Showing posts with label letting go. Show all posts
Showing posts with label letting go. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 22, 2018

Today let us strive for some balance in our lives ...

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“Life is a balance between 
holding on and letting go.”
 Rumi

As we cruise toward September with all it's adventures and new challenges, 
I find revisiting these wise words from the poet Rumi to be helpful.
love, mom


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Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Today, let's forgive ourselves and move forward ....


The truth is, unless you let go, 
unless you forgive yourself, 
unless you forgive the situation, 
unless you realize that the situation is over, 
you cannot move forward.

love, mom

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Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Today, embrace the no money-back guarantee ....

'all at sea ...'day#27 of my dailydress1 journal (2011)*

“Awakening is not a process of building ourselves up but a process of letting go. It’s a process of relaxing in the middle—the paradoxical, ambiguous middle, full of potential, full of new ways of thinking and seeing—with absolutely no money-back guarantee of what will happen next.” 

In 2011 I started my first 'dailydress' journal.  Inspired buy the Sketchbook Project I started filling a moleskin sketchbook with a collage with an origami dress.  In fact the beginning of this blog shows the different pages of this journal.  And here is what I wrote about it on my art blog:
For this journal I create a page from some detritus that comes to me during the course of the day ~ a receipt, a paper bag, packing material, whatever catches my fancy; that is be the starting point. Then I build the page around that element and eventually I add an origami dress. Sometime the dress is large, sometimes small; one time the dress isn't even there, you get the idea. (link to full blog post)
It is interesting that I picked this image for today's post as I am 'struggling' with this feeling of groundlessness.  Lately I have felt pulled in so many directions I feel completely off balance and when I'm feeling adrift I tend to go back to my art.  And in fact I have been feeling a great pull to make another 'dailydress' journal?!??! so stay tune to see what happens ...
peace

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Thursday, September 22, 2016

day25: release yourselves


"Having inner peace means committing 
to letting go of self-criticism and self-doubt." 
Sanaya Roman

This lesson has been a lifetime practice for yours truly. But I hope that for you my daughters, I can stop the legacy and encourage you to release yourselves from the draining energy of self-criticism and self-doubt.
Be careful of how you talk to yourself!! self criticism and negativity does not help you in anyway.  And even though it may seem like it,  it's not a good form of self motivation.  All it really does is it just adds more stress.  So release yourself ... love, Mom

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Monday, January 25, 2016

today, let's practice letting go!!!


The greatest step toward a life of simplicity is to learn to let go.

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Thursday, January 14, 2016

today, let go and open your heart ...



Trust is letting go of the need to know all the details 
before you open your heart 

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Saturday, January 2, 2016

today, let it go and trust the universe!


 You don’t always need a plan. 
Sometimes you just need 
to breathe, trust, let go, 
and see what happens.

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Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Remember the wisdom of letting go ....

'back to nature ...' (2006)
friendly reminder for my mother
I realize there’s something incredibly honest about trees in winter, 
how they’re experts at letting things go.
Jeffrey McDaniel











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Wednesday, September 2, 2015

today, have faith and let go of struggle ...










Things didn’t work out because, well, greater things were in the works. It’s so difficult while we’re blind and hurting and don’t know which way is up. But, if you have faith in anything, have faith in the fact that the universe has a beautiful way of straightening things out far better than we ever could. You may not see it today or tomorrow, but you will look back in a few years and be absolutely perplexed and awed by how every little thing added up and brought you somewhere wonderful– or where you always wanted to be. You will be grateful that things didn’t work out the way you once wanted them to.

today's post is a definite note to self post!!!
need to let go and have faith as I face the day!
peace


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Saturday, August 22, 2015

Today, let's practice letting go . . .



The greatest step toward a life of simplicity is to learn to let go.

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Friday, September 12, 2014

May this dress remind us to relax and go with the flow . . . .


“May what I do flow from me like a river, 
no forcing and no holding back, 
the way it is with children.” ~ Rainer Maria Rilke

(heart!)


