Art Supply House & Custom FramingIn a world where you can be anything, choose kind. Art is hard. If it was easy, everyone would do it. Therefore: I promise you, being hard on yourself will not make it any easier. It will cause anxiety which is a creativity killer. Treat yourself with kindness and good things will follow. It seems […]
You’ll never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine.~ John C. Maxwell There have been a lot of bedtime stories read in my house over the last year, and plenty more to go in years to follow. Why do we tell […]
Babies are necessary to grownups. A new baby is like the beginning of all things – wonder, hope, a dream of possibilities.~ Eda J. Le Shan What a year it’s been… my 2020 has flown by! Juggling different work schedules, not traveling much, and no camping/backpacking trips this year. Mostly because I’ve been adjusting to […]
Once you stop rushing through life, you will be amazed how much more life you have time for. Yup, slow down. It’s amazing how easy it is to be thoughtless and even rude when we’re in a hurry. Stuff can just pop out of our mouths and we can brush aside important moments because “we’re […]
To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it.~ Kurt Vonnegut I recently read an article about making time for what you love. The author shares this short video about a girl and her snowman and later asks: What about you? Like the […]
The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong in the broken places.~ Ernest Hemingway It’s easy to look at someone else and only notice the good things. How well they’re doing, how easy it looks, and how amazing it turns out. Of course, that’s not true. We always end up comparing our worst parts […]
Never limit your mind; it is capable of great intelligence; or your heart; it is capable of extraordinary kindness; or your soul; it is capable of remarkable transcendence.~ Matshona Dhliwayo Marcus Aurelius Antonius was a Roman emperor. He served during a worldwide plague. We know him today mostly from his personal journals, which were never […]
They are beautiful, unblemished lives. But sometimes I think that when we deny what is worst about ourselves, we also deny what is best. We repress our ignorance, and thus we deny our capacity to learn. We repress our faults, and thus we deny our capacity to change. We forget that it is our flawed […]
Contemplate the good things in your life and be grateful for them.~ Rebecca Pidgeon Sometimes it’s funny, the timing of reminders from life. Earlier this week I was in a bit of a grumpy mood. Wrenches thrown into schedules, too much caffeine and not enough food, projects not working out as completed, etc… Just generally […]
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.~ Aesop It’s already been a pretty dramatic week. No matter what the results are, the question to ask yourself is “What are you going to do? What’s your plan?” You have to have one. You can’t just wing it. You can’t just expect to know what you’ll do […]