Promise

Today is a day of making promises to myself....and then the importance of keeping those promises.. I was reflecting back on how when I made a promise to my children I ALWAYS kept them...when I made a promise to my friends, again I ALWAYS kept them...but when it comes to myself...I RARELY kept them. So today, as I reflect on the promises that I have given myself I am determined to stand up...stand united with myself and stand true...Today, is a day of promise....promises that I PLAN to keep for myself. So that would be my wish for you today...Honor yourself...make a promise to yourself...start small with giving yourself those 5 extra minutes of ME time...15 minutes of creative time....a spa day once a month...whatever it is..make the promise and then keep it! You will be doing yourself such a wonderful favor and ultimately you will find...HEY...SHE KEEPS HER PROMISES...got to love someone who does that!! So here is to loving yourself enough to keep your promises!
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Reflection Friday

This morning as I sit and reflect on my week I am very aware of my direction. I am feeling a sense of peace and calm with it like a crisp clear flowing stream. I see my mountains that I am slowly but steadily making my way up and I hear the sweet songs of the birds. Today, I am aware of the steady movement that I am making. Sometimes it is up and sometimes it is down, but it is a movement that is coming from deep within. I hear the echoes of my heart and those who surround me as I forge this mountain. This stream that I reflect on today flows with its twists and bends to the middle of my heart. So, that is my wish for all today, that you see yourself climbing your mountains no matter how big or small they may be. That you hear the stirrings of your heart and know that the spring stream is full and will be there to refresh you whenever you walk close enough to hear its sweet songs for you and your heart.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Objectives

Today as I reached within to see what it was that I needed, a key word came to play: OBJECTIVES! It is not a word I have thought about very much, but today I had to search my soul and ask myself what is my objective?...What is it that I want to do or feel from doing my art? I think that for most people the answer is fairly simple..usually we do what we do for some kind of monetary gain. I guess that is something that I want, but I have discovered while on this path, that what I want with my affirmations, and art is to TOUCH people...I feel deeply about what I am doing, and I put my spirit into everything I do...I am casting my own footprints. I am more relaxed than ever with my soul...and I realize that this is something that makes the creative process just that much easier. I feel confident with myself, and I am reaching out. So today, as I visit the word objectives, I am so aware that my soul, my mind and my body are working as one. And that would be my wish for all who enter here today....ask yourself what your OBJECTIVE is with your creativity...and then center yourself... because if it is from the center working outward from your heart that the true value of what you're doing is motivated and expressed from, you will know a pure heart. Once you have realized that you are more rich in yourself than anyone could possibly pay you!
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Moving...

Today is a day of moving...Moving things around the studio...moving piles, sorting piles, making new piles!! Although at first glance the studio looks very cluttered and disorganized, it really isn't for me! As I put away one pile only to make room for another I am feeling very real in my purpose. I feel myself being gentle and compassionate with my self. Today I am in total acceptance of where my dreams are heading. I am offering up to myself my own wisdom. I am paying attention to my deadlines even though to someone else it may look as if I have NO IDEA as to where things are or JUST HOW MANY projects I have going at one time. There is a part of me that loves this moving thing...going forward, stepping back...moving...from one project to another till they become complete...It offers up a sort of freedom for me...NOW JUST WHAT WILL I WORK ON TODAY!! It causes me to giggle and laugh today with my whirling and swirling! My heart feels full of energy for all that I am accomplishing, and for all that I am dreaming of...So today I move just a little closer to my star and a little closer to ME! So that is my wish for all that are reading this today! When there are times that you feel in the middle of a pile and it seems just to overwhelming....look around and find another pile then JUMP right into the middle of that one, you are bound to find the creative heart you are searching for...And don't worry about that other pile...it will look just splendid to you on a different day to jump into!
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Echoes...

For a short time I have been a part of an on line group known as "THE GLORIES"..It is here that you can post ANYTHING...ANY TIME!! Free from anyone casting a negative thought your way for any feelings that you are having...It is here that you receive all sorts of positive stuff and a virtual hug when needed...Lots of glorious energy to help you heal and laugh and cry with...
But, the time has come for the Glories to test their wings and expand outward from the group setting. Some of us are ready, some of us are not, but all of us have been touched deeply by the echoes that we have received from each other. So today, is a day of echoes...Echoes that I will always hear when I am in a valley and hopefully all my glory sisters will hear when I am on the top of the hill....It is an amazing thing what powerful woman can give to other woman...Support so positive that it causes you to dig in deep to your soul...Feelings so rich that you are changed forever, and wisdom beyond reason. That is my wish for all who enter here today, that they hear the echoes of others who support them and they let out powerful echoes to those in need.
As for my GLORY SISTERS: ROCK ON! .....BELIEVE...believe.....LOVE...love...JOY...joy...
GRATITUDE....gratitude ....I am echoing back at you!
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Direction...

