Do what you can, with what you have, where you are

At last, I'm in a place where I'm eager about everything I do. > crossing my fingers it's long-lived <  ;)

I am honored I have been one among many to witness another year go by. Whew, what a roller coaster ride the last few have been. I’ve joined forces with my Higher Self ... but have also been a Mistress of the Dark-Blue. Heavy emotions and fears cast their distressing shadows all over my person way past their expiration date. I no longer seek to get down on myself about anything. Gentleness, Kindness and Honoring my Spiritual Path will be my way from here forward. As I'm a being who craves love and attention, I will simply look no further than the end of my own fingertips and heart. We're all interconnected and one anyway, so whatever love I extend that spills over will ultimately flow back into me.

Parts of me are impulsive, impatient and easily overwhelmed. I tend to fall short at keeping up with the speed of the entries of my creative, prolific friends ... Still, I shall strive to improve and do my best, despite constantly tripping over myself. I very much appreciate all the love and encouragement that has helped me evolve thus far.

My "all or nothing" mentality is a trippy thing to deal with ... and I tend to over think myself into exhaustion which can be quite counterproductive. Still, when I get myself to remember I create my reality ... my bed of bliss ... my hot mess ... I become empowered.

Despite any perceived setbacks, I will continue to approach life with a sense of daring and adventure... I will taste and sample from the buffet of Source energy... and shall do my best not to get side tracked from my spiritual and creative goals, which have taken a back seat to tangents.

Next year is the perfect time to become fully involved with something. I see no reason why that shouldn’t be persistence.

As I’m easily deterred, it’s important I have a plan ... and then a backup plan, just in case. ;)

Plan A:

Go back to the basics:

• Photography
• Writing

Byproducts of either is simply icing.

Plan B:

Focus energies on staying in contact with far away family and friends.

So if I falter on Plan A, I have Plan B to fall back on. Once I master persistence, I’ll do both. Both are productive. Both serve life and heart.

One of my upcoming tasks is to turn my blog into a book; that way if blogger goes down, I’ll have it in hard copy.

I changed the settings of my blog to hide comments, but for some reason it’s disabled the comment box altogether. So anyone who wishes to share something, simply shoot me an E-mail.

I thrive on watching how ordinary moments are transformed into the extraordinary. It inspires me deeply.

Here's an old entry posted 1/28/08 that I loved reading and wanted to repost:

I thought of something I heard awhile back, which made me pause: What you see in others is what you see in yourself. I take great care in what I choose to see then.

There’s this luminous raw food chef, Katherine, who posted the following which totally moved me. In keeping with what I just wrote, I appreciate the "me" that I see in her :)

   

Here’s stuff she wrote on:

• Hobbies: Creating my own magical life, discovering my own real beauty, attending to my higher self.
• Favorite Places: Within the ever unfolding walls of my happiest heart.
• Favorite Sports: Sighting my own eagle landing.
• Reading Now: Reading my own hand. Lighting my own eyes upon my own written page. Looking into a brave, new future created by my own merry making.
• Listening Now: To my own steady heartbeat. For signs.
• Dislikes: Nothing is worth that much energy. Love is all that counts.

My next post will be mostly wordless, and comprise of pictures taken the last couple of weeks.

♥