10 things that I am and nothing I am not

10 things that I am and nothing I am not

Sunday, February 28, 2016

"I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am." _
-Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

These words have rung in my ears recently, vibrating off the walls of my chest cavity. I am. Such a powerful two words to be sung by the bell of your heart. In a world where it is all too easy to see all the beautiful little bits of stranger's lives, it is simple to ease into resentment. Tapping little thumbs up or little hearts in effort to say "congratulations" often leads us into a dark hole where we look for the greenest spaces but only find dry, dull weeds rattling off the sides like dead moss.

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Spring-Summer Picture Project

Spring-Summer Picture Project

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Hello all, today I am starting something new.  Sometime to increase my own, and anyone else's out there, positivity.  I call it my spring summer picture project.  Each day I want to post a beautiful still life I find.  You know, when you see something positive and need to capture the moment.  That is what this is for.  It also helps to increase a positive attitude because you have to find at least one special moment each and every day.  I decided to start with a pile of library books waiting to be read that currently sit on the floor next to my lamp.  They sit in the floor because we haven't hung the Ikea Lack shelves in our new bedroom yet.  The plan is to use them as end tables, but we will get around to it eventually.  I think they look lovely just being in existance.  In fact, this project is already making me feel in a calm state of mind.

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