Hope, Resilience & Trust

Something is happening.

Something wonderful 

and happy

and good.

I am waking up each day

making better choices 

than the day before.

I am exercising.

I am eating better.

I am choosing joy.

My heart is telling me today

to go for it.

To be everything God 

intended me to be.

My WORD for 2012 is Story.

I promised myself I would

tell my story with 

words and my art.

As I ask myself if

I've done a good job of that

I am reminded of the importance

of staying TRUE to myself.

In sharing MY STORY

my words and art must be

directly from the heart.

There is no other way.

That's what I've learned this year.

The year I'd like to forget.

The year that quite possibly 

could go down as the worst in my life.

But then I think...

haven't there been 

those "beautiful moments"?

Haven't there been rays of sunshine

through the rain?

Yes.

And 

so

my 

STORY

is one of

HOPE

and

RESILIENCE

and

TRUST.

All of these things have been in my art this year...on my blog.

For even though the days have been dark...

the problems hard...

the heartache almost too much to bear....

In my art

I see 

HOPE

and

RESILIENCE

and 

TRUST.

I see myself wanting to FLY ANYWAY.

Dreaming dreams and making goals.

This is MY life

right now.

This is MY STORY.

If you want to fly,

 you have to give up

 the things that 

weigh you down.