May this dress remind us to follow our hearts ...

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Lesley Ann Warren

Lesley Ann Warren (born August 16, 1946) is an American actress and singer. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 1982 film Victor/Victoria. She is also an Emmy Award nominee and five-time Golden Globe Award nominee, winning the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Drama Series for the 1977 NBC miniseries Harold Robbins' 79 Park Avenue.

Warren made her Broadway debut in 1963, and her film debut in The Happiest Millionaire in 1967. Her other film appearances include Clue (1985), Burglar (1987), Cop (1988), Pure Country (1992), Color of Night (1994), and Secretary (2002). She has also appeared in numerous television shows, including Mission: Impossible, Desperate Housewives, Will & Grace, and In Plain Sight.

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Trust your own instincts, go inside, follow your heart. 

Right from the start. go ahead and stand up for what you believe in. 

As I've learned, that's the path to happiness. 

Lesley Ann Warren

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May this dress remind us all to trust ourselves ....

dailydress journal, feb. 24, 2011, 'entered ...'

Trust yourself. 

Create the kind of self that you will be happy

 to live with all your life. 

Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, 

inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement. 

GOLDA MEIR

fan the tiny inner sparks of possibility ...

love, mom

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day19: listen to your body ...

sugar cookie recipe is below ... happy cooking

Your body knows what is best for you!!

 if you can learn to really listen to what your body needs that will be your best guide for living.  

When you get sick that is a way of your body telling you that you need to slow down, so listen.  Slowing down is not a common practice here in the US, we tend to think we need to push ourselves until we collapse.  There seems to be a belief that the more tired one is equals how much they have accomplished, or at least that was how it used to be.  I believe that there is a shift in the understanding of how important life balance is and the benefits of self care. 

So listen to the signs that your body is telling you ...

like you need more sleep, more exercise, less alcohol,  or when it is time to go home, or when you might be in an unsafe position. For all of these situations, and MORE ...

trust your body! 

trust yourself!

love, mom

SUGAR COOKIES 
(my traditional holiday cookies; an afternoon of wonderful aromas and much fun. )

2 C. sifted flour
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 C. butter (1 stick) soft
1 C. sugar (plus extra for dipping)
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla
1 TB. cream

sift flour to measure 2 cups, then sift again with baking powder and salt.

cream butter until soft, then add sugar, egg (beaten) vanilla and cream.
gradually add flour measure, once thoroughly mixed together 
CHILL THOROUGHLY  (overnight works well)

work with small quantities of dough so it stays cold, keeping unused dough in the refrigerator. Roll out dough to about 1/8 inch thickness 
(**thickness can vary depending on your preference, just remember the thinner the cookie/dough the crispier and the faster they can burn.  Thinker dough equals chewy cookies and needs more time in the oven)

Once dough is rolled out use cookie cutters to cut dough, toss dough cookie in a bowl of granulated sugar, place on buttered pan and decorate!!! 
HAVE FUN!!! GO WILD!! 

Bake @ 375F on a buttered cookie sheet for 8-10 min (depending on the thickness of the cookies**) bake until the edges start to brown. then remove from oven and place cookies on cooling racks and start again!!

A little family note, when I made these cookies with Gommie sometimes we would leave a pan in the oven just a bit too long and Gommie would be upset because she thought the cookies were ruined.  But then Pop would swing through the kitchen, spy the extra crispy cookies and exclaim that those were his favorite, grabbing a bunch of extra dark cookies and fleeing the scene.  I don't know if Pop really likes the extra burned cookies or nor, but it always made Gommie feel a little bit better about burning the batch!!! (tales from 1020)



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Day 4: inhale self love

 Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement. Golda Meir

This will be a reoccurring theme as it is the core to a fulfilled and mindful life, self love, self trust!!! 

So much is written about when we enter the world, as babies, we knew what we needed and had an an open and deep love for life.  Then the outside world corrupted that knowing, parents (hi), communities, media, religions, schools, the list can go on and on!!! 

All these outer influences fed us fear and should's and self doubt.  They did it with the best intentions, they believed that these fears would keep you safe, help society as a whole, that the restrictions would  better you.  

But the truth is that you know how to take care of yourself, you know what is right for you and there comes a time when we all need to reclaim our inner trust and believe in what our heart is telling us. 

You, my dear, have a strong will and a wise soul so practice quieting yourself and listening. 

Love, mom 


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Today, let us remember to trust!!

“I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.” 

Marilyn Monroe

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May this dress help us to trust our personal journeys ....

Every single thing that has ever happened in your life

 is preparing you for a moment that is yet to come. ~ Unknown

Being the season of graduations, I felt like this is a needed reminder to those starting a new phase in their journey and for those of us just trudging along!!! XXX

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May this dress bring us trust in the ebbs and flows of our journey ...

dressproject dress 3, wells beach, ME (2006) 

Never give up, 

for that is just the place and time 

that the tide will turn.

Harriet Beecher Stowe

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may this dress remind us to trust ourselves ...

page6 from dailydress journal 1, (2011)

Trust yourself. 

Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. 

Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, 

inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement. 

GOLDA MEIR

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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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May this dress help us to trust . . .

"“Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly, and listen to others, even the dull and ignorant; they too have their story. Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love – for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is perennial as the grass. Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you from misfortune. But do not distress yourself with imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. 

And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labours and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world.” 

― Max Ehrmann, Desiderata: A Poem for a Way of Life

how i utterly adore this poem!! xxx

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may this dress bring us self compassion and trust . . .

 When you are compassionate with yourself, 

you trust in your soul, which you let guide your life. 

Your soul knows the geography of your destiny 

better than you do. 

John O'Donohue

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may this dress bring us confidence in our instincts!!

“Trust your instincts, 

and make judgements on 

what your heart tells you. 

The heart will not betray you.” 

 David Gemmell, Fall of Kings

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May this dress give us clarity!!

Your mind will answer most questions 

if you learn to relax and wait for the answer. 

william s. burroughs

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may this dress remind us to trust ourselves, trust our gut and trust our heart!

Trust yourself.  

You know more than you think you do.  

Benjamin Spock, Baby and Child Care, 1977

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may this dress help you trust the dots.

. . . you can't connect the dots looking forward; 

you can only connect them looking backwards.

 So you have to trust that the dots will 

somehow connect in your future. 

You have to trust in something ~ 

your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. 

This approach has never let me down, 

and it has made all 

the difference in my life.

Steve Jobs

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may this dress help you to trust . . .

~ trust yourself, trust the process, trust the universe. 

This image and intention came to me this morning while doing yoga on the beach with Maggie Sky. 

As I stood in my warrior, with the breeze in my hair, listening to Maggie's wonderful words the idea of trust resonated.  With everything on my plate right now, I need to remember to TRUST,

trust myself, trust my process, trust my vision . . . 

And amazingly I did this dressdrawing 3 years ago.  When I was once again struggling with critics. I posted the drawing on my art blog, addressing the need to trust myself ?!? the post from June, 2010!!

sensing a pattern . . . 

Namaste!