Showing posts with label revive. Show all posts
Showing posts with label revive. Show all posts

Monday, January 3, 2011

Shifting perspectives

                          You can do it ! I can do it!
          When you look at this photo, what do you see ?
Do you see it as un-kept,  abandoned, neglected, forgotten.
Or do you see this as artistic. quaint, beautiful.
View #1
This is the shed in my back yard. It has been neglected.
Do to the fact that hubby and I can no longer maintain every thing that needs attention. Our neighbors who like every thing perfect, do not like us. They judge us as trash, or lazy, rather than seeing if we are ok. Or asking if we need help.

In order to revive this story here is a new out look.
View #2
This is a photo of my shed in the fall. All the beautiful wisteria blooms have gone to sleep for the winter. The aroma of the flowers on the ground have diminished.  But I feel the charm they have left. There is a quaint artistic look about the chipping paint. That reminds me of grandmas farm. I love the wild look. The feel of freedom. There is no one here that can tell me how tall my grass can be. Or call my native flowers weeds.


The point with this example is we can revive each story of our life in a more positive way. This can help us release the pain of a negative one, that we may carry around with us.

Sunday, January 2, 2011

Baggage

  1. Baggage "what to bring into the year 2011"
I plan to keep doing both virtual and in person, Art journals.
I will use my word of the year " Revive" in every thing I do. In keeping with the journal above. I will not see the future as a negative thing. The me in the ball is to remind me. That no matter what. My life is fine. The storms of life are behind me. I may run across them again. But I will not carry them with me. I can choose what baggage I carry. So with what space I have to carry it with, it must be very important. So it must be fun & enjoyable.
I need to find new wings this year. And find hope.

I need to learn to communicate in a different way. One where I use the silence I mastered last year, with careful thought. Reviving each word in a positive way.