dream journey...

a promise...
unlocking...
flying...
motivating...
allowing...
a dream
journey.

Today, I am letting myself dream...carrying myself to far away and much warmer places...to places that my mind sees and feels with color and joy...this is allowing me to be inspired. By
dreaming I am aware that some of these dreams are within my reach...just finger tips away...all I have to do is act on them...grab a hold of them...believe in them. I try most of the time to stay in the present...but today, I allow these dream journeys to take over...taking me to a promise...unlocking my soul...allowing me to fly...motivating me. Today, I am letting myself dream in order to help me to be more aware of the changes in my life that are positive...
Today, I dream...
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: Will you take a moment to envision your dreams today?

Discovering...

observing..
learning...
growing...
dreaming...
discovering.

I am discovering the value of learning lessons...realizing at this moment to be aware to observe...to learn...to grow. I am discovering that there are no guarantees except that I have and will make mistakes along the path...but that is okay because that is the way I will learn not only the lesson, but not to be so hard on myself during the process...and even though I may become overwhelmed at times, it is the journey that is the most important...it is the discovery of the learning that allows me to grow and become strong...to spread my wings wider and become more of who I am suppose to be. So I write my thoughts...I paint my pictures...I connect with myself...I connect with others...I listen to my heart ...and I become more aware each day of the importance of this ritual...and I am aware that I am truly a work in progress...
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: What lessons can you discover today that allows your growth?

Thank You....

thank you...
from my
heart
with
gratitude
and
appreciation...

Today I am feeling gratitude and appreciation for all the wonder that surrounds me...I have been very blessed this year in so many ways...from reconnecting ...to being published...to finding my way on a path that is somehow lit with stars...to finding more of a connection to my own inner core...I am thankful for all that I have been able to do this year...for all the love and support I receive from those who know me and from perfectly loving strangers who have become kindred spirits. I am focusing on what I do and what I have...what I receive and what I give...those I love and those who love me...aware of all that nurtures me. Today, I say thank you...Today, I send out and back all that I receive. May you also feel your gratitude and appreciation today and heart fully pay it forward.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Growing Worth...

positive...
colorful...
emotions of
growing worth.

As I continue on my journey of self discovery, I am aware that sometimes I feel insecure...ignored...unvalued...Today, I am aware that these are emotions of my own making and no one else's...That others sometimes have no idea that I feel this way at all , and look at me as a strong and independent...confident woman. Today, I am growing my own worth from the inside out...I am making a list of all my positive accomplishments to remind me of my value. Knowing that all this comes from within...being aware that I do not need to always be validated by others...and that the most important validation comes from myself. I grow today with my own worth...I evolve...I acknowledge...I discover.....ME!
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: Can you acknowledge your own self worth today?

the path...

allowing...
figuring...
clearly...
the path
of happiness...

I often feel as if I take more of my energy trying to figure out what makes me unhappy as opposed to reminding myself of what makes me happy...what causes my joy...my contentment ...allowing myself to follow that path in a positive way. I can see clearly at times the path of happiness...as I run along it with deep smiles...I can retrace my steps and rediscover it when I put my energy there instead of in the negative of being unhappy. I can smile more...laugh more...and be light with myself...with my heart and feel connected. Today, as I stroll down that path of happiness I use my energy to attract more happiness into my life...
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: Can you focus your energy today on your happiness?

Resting...

preparing...
nurturing...
allowing...
growing...
softly
resting

I was visiting a blog and wrote this when I saw a photo of a beautiful winter tree...it prompted this mandala and I share with you the writing...
NOW I REST
I have shed my colorful coat, preparing for the winter of my life...my bark is my defense against the harshness that might lay before me...my roots are strong and will nourish me during this time...the ground beneath me, under the surface of the cold is warm and soft and it is where I will continue to grow...it is where I will be nurtured...allowing myself to be filled once again with life...but for now I rest.
Today, I rest...
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: Will you allow yourself some resting time?

Layers...

unfolding...
safely...
softly...
allowing growth.

This week I feel as if I have been peeling back layers...and yet setting up boundaries and defenses so that I am safe and can unfold. I have been feeling softer and looser so that I can feel my growth. I have felt more at ease with myself...letting go of things that are no longer important to me...growing by doing so...questioning and answering ...honoring and protecting...all the while creating new growth along the way. This week I have been peeling back layers to allow room for new growth.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: Can you find a place where you can unfold safely to grow?

Beautiful and brilliant...

Some days...

just seem
more
beautiful
and
brilliant...

Some days I just seem to be more inspired...I just seem to be full of life...lighter...happier...full
of wonder and surprise. Some days just seem more beautiful and brilliant...and I feel much more
open to everything...as if there is nothing but blue skies and sunshine before me. Today, is one of those days, it is going to be better than yesterday... Today, I smile from deep within.
Artfully Yours,

Pattie

PS: Can you feel the sunshine and blue sky today from within?

Deep within...

with love...
with compassion...
I release
the energy
that has
been buried
deep within.

