An Hour A Week
Twice this week I’ve been gently reminded by two very different but equally dynamic women, both busy mothers, that spending an hour a week expressing your creativity is fundamental.
It’s important to nurture and feed the artist within, period. No guilt, no compromise. Set aside the time every week and commit. Whether it’s writing, painting, sculpting, the list goes on, it’s important for our overall balance. When the artist is fed, feelings of resentment decrease. When resentment is gone, there’s more space for joy, health is improved and we emit a higher vibration to our loved ones. This positive ripple effect is felt by everyone. Our children learn by watching us that creative play is an important part of life and we model commitment to our overall wellbeing.
One of the women is an artist who put painting on the back burner while raising her family. Now that the children are older she is picking up a brush again. Her art teacher commented, ‘imagine where you could have been if you’d just spent an hour a week.’ If she could do it all over again, there would be no back burner. It’s her only regret. Another women, painter as well, describes it as feeling dark when she’s not working on her paintings and everyone notices a change in her so she keeps it up to keep herself feeling alive, patient and vibrant.
I’ve been guilty of starving my artist but after these gentle nudges, I’ve taken the message to heart and will dedicate an hour (or two!) to my creative expression knowing it’s good for me, my daughter and the planet! This usually means waking up during the paperroute delivery hours but it’s absolutely worth it.
I hope this encourages you to keep life delicious through dedication to nurturing your creative being.
Living on Less Than $2 A Day
Some of these folks make our iphones….
Turning Our Waste BACK into Oil!
Waste as a treasure, a machine that travels the world turning garbage into
usable oil
“We are burning our way during our stay in order to travel through more rapidly.”
- Gabriel Hanotaux
The Pharm in Office
This is a very serious issue and we all need to do our part to keep
Dr. Prigent out of office.
See article here :
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2009/11/27/pfizer-appointment.html?ref=rss
Sign petition here :
http://www.gopetition.com/online/32371.html
Optimism vs. Applied Hope
“Applied hope is not about some vague, far-off future but is expressed and created moment by moment through our choices. Applied hope is not mere optimism. The optimist treats the future as fate, not choice, and thus fails to take responsibility for making the world we want. Applied hope is a deliberate choice of heart and head. The optimist, says RMI Trustee David Orr, has his feet up on the desk and a satisfied smirk knowing the deck is stacked. The person living in hope has her sleeves rolled up and is fighting hard to change or beat the odds. Optimism can easily mask cowardice. Hope requires fearlessness.”
Amory Lovins for Rocky Mountain Institute
