Magical Mandala...Parade

This is the time to have your parade...
to dance...sing...and enjoy...
to laugh...expose...and remember.
This is the time to listen to your music...
to follow your stars...
freedom...expression...play.
This is YOUR time...
Lead your parade.

***Be aware that there are many opportunities for you to play...let your heart soar with laughter...let it sing songs of love for you...When you become aware of these times you can expose your child like self and remember your joy...Let your heart flow to a freedom of your own expression...listen to the music of your soul and dance in your parade of self...
Today, may you lead yourself forward to your truth...with your soul music...may you use that music to soar to the front of your parade and lead yourself to your dreams.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Magical Mandala...Participate

Participate in the weaving...
reach beyond...take your time...
expand and develop...with purpose...
with competence...with will...
with strength...with hope...
with love...with generosity..
with wisdom...
play with the weaving of your life...
and leave room...
room for your growth...

***There are times when it is much easier to allow someone else to make a decision...to give permission...to take charge. Once we start this process we lose part of our strength...we lose part of our souls...our spirit. Be aware to take time to participate in the weaving of your life...pick your colors...pick your purpose...pick your hopes and desires and weave them slowly...steadily into the fabric of your dreams...Today, may you be aware of all the decisions that you need to make for yourself in order to be true to who you really are.
* This mandala was inspired by writer: Joan Erikson

Magical Mandala...Let the Outside In

Bring that which is around you in...
Allow yourself to witness what it can show you...
Let it touch your soul to allow
you to grow beyond your circle...
Let the outside in...
Breathe in the strength..
the beauty...
Renew your spirit

***By staying in the comfort of your space...your mind...your zone often something NEW will throw you off balanced...Be aware to let the outside in...be aware to entwine both the familiar and the unfamiliar...by doing so you open up to so many possibilities. By letting the outside in you will lay witness to a new strength...a new beauty...a re-newed spirit. May you take the comfort of today and let one small new growth come in from the outside to blossom and take a place within your soul to enrich your spirit.

Magical Mandala...Paradise

Let your bird of paradise open...
Let it stir your heart with messages...
of beauty...of belief...of joyous color...
Let your bird of paradise grow strong
and open its glorious wings...
Then let it take flight...

***Take time to watch for your blooms after a rain...Once you open your eyes and look for the growth that your rain afforded you...Let your blossoms stir your heart...turn them over gently in your hands and feel the message....water, nurture and tend to the growth...take your time, there is no hurry to force it to grow to fast...But once you are able .... TAKE FLIGHT!
May you be aware of your blooms, your seedlings of growth, so that you can tend to your soul in order to be able to fly...
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Magical Mandala...Cracking Open

Let the thunder within crack you open...
Let the rain pour out...
Let yourself feel the force and power from deep within...
Let it lead the way to your stars...
Let the thunder within crack you open...
Do not fear your power...
Do not fear the darkness...
Do not fear your rain...

***Be aware that sometimes a huge storm must occur to crack you open...Tears and pain driving very hard...the force and power from deep within that often comes before change is allowed. Letting the thunder crack me open is giving way to the rain of tears...which in the past has made me feel weak and small...this rain makes me feel that a new dawn is approaching and I will soon surrender to the calm and growth this storm will allow me...
May you come to know your storm as something that is given to you so that you can quiet yourself, and become aware that growth is about to happen. It is often the fear and change of growth that allows the thunder to crack us open...A good storm may sometimes make you fearful, but when the rain and thunder is over we see a new day before us. May you be aware of your thunder and may you allow it to crack you open toward new stars....
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Magical Mandala...Welcome

Be welcomed.....to the peace...
Be welcomed...to the calm...
Be welcomed...to the joy...
Let yourself be welcomed....embrace...be aware...
be truthful...be open...
Feel deep the welcome...

Be aware as you change environments or move into different stages of your life....Do not fear such changes, but rather feel the welcome...feel the sudden change of the wind and the slightest shift in your body..in your mind...and welcome it...For if you eliminate the fear and embrace the welcome you will feel an open sense so you can better receive all that is about to unfold around you....May you remember to always feel the welcome!

***I have been visiting friends in the paradise called, Key West, Florida! I have had the opportunity to be welcomed with such a warmth of friendship and love ... these next 9 mandalas were done while visiting with them and the learning that took place while I was there...

FLYING!!

Just a note here too...I am off line to go on a 10 day holiday!!!!!!!! OH JOY! OH JOY!!!!!!!!!
Here is a painting that I did for a baby boy earlier this year....CHRISTOPHER JOSEPH!!!!!!!!
See you next month!!
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Magical Mandala...Unlimited Energy

Connecting with my core gives me strength...the glow from within gives me unlimited energy...I release my tension...I breathe in fresh energy...I give myself power...I strengthen my abilities...
I blossom and grow....

