It's a Little Bit Scary....

I am feeling very scared

and 

very small.

As much as I want to do this show

on Saturday...

a part of me wants to run

and find a corner

and curl up

and just 

QUIT.

Oh, not my art.

Not my creating.

But putting it out there...

that is scary.

Scary, scary, scary.

These words by Leonard Zunin are really speaking to me this week...

"I believe that courage

is all too often mistakenly

seen as the absence of fear.

If you descend by rope from a cliff

and are not fearful to some degree, you 

are either crazy or unaware.

Courage is seeing your fear, in a 

realistic perspective, defining it, 

considering alternatives and

choosing to function in spite of risks."

This week I must take

every ounce of courage and strength

in me and be 

BRAVE.

"The death of fear is in

doing what you fear to do."

Sequichie Comingdeer

This week

I will overcome.

I will put my heart

and my soul into every

last detail.

I will be an example to

my kids that when you 

start something 

you finish.

I will teach them that no

matter what else is going on

in your life

you can make your dreams 

a reality.

Despite work and family obligations...

If you are willing to give up 

those things you enjoy like 

TV, reading, hanging out with friends...

if you sacrifice those things

you can be a success

beyond anything you

ever imagined.

"Far away in the sunshine are 

my highest aspirations. 

I may not reach them, but I can look up

and see their beauty, believe

in them, and try to follow 

where they lead."

Louisa May Alcott

**Due to an oversight with my email I will not be able to participate at all in this show. I am ok. I can't believe something I wanted so bad is not gonna happen...it just seems like one thing led to another and this morning was it. I have learned NEVER to trust e-mail!! I am doing this all via snail mail next year! Anyway, I am going to find some shows this spring and be better prepared and go for it!  I learned so much from the shows over the weekend I attended.