Emotions....

some drive me
forward...
some drive me
back...
today I
investigate...
with determination...
to find
the knowledge...
of my
emotions.

Today, I am aware of my emotions ... how they are calming down and allowing me to better see what direction I am going....what direction I need to go...what direction I need to leave behind.
Today, I am aware of my emotions...I am looking at them...turning them over...investigating them...finding out if they are holding me back or driving me forward...if they are causing me to stay stuck...
Today, I am aware of my emotions...Today, I find knowledge as I examine them....Today, I am learning about the way my emotions influence me....
Today, I am aware of my emotions...I check them over...I listen to them...and I am finding a way forward...closer to acknowledging the weight that some of them place on me...and the happiness that others bring to me...and I am feeling better to face the future.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: How can you investigate your emotions to find which ones on holding you back and which ones are driving you forward...and be at peace with them?

These Journal pages are published!

This blog has been published on 6 pages in this magazine...and actually it is the first article in the magazine! I am over joyed! I have been working on my journals for a very long time and to be able to share part of my process with others is very rewarding for me...
I will be starting new pages for my journal next week...Look for me then....
For now take a look at this magazine and be inspired to start your own art journal!
Discovering more about yourself from the inside out!
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: If you are new to this blog ... Please enjoy the archives and you will find the first journals at ART BY LUMINOSITY

my journey...page 9

Protector

...she felt the warmth that she wrapped around herself...
...she felt the warmth and knew she was safe.

I am the protector of your heart...the one who wraps you in the quilt of safety.
I am the protector of your spirit...the one who gently guides you to your dreams.
I am the protector of your gratitude...the one who shows you the kindness from within.
I am the protector of your hurts...the one who surrounds you with warmth.
I am the protector....I am always wrapped around you....just be still and know me.
I am the protector ...
I will not let you fall...

Today, as I begin another chapter in my hero's journey I have begun to find my Archetypes...
the goddesses that help me on my journey...the ones within me...
Today, I am aware that the present one is the protector...who provides me with a quilt of warmth during my "coldest" of times...when I am vulnerable and sad...and yet, I am aware that she is always with me...
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: How do you protect yourself...your heart...your gratitude?

my journey ...page 8

Be Your Own Light...

Today, I am aware of a lonely feeling that generates around me....a darkness of sorts....and yet,
I know I am not alone...
I am taking time this morning to transfer that feeling to a positive....to see the light of me shining across the sea of my life...to hold on to my dreams in this light...to see a strength coming from within...to step out of the darkness and the patterns...to be brave enough to expose myself...to capture the light of me...
Today, I will be my own light....I will guide myself through the currents...
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: How can you guide yourself through the currents in order to see your own light?

my journey...page 7

directions

Today I see all the directions I am going in...pulled in...some of my own making...some that are so pleasurable that I can barely contain myself at times...some that destroy me...some that I have no control over (or so I think) some that lead to no where...and some that are just in the making....

Today, I see the spaces that are in between those directions...I see the gaps...some filled with fear...some filled with nothing to hold on to....some filled with choices and possibilities...all are filled with a silence of sorts...

potential...

Today, I surrender to this silence that lies in between...I am a spectator....watching...waiting...

Today, I do not despair because some directions are ending....I do not feel anxious because some directions are unclear....

Today, I feel the treasure of this silence....and I believe that I am changing direction...that something amazing is about to happen...

Artfully Yours,

Pattie

PS: How can you watch the out going and the in coming in the gap of your silence today?

my journey....page 6

JUST BE...

There are days when I can be SO HARD on MYSELF! No one else does this to me but ME!
I allow the blue funk to take over....I allow the negative to be pulled into me...I allow myself to spin out of control....BUT NOT TODAY!!!!!!
Today, I give myself permission....permission to be the woman I know I am....the one who flies
and soars on wings of her own colors....the one who is so soft inside that she is like a marshmallow, that is sweet and gooey...the one who is gentle with nature and with herself....the one who is loving, to all that she meets but especially to the dreams of her heart....the one who is kind and generous of spirit....the one who is sincere and truthful with her direction...with herself...with all that she is....
Today....I give myself permission to JUST BE!
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: How can you allow yourself to "JUST BE" today????

my journey...page 5

BALANCE
Often times I get out of whack....there seems to be no balance...between "duties" or every day tasks and creative time...Sometimes it is so out of whack I have to rest....re-energize and being a perfectionist of sorts I get mad at myself for doing that....but not today....today I give myself permission to balance....to try and find different solutions that work for me....I try out my wings...I give myself permission to connect on both sides of the scales to find the gratitude in each....to see the happiness in each....Today, I give myself permission to do some SOUL spring cleaning and allow that balance to be just perfect...no matter if it tips to one side or another...or if I take a nap and let myself rest!
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

PS: How can you help yourself to believe that your scales are perfectly balanced no matter where they are leaning?