So it really isn't a posting day!!

I am just going to put it out there....I continue and will continue to post my affirmation pages here not only for myself but for anyone who ventures here! But, do me a favor, just so I know....Cause we all (bloggers) really want to know if you have been here!! Leave me a post next week and just say HI....It really would brighten my day! I look forward to hearing from you....And if you go to my other blogs, watch for some exciting things coming soon....GIVE A WAYS! Now, that is just a hint!!
Have a delightfully creative weekend...AND
Fly on the Wings of your dreams....
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Reflection Friday!

Another week has past! Why is it that every week seems to go by faster and faster?? So as I reflect on the lessons of my soul this week, I have been aware of so much! First I realize that you must have a little darkness to see all the light that surrounds you! Not that you should dwell in the darkness, just that you should know that balance of it, and what it has to say to you. I also, am so aware, especially today, of when you give of yourself to a cause for someone else, that you end up helping yourself almost more than you helped the other person and their cause. For once you reach out with the purest of intentions, you then find what strength and love you have within you for humanity and for yourself. So today, when reflecting, I honor my path...I continue to walk down it, sometimes skipping, sometimes dancing, sometimes at a very slow crawl...but none the less I continue to do what it is that my heart sings to do! Today, I am reaching up to the stars above me...I am aiming high and I am feeling the balance of the universe and its creative purpose for me! And that is my wish for you today...No matter if you are doing the slow crawl, or you are skipping, or dancing...continue down your path...aim high! Cause you know what they say: Shoot for the moon, you just might find yourself falling amongst the stars! Here is to finding our hearts and our stars in perfect balance!
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Creativity

Today is a day of creativity! It is an amazing thing once you clear out some clutter, both from your space and your mind, what you can come up with! Today is such a day! Visions of projects, and thoughts, and dreams dance in my head with wild abandon! Today, I am surrounded with such creative energy that it swirls and shows me colors, and designs and love! Today, is a day of creativity for both my mind and my spirit! I am picking up brushes and pens, and paper and canvas!! I am open to the magic that is taking place. Today is a brilliant day of the way things work for me...I am so aware of the fact that sometimes you just need to get rid of some of your dust bunnies in order to feel the joy of the creative process. So that is my wish for all who come here today...That you feel the wonderful joy in the creative force within you. Do not fear the dust bunnies...just wipe them away and then let all the positive energy surround you...Take the process slowly and then dance with your creativity to a beat that is all your own.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Hope!

Today has been a day of clearing out the studio, so that I can bring a bigger work table in here for some of the projects that I am working on. So it has been a day of looking at different things I have collected and sorting thru them to either keep them or throw them out. Which caused me to reflect on some of the things I have personally kept. Some beliefs that no longer suit me that needed to be shed, so it was a sort of cleaning of the soul also. Today, as I changed things around both internally and externally I found a great smile coming across my face, and that smile was fueled with HOPE! How like a butterfly who was once a caterpillar I am becoming!(I know others were having a butterfly day also!) I was reminded of a book: HOPE FOR THE FLOWERS by Trina Paulus, which was given to me in the late 70's by a good friend. It is a wonderful little book about becoming what you were meant to be. It is filled with a great deal of HOPE! So that would be my wish for you today...Fill yourself with hope...Fill yourself with the hope that you can unclutter your path and that by changing and rearranging you will be able to FEEL the HOPE!
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Vision

Today I have been very aware that I MUST keep my vision! That by feeling my inner energy I then see my truths. That when I see my truths, all my directions are open to me. There is not a single thing that can not be reached! And that all those directions eventually will come together onto one path. After I did this affirmation page I noticed that the design resembled a watch...This is a sign for me! It reminds me NOT to watch for the outcome of things. By putting to much importance on the outcome I do not stay in the present. And it is here and now that needs to be attended to. So, that would also be my wish for all who enter here today! Be aware of your vision, pay attention to your inner energy, and BELIEVE that ll your directions will lead you to a path of your own happiness. Let today, be a day of VISION.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Grateful

It has taken me all day to get to this affirmation..I just could not make one this morning, for lots of reasons, mostly it was just a little "down" day! But, it got better this afternoon! It was better because the sound of the rain became soothing to me, Because I let myself take a well deserved nap, because I heard the birds singing after the rain...and BECAUSE there are those people out there who support what I do and believe in me, even when I am not totally believing in my self!
And with the simplest stroke of the keyboard, they can bring me back! Back to my center, back to my creative, back to my cute! So today, or rather this evening, it is a time of being grateful!
And I am, and I know that my outside has nothing to do with my inner spirit...And that my heart is protected on days like today, by people I love! So that is my wish for you today, that if the day is starting out in a less than positive way, reach out to someone who you know protects your heart, and it will quickly turn around for you, just the way mine did!
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Reflection Friday

