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About 12 years ago, I met my friend Stephanie. She was a marketing director at a large accounting firm in Reno, Nevada. I was a marketing director at a large accounting firm in Dallas, Texas.
She called one day and we chatted about marketing, but soon grew to be fast friends.
Nine years later, she was my maid of honor, seven years later, I was her matron of honor, along the way…we had Chance, she and her husband, Troy, had Samantha.
We have only physically seen each other six or seven times. But, still the connection today is as strong as it ever was.
I thought about her briefly last night before falling to sleep. This morning she emailed me to tell me about her writing adventures. Ah, still living parallel lives… and in addition to Stephanie, I have many, many other parallel sisters!
We all do… sisters and brothers… all living with us.
Isn’t it divine?
P.S. She just emailed me back and is ALSO playing the Queen… Queen Mommy complete with princess outfit!
THIS dress is amazing… totally queeny!
I just lost a week of my life! I have not been this ‘busy’ in a very LONG time – mostly by choice. Last week taught me WHY I unplugged from everything. WHY I made choices to uphold what is important to me.
WOW.
I lost a week of my life… where WAS I? I realize I was present with my clients. With Chance. With Mark, mostly. But, where was my time? GONE! *Poof* In an instant… shazam! Dissolved into thin air.
When Friday came I was gone… literally and figuratively. I was empty. I had nothing left. I even rescheduled a beloved client because I literally did not feel like I was at my best.
Am I kicking myself? No. But you better believe that I made changes for this week! And, that really is how contrast works. We get an experience and we say, “Nope… this is NOT what I want.” then we create something new from that moment.
This week, I have clients, writing to attend to. THIS BLOG that went into my hyper vortex last week! And…yes… me. I have a very important appointment with myself. As well as Chance, Mark and clients I love.
I know, without a doubt, that for me to be optimal I MUST have time to process. I require more than most people, I’m sure. I had a friend who used to take three to four days per month to go be by himself. We all know what it is for us. For me, I need big, juicy chunks. Two hours is best. One will do. Less than that and I’ll vacate my body and go into the ethers to ‘make space’ for myself. Not the best for living in the world. Truly.
My family amazes me with how loving they are about this requirement knowing that when I take care of me they get the best of me.What’s your optimal? Play with it and see … you can have what you ask for.
Once upon a time I lived in a house with a woman who was CRAZY about art and creating lively, cool things.
She made the MOST WONDERFUL Halloween costumes (surely the reason why Halloween is one of my MOST FAVORITE holidays – and it IS a holiday – of the year). Her costumes were elaborate and full of imagination.
She made wild, crazy art in her 30s, and into her 40s. THEN, (insert tire screeching sound), in her 50s, she decided ‘enough’ with this stuff I LOVE to create. I’m going to follow the money train.
Soon, this artistic woman’s body began to break down. Her heart lost its vibrancy. She couldn’t sleep. And bears (yes, bears…like the big grizzly bear kind) started coming to her right before she would close her eyes to go to sleep each night.
Bear energy is all about the inner dreamland. Bear comes when we need to go inside again.
Night after night she would blink her eyes praying that big ol’ bear head would GO AWAY! AAAAaaaaaah! She would pull the covers up over her head and then peek outside and there it was – still hanging over her looking at her.
One night she said, “What do you want?”
And the bear said, “I want to invite you to dream again.”
That’s when the artist began dreaming again, and she began to play again with her art and she danced with the ideas in her head and made many wonderful creations that touched the lives of the people she met.
What’s the moral of the story?
Follow your art… not the money. 
The money follows your art and your art comes from your heart.
P.S. This is based on a very TRUE story. Bear and all…
Some of my favorite heavenly artists…HEAVENLY!
http://www.inspired-art.com/inspiredartworks/home.html
Is this a sanctuary or what? Nancy’s use of light makes my heart smile.
I wrote about guitars last week. Wow, what a difference a week makes.
I took ACTION and FOUND a sweet PATIENT guitar teacher who lives TWO minutes from my house. Coincidence? You decide.
Yesterday was my first lesson. I SO ENJOYED it! I was so present…so attentive, so ALIVE!
What a happy birthday present to me!
The hour FLEW by! I really feel like I CAN do this! It feels FUN. It feels ENERGIZED.
I’m so happy…in my heart.
What’s your heart asking you to do?
Mary sent this to me! She is an amazing designer and creator of super crafty, wonderfully artsy things.
Isn’t it sooo cute?
Can you read what it says? Open Your Gifts…time with you via email or phone or in person is my gift.
Thank you!
Oh wow… look at that. Another year has gone by. Lots of years have passed since I first sprang into this world – 41, in fact.
I find that I really don’t think much about age until someone brings it up, or until I talk to someone who doesn’t know much about the 80s (when we get to ‘explain’ the jokes or how funny things were back then).
The older I get the more I realize life really is all about love. And we all have our special brand of it.
It’s perfect, really.
You are perfect, really.
So am I.
Let’s celebrate together!
Chance drew this for me…I love his drawings! I would have never thought to have balloons coming OUT of a mouth… so CREATIVE! And these words… crazy…yummy…party…love you…yay!
So sweet!
