journal...page 4

FLIGHT
There are so many times when I am taking flight....I am running away...I am fleeing as quickly as I can...Flight....for me can be both a negative and a positive word...I want it to be more positive..
I know I want to soar with my soul...with my life...with my art....I want to fly like an eagle as they say....So I give myself permission:
to believe in magic...the magic of flight ...that by the act of walking to the edge I can fly...
to dream bigger dreams...that will take flight and become thoughts which will become things...
to float above the surface...to let my feet leave the ground...
to reach upward...to stretch my arms out at both side and declare that I am the Queen of my world...
Taking myself to new heights with flight...
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: How high can you fly today?

My journey...page 3

SEEING ME
I admit it....I am a closet perfectionist...it drives me crazy to be like that...and I know that no one is perfect...especially me...
It's like going out without my make-up on....NOPE just doesn't look right...just doesn't feel right..and yet, I know it is perfectly fine....(as long as I have my lipstick on!! LOL)
So I give myself permission:
to truly see me with all my flaws...
to embrace all my imperfections...
to trust that no matter what I am beautiful (inside and out)...
to realize I am RIGHT where I am suppose to be (and to not think that the grass is greener somewhere else)...
to realize that I am a work in progress (and that means I will make mistakes)...
to know I am headed in the RIGHT direction (even when I feel like it isn't good enough)...
to be uniquely ME...( no matter how imperfect I am)
to allow myself to heal and be OK with it...(by letting go of some of the perfection)
to discover ME...(inside and out)
To SEE ME! (With NEW EYES!)
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: What can you do today to see your beautiful imperfect YOU?

My Journey....page 2


MY STAR
With all that is going on in my life I feel that I get lost in the shuffle at times....and once again I am realizing that this is something that I do to myself...
I slip...I fall...I put everyone and everything before me...I know that it is important to do that on some days...BUT it is not always what one should do...it brings a resentment...it brings a feeling of loneliness...knowing that something is lacking...
It is not a selfish thing to place yourself first...it brings about a feeling of worth and love...So, I give myself permission to:
RISE UP
GRAB A HOLD OF MY STAR AND SHOOT ACROSS THE HORIZON...
RIDE TO MY DREAMS ON WINGS OF MY OWN MAKING...
COME FIRST AT TIMES...
Is this going to happen overnight? I doubt it....but I am conscious of it...I am acknowledging it..
I am taking the first steps toward it...
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: What can you do to head forward today?

Want to go on your own HERO Journey....visit Kathryn at: http://collagediva.typepad.com/truenorth

My Journey....page 1


TIME
What calls to me? Giving myself PERMISSION for all sorts of things.....
My life is filled with care giving...for my husband...mother...grandchild...
grown children (at times)....but rarely for me...I am not complaining...
but it is often a sadness that I carry with me....
So I listened closely to my heart and received this message and mandala...

...TIME...
the restrictions are of my own making...So i remove the hands of time...
I give myself permission to indulge myself in my passion...my heart...
to emerge myself in paint...paper...pens...
to pamper myself with the luxury of time...
MY time...
My space...
ME.

Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: What can you give yourself permission for today that is calling you?

(this is the first page to an online class journal that I am taking offered by Kathryn Antyr
at:
http://collagediva.typepad.com)

New Format...

I have been silent....I have been quiet....I have been overwhelmed on some days...
But I am reemerging...breaking loose....I am taking an on line class with Kathryn Antyr
STORYTELLING AND COLLAGE...UNLOCK YOUR OWN STORY...you can get to the link
here: http://collagediva.typepad.com
So, I am changing my format for my mandalas at least while I am doing this work....but I want
to share my journey with you as I dig a little deeper...

In order to begin my journey....I must learn to trust myself more...to love myself more...to break out of my safety...to concentrate on the moment...to live out loud more...to leave my nest...to break my shell...to listen closer to my hearts song...

In order to begin my journey...

I MUST TAKE A RISK...

I MUST BELIEVE IN ME!

I am just beginning this journey...but will share the pages with you here....I am not doing these in a collage style...they will still be mandalas but done a little looser...a little freer...and I am digging deeper to reveal the messages....
I look forward to this adventure!
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

lost in thought...

releasing emotions...
searching my soul...
finding direction...
taking time to examine...
i find myself...
lost in thought.

Today, I am lost in thought...trying to release emotions....find some answers.
Today, I am lost in thought...searching my soul for direction...reflecting...honoring.
Today, I am lost in thought...taking time to examine...turnover...move some turmoil...find
more gratitude...
Today, I am lost in thought...Today, I am examining my emotions to better see myself.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: How can your emotions better help you see your true self?

dark and light...

discovering
the
understanding...
messages...
wisdom...
of both the
dark
and the
light
sides.

Today, I am aware of the dark and the light that I place myself in.
Today, I am aware of the dark and the light as I view my world...as I attempt to broaden my horizons and grow.
Today, I am aware of the dark and the light...how each side holds me and stops me...heals me and hurts me...makes me comfortable and uncomfortable.
Today, I am aware of the dark and the light that I place myself in...I am beginning to understand and realize that each side has an important part to play...that I need not fear either side...that there are hidden messages and wisdom in both and that each help me on this journey of self discovery.
Today, I listen carefully to both sides to see how I can know more now....
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: What can your dark and your light side teach you today....if you listen carefully?