Today as I reflect on this past week I notice a softness to myself..I notice that with all my colors and dreams that I need this softness in order to continue on my path. Sometimes I think that perhaps I have taken on to much, have nothing of importance to say or do, and then that is where the softness must come in. Gently I know that by listening to my inner spirit and walking with it, I can dance and sing with my truest voice. By moving from within, I can celebrate all that I have to offer. Even if I am just offering it to myself. The gift of creativity that I feel in my core is something that I want to share.(And I want to thank all who share their core with me! ) I hope with all my heart that it gives people something to hold on to the way it does for me. That their heart smiles a little, or is touched in some sort of way to bring them into their own inner spirit. My life is full with wonderment and love. So that is my wish for all who come to view today, that you feel the softness of yourself, that you allow that softness to over take you in moments where you doubt yourself, or your creativity. All of us are connected in such a spiritual way, that when we stand together we are a powerful force! BELIEVE!
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Celebration!

Today, after talking with a good friend, I celebrate!! I celebrate who I am and the path that I am heading down! I celebrate my standing stead fast even though at times it may be hard! I celebrate my colors, my thoughts, my art with a standing ovation today! I celebrate the fact that I am not allowing the fear to overtake me this time around! I celebrate my voice, my love and my friends! Today, is a day of complete celebration for what I do! So all the dear souls that enter here today, that is my wish for you!! That you CELEBRATE yourself for all the wonderful things that you do..that you celebrate the love that you give out every day, and that you do so without fear. That we continue to grow and fly together and reach out beyond our own circle...
I celebrate YOU....and I celebrate ME!
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Movement

Today is one of those days in the studio where I am not quite completing anything, but rather, I am moving from one to another of the different projects that I am working on. I am sharing my space today, and I am very aware of the different energy that surrounds me! So, I am staying focused by being aware of the movement! By watching as my hands pick up certain pens to use, and some are better than others...This pen for this page was almost out of ink!! I am aware of the way the paint brushes feel in my hand, and the pencil strokes...quick and flowing. I look inward today and feel a certain JOY that I have so many things to do, a touch of fear is there also, but today I continue to move forward. Everything that I am doing is because it feels RIGHT to me...it feels as if it belongs along side me on this path. So, today, although this is the only piece that was completed, I continue with my movement, I continue to honor my heart, I continue to BELIEVE! So that is my wish for you also today...Even if your space is small and you have to share it with others, continue to move...continue to be aware of your energy..continue to allow yourself the honor of growth. Continue to move from within!
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

A day of Love

Today I have been pleasantly aware of the fact that any negative thoughts I am having, or trouble that I feel is brewing within my space is really just a distraction. A distraction that keeps me from moving forward on my path, a distraction that keeps me stuck in one place for longer than I need be. Today, I am aware of the fact that if I keep focused on the LOVE...The inner core of my direction, my designs, my song, my loves, then I can walk, dance and sing freer than I have ever done before! So that is my wish for you, that even though it is impossible not to have some negative thoughts or events happen in your life, keep your focus on the LOVE . The love of yourself, the love of your creativity, the love of others...the rest is just a distraction.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Trusting...

Today has been one of those days where I bounce from one thing to another, because....
Well, I think it is because I just can't seem to FINISH anything. Several things play through my head when I say that.. and most of them just come from the FEAR place...So today, I have realized that I just need to trust my life! I just need to trust that the leaf of my creativity is blowing out there in the wind and will land on a soft pink pillow where it will be safe and sound once again! So that is my wish for all who enter here today.Trust that even on a day when you don't seem quite your creative self, when you are feeling less than who you know yourself to be, TRUST that you will land on a safe soft spot of comfort...and tomorrow you will begin again.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Reflection

Today has been a day!! I have been up and down and all over the board with emotions...Once I settled down (after a nice nap!!) I know that looking over the week I must see and feel with my heart, and not be afraid to expose it, even when it is raw with emotion...I also know that when exposing I learn more about myself and get an exchange of ideas that perhaps I hadn't looked at...Today, I see myself a little clearer and know that I still have miles to go on this path...I am getting closer to my core one step, one moment at a time. Today, my heart is open and it cries and laughs with me. So that is my wish for all who enter here...that even when they feel a sense of sadness around them...look to see where it is coming from..look for someone you can share that with and perhaps see it from a different view...look and know that it is only a temporary thing and that you are strong.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Exchange

