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“To draw, you must close your eyes and sing.” — Pablo Picasso

“I’ve met thousands of creative people that admit their gift… and the other creative people that don’t think they have a creative bone in their bodies.  Personally, I don’t believe that you acquire creativity, we were all born with it. How we nurture and share it is a completely different story.

It’s true that some creatives have to be with other people to brainstorm.

Most prefer to be alone…like crazy cave dwellers…you know who you are.

The idea of creativity – Knowledge@SMU.

Drinking Beer

“Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.” -Benjamin Franklin

Beer may be good for your bones

“Sometimes when I reflect back on all the beer I drink I feel ashamed – Then I look into the glass and think about the workers in the brewery and all of their hopes and dreams. If I didn’t drink this beer, they might be out of work and their dreams would be shattered. Then I say to myself, ‘It is better that I drink this beer and let their dreams come true than be selfish and worry about my liver.’” -Jack Handy

Trust

“Without trust there is nothing.”

If you don’t trust your friends, or your peers…who do you trust?

What would the decline of peer trust mean for social marketing?

“You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible.” Anton Chekhov

money

How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours. ~ Wayne Dyer

So here we are, standing on the planet, back for another day.

Beings of unique {intricate} designs and exclusive knowledge. Flesh and bone snowflakes, for lack of a better term.

Our only true connection to each other is how we collectively experience, and sometimes share, similar faiths, thoughts, fears, emotions, love, dreams, dislikes {my father always told me that hate was not a word} pet peeves, opinions, creative abilities, hair color, eye color, body types, wins and losses. I may have missed a few, you get the idea.

As I’ve aged, a peaceful realization, of sorts, has set in. As Eckhart Tolle shared in one of his tales, “I don’t mind what happens.”  Really. I work hard at this so give me a break.

and further more…I can only do {and appreciate} what I’m doing at that moment. No need to upset the biology.

Some of my days are filled with others sharing their life’s journey, with me. At least, the most current experiences. I am actually honored to have a few souls in my life that are very happy, accepting and content in their lives. It doesn’t make me jealous that they’re experiencing the life that they’ve created. It inspires me.

But for some of those that grace my door, life is not always a happy, or secure, place. There is sadness, jealousy and discontent. It’s unfortunate that these really lovely people never feel like they are doing enough, getting enough, making enough or living enough. Many times, it’s someone else’s fault that their lives are turning out this way. Worse yet,  they’re continuing to shovel that negative energy out into the universe. Sometimes, on an hourly basis. Not the best plan.

When the student is ready, the teacher will appear. -Buddhist Proverb

As of late, I have experienced a heart wrenching situation that has effected the lives of a couple of elderly souls, both very close to my heart. Selfish decisions were made, that will shorten their time here, just from the stress alone. Death bed promises were squashed and their lives have been turned upside down. It isn’t the idea of what they lost, it can still be found in a limited capacity, it’s the experience that was created that they will have to live with in their memories, every single day, until their time is done here.

My only response to this is chain of events is…We reap what we sow.

This post was originally planned to celebrate and appreciate the very precious moments in our lives, by paying attention to all of the things that you do attend to, during your waking hours.

Instead…

“Like gravity, karma is so basic we often don’t even notice it.”
- Sakyong Mipham

the maker of anything

A writer is a person for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people. -Thomas Mann

writing.

creating.

deadlines.

need to be done by Sunday.

Happy Weekend.

Oscar nominees

I really like Sandra Bullock…haven’t seen The Blind Side…want to!

More reactions from Oscar nominees

Holidays 2010

retro valentines

"Surely as cometh the Winter, I know There are Spring violets under the snow." - R. H. Newell

With all of the calendars that I have working, why do I not own one that shows all of the holidays for 2010?

2010 Holidays Calendar

and….

February Holidays 2010 (Official) Bizarre, Crazy, Silly, Unknown Holidays & Observances by Brownielocks..

The Weekend

vacations

Sunrise in Kauai

Working.

Lucky.

We’re a little tired…the islands could be calling.

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