This morning as I sat and reflected on what it was that I needed to be aware of, the word DIRECTION came to me. Many things have happened this morning that could cause me to get off track, to feel less than positive, and to stop dead in my tracks...So DIRECTION is what is called for...Feeling the wind beneath my wings, and flying...Above all that is going on around me, flying with my creativity which is a passion that is so positive for me. Trusting that by allowing this flight to take place today, I can free myself of some of the negative around me. I will feel my
direction...I will honor my flight and I will keep my passionate heart close to me. So that is my wish for all who enter here today....May you take the high road on a day when it would be easier to just lay down, may you feel the wind and the sun and your star on a day when you are feeling less than positive...May you honor your heart and your wings leading you into the direction of your creativity on these kinds of days. Certainly that is what I am doing today, and certainly it is making things look that much more full of love.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Reflection Friday!

Today has been a trying day! My little grandson is cutting his 2 year old molars and he was just a sad little one today, and completely needed my attention! So this evening as I reflect on the passing of this week I honor my heart! I place it on a pedestal where it can see that it is reflected on! I have learned some valuable lessons this week, the biggest one would be to follow your gut reaction. That I should not doubt myself if my reaction to something or someone is not that positive. That giving in to doing something for the wrong reasons, is truly not the right thing to do. So this evening as I reflect I have seen the lesson and learned to honor it and continue with my growth. I am full of belief for myself and hope for all! This reflection is one that does not feel bad, but rather makes me feel as if I am looking at things with my eyes wide open. And that is really such a growth thing it causes me to smile from the depths of my being. So that would be my wish for all who enter here this evening...If you have some lessons that are trying to speak to you...listen first with your gut and then your heart will give you the answer. It may not be the answer that you thought was the right one, but if you honor it, it will reveal itself to be just that!
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Lessons...

Today is a day of lessons....Realizing that things are not black and white, but full of color. Seeing that sometimes it is best to protect your heart but also to keep it with in reach. Lessons that sometimes even your best intentions can be misunderstood, or taken for granted. Lessons are often heart rendering and heart altering. So today, I go with my gut and listen to the lessons that I have learned in the past 24 hours. I am proud of myself for some of the decisions I have made within this time...I am sad in some ways to let go of somethings that I once thought so important, but I also realize that there is a time for everything. So today, in order to help the new seedlings of my growth bloom and grow, I will snip and prune and know that I have learned some lessons, but have more to go. So, that would be my wish for all who enter today...Listen to your gut, to your heart and see the lessons that are before you...learn from them, and then cut them off your vine of growth. For it is the lessons that are presented to us that help us grow and bloom into the heart and creative life that we honor our self with. Your lessons help you to reach for your stars.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Searching

Today I received a post from someone who prompted me to search...search my soul for peace.
In the wake of all that has happened within the past few days, I, like all have been touched with sorrow and grief. However, I am also aware of the small things that I can do to ease the pain within by honoring my creativity. When we have to stop and suck in a deep breath to believe that terriable things happen that are beyond our control we question who we are and what we do. Today, I hold hope within my art and heart for growth, and peace and connection with others. That somehow, my small piece of art and words helps someone...this small painting has layers of depth for me....It shows the ying and the yang of life, the mountains that we have to go over to find our hearts sometimes, and the growth and blossoming that we all can do from within our core. As my heart aches for the families of all who lost someone, my heart is also open to what each of us can do to reach out and touch someone today. Search for the connection that you can make to bring some love and compassion to someone who is in need today. Although things happen in life that we cannot explain or have an answer to, I believe in my heart that we can all do small things to make our world a better place. For after all many small things add up to become a whole. So today, my wish for all who enter here is to search your heart and soul and see where it is that you can help someone and by doing so you ultimately help yourself to heal.
Wishing all a peaceful day.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Honoring my hands

This morning as I sit and ask myself what it is that I need to know today...My hands came into play! I am amazed at times how old these hands can look and feel and yet they still serve me in this creative path! They take my thoughts and lay them down on paper with paints and pens and everything else ...fabric, and thread, and clay! So today, which left me little time to play (as I am playing with trucks and cars with a 2 year old!) I honor my hands and what they allow me to discover about myself. That would be my wish for you today, that you honor that part of you that serves you in so many ways...Honor your hands! For they bring great joy to you while you are creating, exploring, loving , soothing...they are just wonderfully sensitive works of art all by them self!
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Heart