Today I did some detail mural work at a friend of my sons' house. The day sort of flew past me as I happily worked on the swirly arch way between her living room and her dinning room...and our conversations. They ran from soup to nuts as they say...we shared stories and feelings, I shared my prized affirmation pages. We talked about healing and helping...It was a wonderful day of exchange. And realizing that it doesn't matter if your 33 or 55 or 12 or 20...a dream, a belief, a story that comes from the heart holds no age! It is a true and wonderful thing to share with others. So why is it that we divide our self into age, sometimes to a fault? So, that is my wish for all today, that you spend time and share who you are, where you have been, and where you dream to go with others, young and old. Because after all we are all spirits of the same universe...Make yourself happy and SHARE your swirls of delight!
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Adventure

Have you ever gone back and explored something that you gave up doing? Today was such a day for me!! Today, I was re-connecting with a good friend...and I really mean a good friend, because time and distance does not affect our friendship, and we just play a mean catch up and then everything was exactly how it was!! (We have had a 2 year absence at this time) Anyhow, she is an avid cross stitcher and does the most beautiful work...I use to do it to but it has been given away to paint, and paper and pens now a days...Today, we went to needle shops and I bought patterns and new needles and I went through her stash of patterns that she has already done, and which I fell in love with!! Today, I am so excited about doing some of this again!! I did not pick the patterns that would take me months and months of labor, bur rather simple ones that have a message for me, or someone I know...I am feeling like a kid about this!! We talked and talked too!! We went to deep spaces that we do not let to many people see, and it is so strange, but during that absence we were both going through similar things...moves were made, babies were born, we were discovering things about ourselves and we were each growing...and I believe that we would of been useless to each other at that time, because everything was so much the same...So, we re-connect at a time when we are both feeling energy and the need to share once again..I am ever so happy!! So that is my wish for you today, if you have been thinking of someone that you have not been in contact with for whatever reason, and you just can't seem to get that person off your mind...RE-CONNECT! It is a sign to you and try not to ignore it, or wait for that person to call you, cause they may be thinking the same way, and the fear of not being welcome comes in to play..But, I do know that someone has to be the first to call...and why not make it your treat! I know that I am ever so joyful that I did!
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

HOLDING!

I received word today from a friend of mine that she had lost someone dear to her. When these things happen, even if there is illness involved, it still takes so much energy to process it, to find a place to put it, to grieve, to love, to live. And my heart is pouring forth a great compassion for my friend, and while feeling this way for her, it reminded me to take a close look at the loved ones who surround me. Surround me with love, and support, and creative energy. So today, as my heart is soft and gentle with someone else, my heart is soft and gentle with myself...I am holding on tightly to the sweetness of my loves, my family, my friends, my truths, my creativity...and although some are no longer with me, and now no longer with my friend, I hold fast knowing that all is exactly as it should be. So, that is my wish for all who venture to this page today, take a moment or more and hold on to your loves, let them know how you feel, do not let another day go by with words unsaid.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Others

Some days I have all the best intentions to do everything that is on my list! But then the phone will ring and it is someone who needs me more than I need to paint! In the past I have given way to being annoyed by this for whatever selfish reason that I had. But, now when that person needs me, I spread my wings around their heart and listen to what they have to say, offering advice if it is asked for. Listening if that is all they need. I take the time an offer it up as a gift to them...but what I have found is that is a gift to myself. A gift of knowing that I am valued by someone enough that they would share their heart with me. A gift of knowing that in some way I might be able to help someone with a word, with a smile, with a loving hug, with a listening ear. So that is my gift to all who read this today...give of your self when someone is reaching out for you, you will find that you receive so much in return.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Friday's Reflection

As I go over my week of affirmations I focus my reflection on the theme! Of being connected with the people I care about, of keeping my eye on my star and holding tight to my dreams, while knowing the importance these have to play with my happiness. By letting my energy guide me I will realize what direction my path will take me. There are times and days when it takes all my energy to stay true to myself! This has been a trying week, with everyone being sick, but it has also been a time of recognizing that I have something to say! I have something to share! And that my core is directing me to stay on course with these affirmations that I share with all who enter here, and especially to share them with myself! In a lot of ways it is just like talking to my self...a little core cheerleader for ME! So, that is my wish for all who come a view today, that you allow your cheerleader (be it yourself, your friends, your loved ones, or maybe even ME) chant your name and give you the courage and the strength to continue on your path knowing that you are headed in the right direction!
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Whispers

