"We live only to discover beauty. All else is a form of waiting."
-Kahlil Gibran
I am ever grateful for these and many other things.
My family
A safe and warm home
Fire
Food
Enough money
Fear
Challenges
Anger
Frustrations
Being inspired
Inspiring others
My hands
My beating heart
Love
Rain and wind
People who try, help, care and understand
Forgiveness and my ability to be forgiving and forgiven
You
Me
AND MY DOG :)
When I write, paint, photograph, and do brush script, I do it from my heart. I paint the things I love the most, I take photos of what I think is beautiful. My script is full of words that guide, empower and heal. My writing is the same: I look at the dark stuff, the hard stuff, the easy and the joyful stuff. And, primarily I do it for myself. I paint and script and write and photograph in order to heal my heart and in order to honour myself and my purpose.
The reason I SHARE MY WORK is to inspire. I want to help others to heal, to see their worth, to know that their struggles and pains, joy and light is worth is important and it is HONOURABLE. We are all just meer humans in an infinite, vast universe and we all belong and we are all worthy of knowing that our pain is real and important. Our dreams are valid and necessary.
Sharing my work isn't always easy to do. It's vulnerable. It's scary. It's full of worry.
I wonder if others will think I am a hack, or crazy or maybe a little too sentimental. I used to worry a lot about that. Now, I only worry a little about that.
It's gotten easier--partly because many of you have reached out to me and thanked me for writing, painting or scripting. You've told me that I inspire you and that leaves me feeling FULL. I mean, it is the reason I do this work after all.
It's gotten easier, also, because the more I tell myself that I am worthy, that my work is important and that WHAT I HAVE TO SAY IS VALUABLE to the greater good of the world, the more I believe it and the easier it is to share with the world.
So, tell me. What are you grateful for in your life? What hard and painful stuff have you encounted that has made you a better person? And what do you have inside your heart that could be shared with others to maybe inspire them to heal, and help yourself heal at the same time?
Thanks for coming to this place of mine to read, share and inspire me to be better. I humbly am so grateful for you all.
Happy Monday!
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