***I am aware today of some tension that surrounds me...So I breathe...breathe deep into my core...I am silent...I feel the calm coming over me and the tension releasing...I am aware of the warm glow of the spirit within...I breathe the deepness that is ME...Today, I am aware that if I need the time to let some things go...I must give myself that moment...It allows me to feel my power...It allows me to remember my abilities...It allows me to blossom and grow! Today, if you feel tension within you...stop for a moment...sit and silence yourself...and breathe...breathe deep into your core...you will feel the warmth coming back...you will feel the power rising up....you will strengthen your growth and blossom......(if you take on 5% of your positive energy every time you are feeling your tension...WOW...before long the tension won't have anywhere to place itself!!)...TRUST YOURSELF!
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Magical Mandala...Inner Radiance

Connecting.....Connecting with my joy...with my paper and paint...
Connecting.....Connecting with my inner most self...
Connecting.....Connecting with my inspiration...
Connecting.....Connecting with my splendor...my part in the Universe...
Connecting with myself allows me to connect with my inner radiance...

*** Today I am aware that I have a great need to create in silence...to be alone in my space
surrounded by my paint, my paper, my pens...I have been given back these moments of joy
and I am feeling a peacefulness that has been missing...I am feeling grateful today for allowing
myself this connection once again. Today, I am aware that this is not a selfish act...that by being
true to myself, by connecting to my inner radiance I am a much happier person. I can create
easier, life seems fuller, the sun shines brighter, and those around me are aware of the change
that comes over me when this connection takes place. So today, I am aware...I am aware that I
am an artist! May you find a moment today to honor your connection with your radiance. May you find a silence within to connect to and find your splendor, your creativity, your part in this big picture of life.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Magical Mandala...Wings

~softly fluttering in a cool breeze...
~rapidly moving against a harsh wind...
~moving with grace and beauty...
~fragile and yet so strong...
Your wings are always there to carry you to great heights.

***There are days that my wings are quite apparent to me...they allow me to fly almost effortlessly with the cool breeze of my creative mind. There are other days when I am almost not aware that I have them...the wind is harsh and yet I know in my core that they will help me to soar once again. When I am aware of my ideas, my creativity, my spirit I can fly ... fly higher than I ever thought possible. Today, I am aware of the path that these wings take me...I am enjoying the flight...I am grateful for the knowledge that they allow me to see. Today, I know that my wings are there every day...some days I must just remember to fly right into the middle of the storm for that is where the calm is. Today, may you also be aware of your wings...may you remember that they are strong and can take you to all the places that you are dreaming of going all you have to do is BELIEVE and allow your wings to let you FLY!
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Magical Mandala...Center

Look within...look deep...deep within to your center.
Listen...listen carefully...listen to the wisdom of your center.
Search...search within...search within for the answers from your center.
For it is from the center that we start to grow....

***Today, I am quiet with myself...I am looking, and listening, and searching for some answers from deep within. I believe that when I quiet myself and pay attention my answers swirl around me in a circle for me to see...I believe that all the answers that I need are there as long as I take the time to connect with them. Today, my center is open and I am aware. Today, may you take a moment to quiet yourself and look, listen and search your center for your answers...they may not be clear to you at first, it may feel a little uncomfortable at first...but eventually you will hear the sound of your own true voice.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Magical Mandala...Hanging Heart

I am safe hanging my heart on this limb....I am safe because comfort surrounds me...
I am safe because the leaves of friendship are there to cradle me if I should suddenly slip...
I am safe hanging my heart on this limb...I am safe for I am circled with love...I am circled
with faith...I am circled with belief...I am circled with hope....
I am safe hanging my heart on this limb...I am safe because I am holding on to my own truth.

*** Today, I am aware of the friendship that I have with so many like spirits. I am aware that we are all there to help each other when we hang our hearts out on the limb...When we expose our truths, not only to our self but to others. Today, I am aware that there is nothing so dark that a friend cannot help to shine a little light in our direction...and by feeling the warmth of that light we can perhaps see down the tunnel of darkness. I am aware today, that I am safe, that exposure does not have to be a negative, but rather it can be a beginning to a new day. I am aware today more so than yesterday that I am surrounded by loving, supportive spirits that will cradle me should I start to fall...Blessings to all of YOU...And today, may you also find a moment to be aware of those friendships, and may you circle yourself in HOPE for tomorrow.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie