From my journal entry last night. When faced with people or circumstances that bring out the worst in me, I want to be able to disengage, put my energy elsewhere, and allow the grounded and wise part of my being to prevail. This is so easy for me to say, and so hard for me to actually do.
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Love that piece, Ali! As for saying versus doing, that's often a hard one for most of us. The trick is to keep reminding yourself of the sentiment, until it becomes part of your subconscious and you believe it.
Great picture Ali. As for saying, it is always so easy, then follows planning also quite easy to go through. The doing/applying challanges us all and if it were any easier, life itself would be a lot more easy :)
Yeah me too. At least thinking positively is a step towards acting positively.
Love your artwork too.
I was looking at this picture and trying to figure out why it looked so familiar - then I scrolled down and saw how you mentioned that your drawing style had been the same all your life and it hit me. I think it was 8th grade. I had gotten a new set of fancy markers and for some reason you and I took to doodling an abstract picture - I can't remember if we were at school or at my house - but it looked much the same as your latest post - borders with mimicking inner shapes, different colors swirling around each other. The end result was small - maybe 4" x 3", but I remember loving it and thinking it so beautiful. For a couple years, I kept it in one of the picture folios in my Day Planner, and every now and then would just look at it and be very impressed with us for making something so cool. Then it eventually went up in a coveted spot on my bedroom mirror, amongst the plethora of stickers I once wore in my efforts to be unique and different than everyone else... It was still there the last time I saw that mirror. It was still beautiful.
A simple memory, but it makes me smile.
~Becky - I remember that drawing!!! And I also remember it up on your mirror, as well as all the postcards you had taped to your bedroom door.
Seems my suspicions about my stagnated art talent have been duly confirmed! hahahahah!!
~Thanks to everyone for the "walk the walk" support and advice.
Lovely - I have to adopt this strategy in my life as well.
Ali, that could be a card. But nothing as trivial as what Hallmark produces. I love it.
Ali, you are an inspiration. Have only read a small part of your blog so far, but admire your courage to be a nomad and follow your dreams. Africa is my dream trip, hoping to go there this coming October for the first time. Am in Dallas now. Love your words of wisdom! :-)
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