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Tuesday, July 29, 2014

may this dress help us to let go . . . . (repost of January 19,2014)


During this period of regrouping and refocusing I have stepped back from many of the social media sites that I had so often haunted, especially le facebook! I have a love/hate relationship with that site so I relished the opportunity to step away! 

However, many people use FB as their main way to communicate, so I usually do a 'fly over' every other day or so.  And last night, as I was doing my quick checkin, I found this quote from Joseph Campbell, on my timeline. It was shared by friend and inspiring author Allan Hunter.  

Now, I know this quote, and I believe in the truth of this quote; however, last night these words struck such a cord with me that I needed to share them.  

During this time of reorganizing,  I am going through my many, many boxes of stuff!  Stuff that I have saved over the years, stuff that many might call junk, stuff that have places in my heart and I am bumping up against the idea of the life I thought I would have and where I am now. 

I know now is good: I am happy, I have a nice home, wonderful friends and my girls and I are healthy; I am truly blessed!!!  But as I have been rummaging through my past I am also painfully aware of different elements of my planned life that I am holding onto, 
making the appearance of this quote too perfectly timed!!

So here is a repost from January! 
May it be a reminder to us to let go! 
let go of what we had 'planned', 
what we thought we needed to do
& all of our 'should's  . . .

so that we can be present with the the present, the way our lives are, and see all the wonders and blessing in this present moment and enjoy them in all their glory!!!  peace


We must let go of the life 
we have planned, 
so as to accept 
the one that is waiting for us.

Joseph Campbell 


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Friday, April 4, 2014

May this dancing dress remind us to take a deep breath and let it go . . . .

“You don't have to be a professional to play music. Close your eyes, take a deep breath.. And let it out. Let the violin dance, the guitar fascinate, the flute sing, the piano composes.

Just. Let. It. Go.”
~TheBakaViolinist


Today's Daily Dress inspiration comes from photographer David Lee Black . We spend an afternoon in the woods taking picture with a violin.  When he shared this photo from our day he shared this quote! And the more I read it the more i knew that I wanted to share this with the group, as we head into the weekend, to remember to "let it out" ~ "Just. Let. It. Go.”


To see more of David's work, click here to go to his website, or click on the photo to go to his blog!!
and wishing you a calm and peaceful weekend!! xxxx



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Wednesday, February 19, 2014

May this dress bring us some peace . . .






Letting go helps us to to live in a 
more peaceful state of mind and 
helps restore our balance. 
It allows others to be responsible 
for themselves and for us to take 
our hands off situations that do not belong to us. 
This frees us from unnecessary stress. 
Melody Beattie, The Language of Letting Go

Sunday, January 26, 2014

may this dress remind you of the importance of pausing . . . .


“Learning to pause 
is the first step in 
the practice of Radical Acceptance.
A pause is a suspension of activity, 
a time of temporary disengagement 
when we are no longer moving 
toward any goal. . . . 
The pause can occur in the midst 
of almost any activity 
and can last for an instant, 
for hours or for seasons of our life. . . . 
We may pause in the midst of meditation 
to let go of thoughts and 
reawaken our attention to the breath. 
We may pause by stepping out of daily life 
to go on a retreat or 
to spend time in nature or 
to take a sabbatical. . . . 
You might try it now: 
Stop reading and sit there, 
doing "no thing," 
and 

simply notice what you are experiencing.” 


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Thursday, January 23, 2014

May this dress help you to just let go & enjoy the ride!


“The reality is that tomorrow is most certainly uncertain 
and no matter how many expectations we form, 
tomorrow will come, 
tomorrow will go and 
it will all be what it will be.” 
~Lori Deschene



Friday, September 27, 2013

may this dress help you know when to let go . . . .

“Some people believe holding on 
and hanging in there are 
signs of great strength. 
However, there are times 
when it takes much more strength 
to know when to let go 
and then do it.” 
― Ann Landers