BEaUtiful

Dream in technicolor!

Shoot for the stars in your dreams. Don't hold back one glorious detail. Let your imagination run wild and free. Shed the safe black, white and grey and embrace the rainbow of opportunities out there waiting for you!! HAPPY FRIDAY!

Stick your neck out?

Sometimes you will find you need to stick your neck out, go the extra mile . . . extend a helping hand, again and again. And sometimes . .   after you've been nice and patient and forgiving, it's time to try something different ~ entirely different. 

get over IT!

Whatever "it" is, that is bothering you. Some hurt that you are holding onto, get it out ~ tell someone, make amends ~ either by forgiving or forgetting and get over it. Most likely in the grand scheme of things its minor in comparison to the real tragedies going on in this world today that you could be dealing with instead.
thanks to my friend Ingie for shooting these cool photos of me yesterday :D

a year from now . . .

Time flies no matter what you are doing. It is a finite thing, our greatest gift of all. We can chose to spend it anyway we like. Opportunities come and go, we get side tracked and we procrastinate. So take the time to think about what you really want to accomplish this year, because everything takes time, so why not start now!

This year I want to travel and I want to write a story. So I need to start planning my trip and writing a page a day. No time like the present!?!  xo

Man's best friend

"Outside of a dog, books are man's best friend". It's hard to imagine just a few centuries back, only an elite minority were taught to read. The shift from a minority to the majority reading, has had a monumental effect on our world. Much like the growing effect of the majority now having access to the internet today.


So pull a book off the shelf and teach yourself something new today!! Just because you CAN!

Letting Loose

While there are lots of times in life it is necessary to be serious and sober  ~ there are also lots of times in life it is equally necessary to be light-hearted and tipsy! 

. . . the little things

It's easy to forget how good it feels just to walk in the park on a sunny day, to get a card from an old friend or have a great conversation with your grandmother over tea. As we grow older and we witness loved ones suffer illnesses or pass away, its hard not to realize just being able to go out for a picnic or enjoy your favorite food can be a luxury for one who can not.  We won't always be able to do those little things we take for granted. So enjoy those little things ~ because when we can't do them any longer ~ they'll seem much bigger.

Reflection

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest ~ Confucius.  I have been in a reflective mood lately. Really thinking about what values are most important to me and how to live my life according to those values and principles. This quote from Confucius, reminded me of the bitter taste left from those experiences in which I did not live by my principles.

Create a life YOU love!

I think its easy to look at other peoples lives and think "how lucky they are, I wish I was doing that, or had that job, etc... " But the reality is, we can do all those things we see other people doing. It is just a matter of finding ways to add more FUN to your life. Go on a little adventure. Teach yourself to do something new. Spoil yourself with exotic fruit, camp out in your backyard, sail off into the sunset ~ make your life worth LOVING!

Don't let THAT stop you!

We are constantly presented with obstacles in life. Road blocks that seem to show up out of nowhere hindering our progress or sometimes stopping us in our tracks. Just remember that its only a test, part of the grand scheme and meant to teach us something greater. So don't let it stop you, find away around or bust right through!

~ a voice within ~

Often I find myself listening to a voice whispering inside my head, that says things like "you can't do that" or "you are going to make a fool of yourself." Time and time again I have to remind myself that is just the voice of fear and the only way to silence that fear to is proceed against it's caution and prove it wrong.

So the next time you hear that voice, telling you you can't paint, or you can't sing, or you can't write that novel you've been dreaming about. Just take another step towards achieving that illusive goal and soon enough, you'll realize you could!

Listen to your heart

Nobody else really knows what is best for you. Other's can have the best intentions with their advice or council, but when it comes right down to it ~ we have to live with our own choices and decisions, so we really need to make them for ourselves. And a decision that is right for us will not necessarily be right for anyone else. 

~Imagination~

I spend a great deal of time imagining. Being a designer for so many years, it has become almost instinctual to conceptualize combinations, consider possibilities and envision outcomes. That same instinct also bled into my filmmaking forays, constantly imagining and re-imagining how the story should play out. I feel as though my imagination is my best asset. It can take me anywhere I want to go!