Deep within there are parts of me that I do not like to look at...there are emotions that I do not like to feel....But if I do not allow them to come out they end up being energy that is stuck and I become uncreative...detached from myself. ..depriving myself of raw energy. I have done this for many years, but this year has been different for me...this year I am aware that I am processing some of those "stuck" feelings...those deep emotions and I smile. The treasures of energy that has been buried seems to be pouring out of me...giving me courage to look at those parts of me in a different way...allowing me to see things differently...to dream a little more and to feel love and compassion for myself and others.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: Can you look deep within and see yourself a little clearer with love and compassion?

Beautiful gift....

the beautiful gift of...
life...
love...
growth...
that we all share...

Today, I am aware of how we are all quite different...each of us in our separate way...and yet,
we are all uniquely the same. We are all somehow wrapped in different containers...different bodies...different ribbons and bows...however, we all experience loss and grief...happiness and excitement...fear and loving...growth and standing still. We all have issues and choices that we have to make...the truth of it all is that we are all learning...we are all growing...and it allows me to see how much we all have in common...how much of life's joys and challenges are universal. Looking beyond the different containers to the core...to the heart...Today, I honor the beautiful gift of life each of us has that makes us the same that allows us to grow from the inside out.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: Today, how can you honor your gift of life?

Honoring...

Sometimes we have to let go of thing that are precious to us...leaving us with a void ...a loss... some pain...Today, I honor that letting go...Letting go of something so that it could have a new beginning...a better start...I believe we can weave the threads of our losses into our hearts...of the things that we let go of into our life (even if we don't want to let go)...we can allow those things to help us to see clearer...to love better and to grow stronger. Today, I honor that...I know that sometimes you have to let go in order for the new to enter your life...with an open heart. Today, I honor the birth of that by lighting a candle and allowing a piece of my heart to fly on the wings that I allowed that letting go to have.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: Can you weave a loss into your heart today with honor?

Independence...

Independence needs to be simple...being independent is not to be feared or dreaded...within this last year I have given way to moments/days/weeks where I felt that only someone else could fill me...could sustain me...could make me whole...but the moment has come to allow my independent shoot to grow (once again)...raw and green...to separate myself (while still staying on the vine of connection)... to be able to once again learn to be aware of how I can care for myself...keep myself safe...and sooth myself...with gratitude and joy and pleasure. I know I will feel the growing pains of this new shoot...this independence...but I wish to be rooted in my own growth...Not to wish that things could change to suit me..without drama...without loss....What I wish for with this independence is a love...unconditional...without demands of change...without expectations of someone else being responsible for my growth...without an urgency for connection to make me feel whole...without leaving the vine...A love that generates from the inside out for myself and for others...I wish for my own independent growth to be simple....
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: Can you grow independently while still on the vine?

Innocence...

Let there be a sense of innocence still within this 57 year old body...mind and spirit...
Let there be a childish delight for the things that surround me...
Let there be this time of letting go without to much heart ache...
Let there be an innocence so beautiful that I cannot help myself but to STOP and smell the flowers...
Let there be trust and wisdom to accept that some dreams do not come true...but that at the end of the day there will be a new on in the making...
Let there be a sense of innocence still within this 57 year old body...mind and spirit.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: Can you allow a sense of innocence in?

No guarantees....

There are no guarantees in life...no long term guarantees and no short term guarantees...There are times when you are going along full of adventure...other times when you are led astray...never obtaining what you thought it was that you were seeking....Each of these times helps me to grow...one more painful than the other, but I continue to move...I continue forward into the unknown without a map...without a guide...without a GPS....There is a chance that I might get lost...but perhaps that is a way to grow also...learning how strong I am...learning how much I can endure...learning from my heart...As I move forward I am unsteady, but I continue...
I am trusting my intuition...my spirit...my center...I am vulnerable, but there is no guarantee in life...So I continue on step by step into the unknown looking forward to the dreams that are around me...holding on to the hope that some of them will come true.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: How can you go forward without a guarantee?

Spinning Pattern...

How many times do you need to repeat yourself?
MINDLESSLY repeat yourself?
Do you see the pattern?
Do you see what it is that keeps you in the pattern?
Are you hanging onto the edge?
One day you can be completely happy...almost blissful...the next you are completely dull...
Do you see the pattern?
Can you get out of it?
Life is constantly changing...birth and death are a given...
I move toward my center to try to relax...hoping this spinning will pass soon.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: Do you see your pattern?

Broken heart....

Right now I am feeling pretty shaky...as if the earth is moving beneath my feet...but I hope I will emerge from this wreckage stronger and wiser..That I will be able to weave the colorful ribbons of hope...love...and faith back into my heart to hold it together..With my eyes more open and my heart still intact. I feel as if I have no direction...nothing to hold on to...no hint of choices or possibilities...so I fall into this gap...a place of silence...and hope from all of this I have learned something (although I do not know what it is right now..)and that somehow I will know love when it is presented to me....and I am able to mend my heart that is breaking.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: "How do you mend a broken heart?"