It has been an early morning in the studio....and I am following my heart! This past weekend I completed and wrapped many things that will go out in the mail! I have a drive from my heart that is on "FULL SPEED AHEAD"! So, I am honoring that...This path that is set before me is full of dreams and wishes...songs and discoveries about myself. This morning as I sat and asked myself what it was that I wanted to know the answer was very clear. I am full of excitement to be part of this ever changing path with its twists and turns...It is the path of my heart and I give it over to myself! I BELIEVE! Today, I am flying with the colors and the dreams from deep within my core! And it FEELS SO GOOD! So, that is my wish for you today...That you feel your path beneath your wings, but hover above it just a little so that it feels light and full of all the wonderful things on the bends and the curves!
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Reflection Frieday

Once again, another week has passed! As I reflect back on this week I am very much aware of the positive JOY that I have felt! I am sure that it was a number of things that made me stay in the zone. The most powerful one is LOVE! Love for the people around me, who support me in what I do, Love for myself as I continue on this growth of ME, Love for the gifts that present themselves to me in the most unexpected ways. By being really aware of the LOVE I can feel the strength, and the truth not only from myself but from others. This love keeps me and holds me in the appreciation of this big picture of Life! I feel a wonderment and renewal of myself in this the spring of the year. I feel a positive force within my spirit and my dreams to follow my bliss. But most of all I FEEL LOVED! So that would be my wish for all who enter here today..
Feel the LOVE that surrounds you...wrap yourself up in it...do not doubt it...hold it close to your heart, for it is truly the most powerful thing that we have!
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Attention

Today I am paying close attention to my core...I am continuing to complete and start different projects that direct me to the path that I have chosen...Today, I am aware that if you pay close attention things will bloom...I am open to allowing myself to do that! I am open to believing that the core of my spirit knows the direction and the way to get me on it and how to stay there! Today, my purpose, my intentions and all my possibilities are open before me. So that is my wish for all today, that you too pay close attention...for there is a rose in your garden that will bloom if you are sure to pay it close attention and give it room! Here is to opening up!
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Fulfillment

I got so wrapped up in doing ART that I forgot to post this affirmation from yesterday! So, I will be writing this from today! Yesterday was a day of being so full, so aware of the art, the creativity, the road! Yesterday, I rose to the challenge that I presented to myself and completed several projects that need to go out in the mail by the end of the month! I was aware of filling my space with ME and what it is that I do. I worked on some special projects, actually did the domestic goddess thing and had coffee with my sister! (after all on Tuesday it was National sibling day!! A hallmark favorite!!) I also, did the wonderful dinner for the hubby and baked brownies! I tell you I was in the ZONE! I felt fulfilled...I felt strong and accepted all that I am and all that I do! WOW!!!!!!! So that would be my wish for all today, (and yesterday!) be aware of your whole and fill your space with all your energy on the days that they present them selves to you...It is just simply amazing what one person can accomplish in one day!! You will feel so GOOD about your self and what you do!
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

STRENGTH!

I was up early today, something I haven't been doing lately. It felt good and I accomplished a lot of things before I even got dressed! Now, for some that might not be unusual, but for me, lately I have been fairly slow in moving forward in the morning on things like the mundane of house keeping !! LOL...Anyhow, I feel very strong this morning! I am feeling like I can do anything in the course of this day that I set my mind to..I can do it fast, slow or somewhere in between, but the STRENGTH that I feel today is allowing me to do a great deal! I LOVE TODAY! I love that I can see what patterns I place myself in and I feel the strength today to let some of those go! Today, my energy is working for me in all sorts of ways...I can do the mundane without feeling as if I am taking time from the creative...I can do the creative without feeling as if I am taking the time from the mundane! I LOVE TODAY! So that is my wish for you today also, that you feel your strength...That you see that you can allow your energy to flow in all sorts of directions, without feeling guilty, for not doing one or the other...BLEND them, it is the best of both worlds, and it is your strength of commitment to yourself that is the most important. TODAY FEEL YOUR STRENGTH! It is a powerful thing!
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Gifts

Today is a day of being aware of the gifts that I have present. Both within myself and the ones that other people share with me. Today, I listen to the messages that these gifts give me. I am aware of the power of positive energy that they have and provide for me! I received the most beautiful bracelet this weekend from my good husband, and it has silver ovals with the words, LOVE.. DREAM..SPIRIT..BLISS...HOPE on it. It serves as an every day reminder that these messages are meant to be honored by me. I also, received a call from a friend who let me know how much they valued my friendship. So today, as I sat down to write my affirmation page the word GIFT came to me. Wonderful, heartfelt, positive gifts and I dance with them today, I am grateful for all of them in my life. I honor the wonderful people who serve to remind me of them. So, that is my wish for you today, that you too rejoice and celebrate the LOVE...DREAMS...SPIRIT..BLISS and HOPE of your self and of others around you. For today is a day of GIFTS!
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Reflection Friday...

