Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Burning From with Inside


When I haven't had a chance to create (that is to paint) I find a place in my heart begin to burn.

As it burns my eyes become more sensitive to everything.

Shadows come to life...

Colors strike me so bright I feel as if I'll go blind...

The more days that pass without a new creation, the more intense the burning becomes.

It's as if I am coming down with a fever...

I cry at the drop of the dime at the beauty that surrounds me...

Music strikes my spirit like fingers to a guitar chord...

I become that which is inexplicable.

That which is intangible...

A force~



A force which is no longer me...



But creativity itself, screaming to be manifested in a tangible form.


I paint for I must

I paint for my heart would explode if I didn't

I paint for my love of this world

I paint for my love of this life

I paint for my love of all those whom I hold so dear to my heart...


See, words simply cannot express that which currently swirls and burns within me...

Like a hurricane, ripping me to pieces...

I can only share through the canvas

Through the paint

through my hands and heart...



~thank you for reading~

Sunday, August 24, 2008

Self-Esteem



Hmmm...
What is this thing called "self-esteem"?

Do you know?

I thought I did. Until recently.

This is my definition:

Self-esteem is the voice inside my head. What it speaks, is what I feel.

Perhaps, you've heard this before:

Thoughts are energy.



So now let's see. I have this voice inside my head and I have two choices I can make about what that voice tells me on a daily basis.

1) I can choose for it to say something positive
2) I can choose for it to say something negative


The choice I feed will be the choice internalized.

To internalize, is much like to eat. To take a thought into one's mind, "chew" on it, and swallow it into their being.

Ah, ha! So knowing all this, what do I choose?
I choose to be a childlike again!

I choose thoughts such as these:

I am wonderful.
I am great.
I am good.
I am amazing.
I am talented.
I have the world before me!
I have all the skills I need to achieve all that I set out to achieve.

And I toss violently aside thoughts such as these:

I am worthless.
I suck.
What the hell am I doing?
How did I think I could do this?
I can't do this.
I don't know anything.

I challenge you to do the same. Toss aside all that is negative.

You are wonderful.
You are amazing.
You are talented.
You have all the skills, talents, and abilities to achieve all you ever dreamed in this life!

DREAM~ACHIEVE!!!!
YOU ARE AWESOME!

Saturday, August 16, 2008

Communication

I recently attended a communication seminar to help me expand my communicative abilities. It was quite a worthwhile event!
The one thing that I took away that I want to share most is this:

When you are communicating with someone you're either:

Opening the door

or

Closing the door

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And the way to keep the door open is to make the one whom you're talking too feel safe. To protect their ego and lift them up.

All too often we forget.

~~May we all continue to lift each other up~~that' what we're here for! :D