Validation...

What does it mean to validate?

To validate is to seek acceptance and confirmation that our choices are just. We often question our own judgements and, therfore, seek guidance in order to fully come to terms with ourselves...our life struggles...

What if validation never comes? Can we find it in ourselves to validate our own sense of being...our own choices and moral judgements?

The answer is there...amidst the chaos...the answer was always there...we just need to continue to BE...live in the NOW...and equally important...find that sense of CALM...

What Is Optimism...

Optimism is taking your first step into the unknown and embracing each and every step of the way.  It is welcoming challenge with excitement with little or no hesitation...Optimism is smiling when life gets tough...laughing when confusion begins to take it`s toll...having faith that things will be okay...

...all the while knowing that we only choose to make the best for ourselves...if we only give ourselves a chance...

Finding Meaning...

What does it mean to find meaning? Finding meaning is sifting through thoughts and making sense of what is true...that is making sense of what IS...

Thoughts are JUDGEMENTS and OPINIONS that can sometimes make us lose our sense of Self.  We need to free ourselves from thoughts...free ourselves from the 'noise' of the everyday...we need to find time to just....BE...

From this...we will eventually find meaning...even when things seem so bleak and confusing...

Birds At Play

I created this watercolor image mindlessly at a coffee shop.  I love how the birds are flying freely upwards toward the sky.

Sometimes life takes you where you least expect it.

Sometimes you just have to embrace the moment and believe that the path you are taking is the one to be trusted.

Embracing this is...the art of being...

What Does It Mean To Just....Be?

What does it mean to just...be? To be...is to embrace the moment...to be free of all thoughts...all judgements...all negativity...all worries.  To 'be' means feeling the energy that surges within you...to appreciate yourself as a gift to the world...to acknowledge yourself as a part of nature...to 'be' means to love yourself...and to embrace yourself through all your senses...

To 'be' is allowing the time to be free to be me...