This morning as I sit in my studio and write this I hear the whisperings of my dreams swirling around me amongst the paper and paint! I see the projects and the lists of TO DO projects and they reveal my purpose...to continue to gently guide myself and others with laughter, and inspiration to manifest the dreams we hold true in our hearts. To leap hurdles and add a little spark of magic...one small step at a time! To believe in the knowledge that all that stands between us and the life of our dreams is the thoughts we choose....so, believe that you can walk to the edge and unfurl your wings and fly!! These are some of my deepest and true wishes for all who enter here and for myself! It is my hearts' song!
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Importance

Today I am very aware of the importance that my art plays in my life. Yesterday because I was caring for my grandson, and he was sick with the flu, there was not enough time for me to do some of the things that I thought I would do...I know, we have all had days like that!! So this morning I am in my studio painting, planning, cleaning, organizing (well the last two only a little bit cause I was looking for something!)But, what I realized is that it doesn't matter what type of creativity I choose to do for the day, the only important thing is that I DO IT!! It can be as creative as reading a book on creativity, looking at the pictures in my favorite magazine, visualizing myself painting, or doing an actual piece...as long as I continue to honor myself and my dreams by actually doing something creative! There just seems like a piece missing when I am out of the loop of my creative spirit...so, I still have a sick grandson here, and now my daughter is here sick too...and I am sure this will lead me to be sick...so, I will stock up on all the latest magazines that I love so much for inspiration and I will get my sketch book out so that I can place those designs swimming in my head down on paper...cause there will always be a moment or two when I will be able to do that while being the nurse! Today, I FLY!
And that is my wish for you today also, that you realize the importance of honoring your creative spirit in whatever way you can sometime during the day...give yourself a minute to visualize it, a minute to look at it, a minute to do it...before long those minutes will start to add up and you will FLY!
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Perspective

Today is a day of being really aware of the energy within my core! If I totally listen to that core voice, if I accept the energy that it provides me, if I let it guide me, I feel so much better on my path. If I question it, deny it, or ignore it I then question myself and doubt myself. Today I am swirling and dancing with my energy. I am surround by it and connecting with it and all that I am doing feels so right with me. That is my wish for all who venture here today, that they feel their own energy, that they it allow it to swirl around them, guide them and that you do not question it or doubt for one moment where it is leading you. For your core being is your true voice and when you listen, it has a great deal of wonderful positive energy that it reveals to you.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Purpose

Today is a day of purpose...Of feeling the core of my being...Today, I am in the middle of a blizzard, and yet I am connecting with people and I am doing art and I am SO HAPPY! Today, I am going forward slowly and steady, keeping my eye on my dream and moving forward...It feels RIGHT..It feels GOOD...IT feels PERFECT! And that is my wish for you today, that you look to your star, your dreams, your desires...and that you plant one foot on the path to them at a time and steadily keep moving forward! It will make you feel good, it will show you what you can accomplish, and it will build your faith in yourself.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Reflection Friday...

Today has been a GRAND day of laughter and promise. Today, I reflect on the affirmations of my week and realize a pattern. A pattern of discovery for myself. A pattern that shows that I am realizing my inner spirit more and more, and I am honoring it almost daily! By paying attention to the little things, by taking it one step, one moment, one day at a time I have slowed myself and my mind from racing to the next spot. This all keeping me in the present and allowing me to be deeply aware of my heart and my songs. Today as I reflect on my week my heart is open and I receive this wisdom of my soul with great compassion...And that is my wish for all who venture here today, that you reflect on yourself, your thoughts, your actions..that you pay close attention to those things that make your soul soar to heights that you can reach and touch the stars, and that you honor all your blessings, and delight in the smallest of happiness...For it is all a chain reaction and once you start it is very difficult to stop...and you probably wouldn't want to!
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Knowing

Today has been a day of knowing...knowing when and how to pay attention to the gratitude in my life. My life is full of wonderful and amazing people,things and events. Talking with a friend that I have known for 34 years, who is married to someone I have known for 46 years...WOW! Knowing that they are important to me, and knowing that I am grateful to have them in my life during so many times....Priceless! Knowing that my art is important to me, and if I just go about it for my heart without thinking of an outcome, I am that much more connected to it. Knowing that a trip to the grocery store can bring about a closeness and laughter with my husband...Today is a day of knowing and if I pay close attention I will bloom! And that is my wish for you...that you have some time where you just know that if you do pay attention to your gratitude your spirit will swirl and shine!
Artfully Yours,
Pattie