It has been one of those weeks! The kind of weeks that starts out with the negative looming over you and questioning everything that you do, say and are! Now, I could spin here, stay here and continue to bring more and more negative to me...OR...I can choose to spin in a positive direction. When I started to listen to the positive things that were patiently waiting for me on the side lines, I began to feel there pull much more than the negative pull. I have chosen NOT to let the negative overtake me this week!! What a wonderful feeling!! So today, as I reflect back on this week I honor the change in the spin, and the positive energy that comes from my hearts desires. I honor the fact that if I stay in the present and listen to the cheerleaders on the side lines that I am truly appreciative of the wonderful things that are in my life. My surroundings, my loved ones, my soul sisters, my creativity all help to make me the person that I am. It has nothing to do with how I look or the fact that sometimes I question things. Questioning is good, a little spinning is also good, because it causes you to step back and take a look at the wonderful things around you and bask in the glow of the positive. So, that is my wish for all who enter here today....If you are spinning in the negative...listen to your heart, listen for your cheerleaders, listen and then one by one let them return and fill your soul back up! And just encase you need a little push....HOORAY FOR YOU...HOORAY FOR ME... WE ARE CREATIVE HEARTS FOR ALL TO SEE!
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Change

Today has been a day of spinning a new change in my thinking! Ah, yes, I am spinning with the positive of change. I know that by thinking positive thoughts one after another positive thoughts over take me! I know this!! And yet, why is it that when we have that one negative thought it can become the most important thought we have! And all else sits behind ..waiting...waiting...patiently for you to realize that they are so much more important! Today, I laugh with myself, with my bright colors, and spinning change. Today, I see that somethings that I think are important are possibly things that I can do nothing about. So, today, I change with my outlook! I am a strong, independent, talented woman and nothing about my looks will change that! So today, I will share with you that I suffer from Aleopecia, (losing your hair). I have gone through this before, and now I am going through it again. And today, I know that with or without hair, I am still ME! Still the same girl who writes, and paints and loves and laughs. And that thinking that the hair is important is causing me to think that I am NOT important. Well, today, I change! Today I spin with the light from my core, today I am thankful that I am NOT sick, I am just merely losing my hair once again! My wish for all who read this today, is that you don't say "poor girl" but rather you join with me in changing and seeing with open eyes what is important and what is not. Today, look toward your center and see your spirit!
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Courage

Today is a day of digging into the ground for the courage of growth! Today, I am surrounding myself with my creativity! It is on the desk, on the floor, on the work area, and here on this machine! There are times when I have to face some of the things about myself that needs to be challenged. It is during these times that when faced with the thought of walking into the brightness sometimes appears to be harder than staying in the shadows. BUT today, I walk with my courage! Today, I know that even if things do not look as though the outcome will be bright with sunshine, I know that if I step slowly and with care I will expose that sunshine to myself with all of its brightness and rays glowing around me. Today, I lift myself upward to face the sun and help myself grow. So, that is my wish for all who venture to these pages today...GROW! Use your courage to plant yourself on your path of creativity, expose your path to your self and let your courage show you the way to your growth, one ray, one step or one seed at a time.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Appreciation

Today is a day that I am reminded that for every rain shower that comes your way the end result is that the sun will shine! As I sit here in my studio and I am surrounded by the art that I created yesterday, and my paint and pens and paper and stuff (To much stuff for some!! LOL) I take this day to appreciate the wonder of my creativity, the amazing things that it has to offer me and sometimes offers others. That today, I will focus on all those things and events that make up the whole of my life. That today, I will be full of the energy that allows my creativity to flow freely. Today, I will enjoy the wonderment of this life that I have created. There are many times that we over look the NOW for the FUTURE...Today, I am appreciative of the NOW. I am here, where I long to be. Creating from the home that I have helped make. I am here and in full appreciation of all that is surrounds me. And if the sun is not shining outside today, I appreciate the warmth of the rays of creativity that shine on the inside and radiate out! So, that is my wish for you today! That you take a moment and let your eyes SEE what it is that you too appreciate. Knowing that your life is full with so many things that you sometimes take for granted or overlook. Focus your thoughts today just for a few moments and APPRECIATE who you are and what you do...and most of all what you have! Most of them are priceless!
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

QUESTIONS

Today has been a day of questions...slowly answers are coming to me as I finish some of the art work that has deadlines. Today, while talking to an amazing friend I am finding answers to some, others still are floating in and out and around me. Now, I use to think that this was a somewhat depressing kind of day! BUT...I have come to realize by asking myself the HARD questions I come up with the answers from deep within. Not just an answer, but the real heart answer. Sometimes, we allow our self to use the easiest answer, or the answer that someone else wants to hear, but neither of those is your heart core answer. So today, I ask myself questions...and I quietly listen to my heart for the answers. So that would be my wish for you today, that you ask your self questions and then you listen to your hearts answer. Sometimes it speaks in a whisper, sometimes it is a cry, and sometimes it comes to you right away. But, it is always in the questions that we ask that we find our calling.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie