow freely outward. Of connecting with great warmth and ease...allowing myself to reveal the extent and value I have for those who allow this love to shine so brightly. As I reflect on my week I am aware that I delight in this company...that I am more the ME that I long to be...that I am connected by this shining love in so many very special ways and that it generates from my core outwardly. I am aware that when spending this valuable time I am reminded of how precious...how cherished...how lovingly I can remain in the moment...and how being in the moment is the most wonderful place to be...allowing my experiences to be soulful. I see beauty and love and a deep connection that allows me to understand myself and others. I am aware as I reflect on this week how this is such a treasured feeling...and how much gratitude I feel. Today, as I reflect on my week I am shining with love.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: As you reflect on your week....can you see..feel..and acknowledge your shining love?