Shifting...

Today is a day of shifting....By that I mean shifting some of my routines. So often we get so stuck in our routines that we think there is no other way to live. Ah...so today, I am shifting that routine with small things and learning in the process that it works out just fine!! And I am aware that change is a way of looking at things differently, and allows me to see a vast amount of things that I might not of even been aware of. So today is a day of shifting....shifting and finding a child like spirit involved that is full of wide eye wonder. So, that would be my wish for all who venture to read this post today....SHIFT! Make a move to the right or to the left, but shift a little from your daily routine...Wake yourself up a little...take a different route home from work...have a different type of coffee, or take a few moments for yourself at lunch...whatever it may be, small or big , try looking at it a little differently...See things in a new way and renew your zest for living!!
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Looking Deeply....

Today is a day of Looking Deeply....There are moments in our lives when things seem to NOT be turning out the way we had planned, expected or even hoped that they would. Today, I am sitting back, even though I am not doing what I originally had planned, and saying from deep within...IT IS ALL GOOD! Today I am seeing the goodness of the postponed plans, and accepting them as a change that is for the good. I am experiencing the beauty of the day and feeling quite alive. We as humans have that choice...We can choose to believe in the darkness of the change and think that it is something terrible or we can choose to look even deeper and see a purpose for the change and know that it is for the good. Today, I am settling into the center of my heart and remembering how to truly see! Today, I will enjoy where life takes me! So, that is my wish for all who venture here today. There will be days like this...days when things just did not or are not turning out the way you had visualized them....but, then take a deep breath and look a little deeper into your soul and find a spot where you can see the goodness, the beauty and the acceptance of the change. It is with your hearts eye that you see most clearly!
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Goals

Today is a day of clearly seeing that the goals that I set up for myself at the 1st of the year are being met. I continue to reach out for them one by one and taking them off the list that is in front of me...New ones have been added too. So today is a day of following the outline and finding out that I have been learning new things about myself on this journey this year that is almost 1/2 way done now. Today, I am aware of my strengths and my abilities. So today, I climb another step on my ladder to the stars. That would also be my wish for all today! May you continue on your journey to the stars...one small step at a time...believing in yourself and your abilities and your creative talents. May each day, each week, each year, bring you that much closer to the realization of your dreams.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Cheer

Today is a very cheery day! The sun is shining, the weather is beautiful, a cool breeze is blowing and I was surrounded by my family! Ah, Memorial Day...the opening of a summer season! Today I feel as positive and bright and cool as the day! I am feeling every moment of this blessed day....and I am so cheerful! Smiling and laughing and enjoying good conversations and watching a little one explore a HUGE world with wonderment. Today is a day of cheer and I am ever so thankful to have this day!! So, that is my wish for all who venture here...May you look for the cheer...for the shine, and the beauty, and the love of any given day. And may it always be accompanied by a cool and refreshing breeze that makes you stop for a moment and breath deeply enough so that you say THANK YOU!!!!!!!!
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Risks

This is an affirmation from Tuesday...
Today, I am finishing up some art that needs to go out in the mail for some calls for artists work in some national magazines...I am taking the risks and sending in the projects and feel confident that I have done some good work here, and hope that they see that and publish it. So today, I am feeling the freedom from fear and limitations. It is difficult on some days to see my art in an objective way. When I look through many of the magazines I see totally different art than what I do, so I have been adapting it. I have just finished up some wearable art and hope that they meet with someones approval for these magazines....My wish for you today, is that you too take risks...that you hold back nothing when it comes to your creativity...that you do not compare, or judge against anyone what it is that you do that makes your heart soar.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Adapting

This is my affirmation from Monday..May 21
Today is a day of adapting...Today I have driven 6 hours alone in the car...half of that time I spend in silence with myself..the other half is spent with TINA TURNER blasting and traveling at higher speeds!! Today, I adapt to myself...I have challenged myself with many opportunities to open up this year...I have decided to take the time to discover my creativity to its fullest and prove myself....So, I adapt...adapt much like a oyster shell that is forming out of sand a precious pearl.....I am learning much about myself and making myself form my own precious gems...So that is my wish for all who venture here today...Although the oyster is irritated with the making of the pearl it does so and produces such beauty...Let your own challenges make your life beautiful by adapting to the irritation!
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

off Line for a Week!

I will continue to do my daily affirmation pages, but will catch up after the 21st. I am taking a little road trip, which is really much needed...Till next week I wish everyone the best of the best, the highest of the high....from within and without...
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Awakening....

This morning as I asked myself what it was that I needed to be aware of the word: AWAKE came to me. I am using this day to have an awakening, especially after yesterdays lull...
Today, I will be aware of the knowledge and the wisdom that I have within me and around me. I will accept help when I need it, and expand my understanding of the things that are of the most important to me. Today, I am awake with gratitude and I am very open to myself and those close to me. So, that would be my wish also for all who venture here today....If you need help, please ask for it, no one can hear the marbles rolling around up there, as my mother use to say!
Be at peace with yourself and your knowledge and wisdom....You are full of everything you need to know, even when it does not seem like it. Fill yourself with gratitude for all that you are and all that you do.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Persuasion

Today has been a day of persuasion....Talking myself into and out of things. Persuading myself not to give up, but rather to just give in to being tired. Sometimes when I get tired, I start to question, doubt, give up. So today, I have been persuading myself, that those things just will not serve me! Today with my persuasion I am listening for the whispers of inspiration, that are in the background. I am trying to stay aligned with my purpose and my voice, instead of caving into negativity! Today I am using all of my heart to let go, just for the day, of this creativity...To just let myself be and to be COMFORTABLE with that!! So that is my wish for all who read this today. Instead of "beating" yourself up when you have one of these days where either nothing creative comes, or you feel that you just can't do anything right....PERSUADE yourself...to let yourself rest, and regenerate....It truly is the best thing that you can do for yourself, your voice and your message....I am off to take a nap!
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Relection Friday

Today is a day of reflection....and as I reflect over this past week, I am aware of many signs and symbols. There have been signs of growth for me, growth with my thinking. Feeling a great future of infinite possibilities. My mind races with so many things that I see before me, that I want to do and accomplish. I see myself, moving forward in many directions. I laugh more, and play more, and do not feel heavy with any of these dreams. I smile deep with the exploding power of them. I am aware of the sensations of feeling light hearted and connected, not only with myself but with others. So that is my wish for all who enter here today. May you reflect on your week and see what is working for you, and then keep using it. May you let go of burdens that weigh you down so that you can feel connected. And may you remember to smile...smile deep with in yourself smiles.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Sharing

Today has been a day of sharing...Sharing all that I am with others and with myself. Today, I share my written words, and my art...I look around and see that it can be both powerful and heart warming. My heart is open to everything today, I see projects that I want to jump in and complete, I see writings that need to be written, I see that with the dreams of these things, that I will be sharing...Sharing all that I am. Today my heart is open and full of vision for my path. So that is my wish for all who enter here today...Share who you are with others, be it with a piece of art, written words, spoken words, a hand held out, a gentle voice, encouragement...All spoken and done with love and truth is a beautiful day of sharing.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Sensations

Again I am behind...So this is my post for Wednesday....I was lost in my sensations! It was a beautiful day........