because we owe each other this much

My dear one said she felt like we needed a reminder - and so she weaved beauty and peace out of words once again.

Here - go read

 

"Then reach for the door. Step out into the light. Step into Not Alone. Lay claim to the gifts you have been carrying around unused. Pull them from your filthy, tattered backpack, brush your crusty, matted hair from your tear stained face, and offer them up.

The world is waiting."

 

Well Timed Advice

1. From the wise folks at zenhabits : Creative Inspiration: The Pulse That Beats Within Us All

"It doesn’t matter whether you are an architect, gardener, or bus driver, everyone has the ability to find the distinct beauty embedded deep inside their daily grind. The problem isn’t capturing our creativity, as individual inspiration is a steady pulse that beats within us all. The problem is keeping those embers hot once we have them in our grasp."

2. Worth reading sideways for: crush

3. Yes, that’s it exactly. Plus, extra points for being green.

4. From the delicious Jen Gray, inspiration, kick in the pants style: the not good enough lie

"this is your life.
enough already.
you have beautiful things to share with the rest of the world.
now giddy up and get a move on."
5. From Magpie Girl: Lessons from an Artist: On speaking with authority about what you do.
"The authority to name yourself lies within yourself"
6. And lastest but not leastest: from the no nonsense side of one of my most lovliest of love-love-loves in the comments section of my last entry:
"less talk. more do."
Damned if she’s not right…..