May this dress bring you reassurance . . .

for those of us feeling a bit lost about  . . . .

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May this dress honor International Women's Day!!!

International Women's Day was yesterday was officially yesterday,

 but I seem to be running about a day behind this past week 

(and today I even lost an hour!!!)

Forever I have wanted to do a daily dress inspiration post 

about the amazing Malala and today is a perfect opportunity . . . 

“Education is education. 

We should learn everything and 

then choose which path to follow.

Education is neither Eastern nor Western, it is human.” 

 Malala Yousafzai

This is an inspiring interview of Malala on the Daily Show.
It is the extended version and the second part is truly phenomenal!!!!

Link to inspiring video of Malala and Jon Stewart

A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.

Gloria Steinem

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May this dress remind U to LIVE OUT LOUD!! follow your passion, live your dreams ~

“If you ask me what I came to do in this world, 

I, an artist, will answer you: 

I am here to live out loud.” 

~ Émile Zola

(couldn't have said it better myself!!!!!)

It is very fitting that I stumbled upon this quote today,  I have been in a deep struggle for the past weeks about career/passion, financial security/art and the new realities that have appeared with the finality of my divorce! 

I am living an internal ping pong match, of my overwhelming need to create, make art and the ever plentiful and depressing tales about not being able to enough money with art to sustain a family!! blah!

But as I read this quote it spoke to my never sated appetite 

 to live LOUDLY, to make ART, to CREATE!!! 

so back to the drawing table to figure out how I am going to make this work!!!!

And on that note, keep an eye open for my coming soon ETSY shop!?!?!? 

I am planning to offer my dressmats (like the one above), 

dresscards, dressphotos and 

SO much more!!!! 

(If anyone has any suggestions about working on Etsy, I'd love to hear them))

 xxx

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May this dress remind you to pay attention . . .

PRAYING by Mary Oliver 

It doesn't have to be

the blue iris, it could be

weeds in a vacant lot, or a few

small stones; just

pay attention, then patch

a few words together and don’t try

to make them elaborate, this isn't

a contest but the doorway

into thanks, and a silence in which

another voice may speak.

~from Mary Oliver's collection of poetry, "Thirst" (Beacon Press, 2006).

thank you Oriah Mountain Dreamer for sharing this inspiring poem today,

 and thank you Mary Oliver for your exquisite way with words!! 

we are so blessed!!

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May this dress bring you knowledge of your infinite possibilities . . . .

“In this moment, there is plenty of time. 

In this moment, you are precisely as you should be. 

In this moment, there is infinite possibility. (17)” 

Victoria Moran

(amen!!)

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may this dress be a reminder to breathe and more . . .

When you arise in the morning, think of what 

a precious 

privilege it is to be alive 

~ to breathe, to think, 

to enjoy, to love.

Marcus Aurelius

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May this dress bring you inner peace . . . .

"Having inner peace means committing 

to letting go of self-criticism and self-doubt." 

Sanaya Roman

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may this dress help you to live in the present!!

We do not heal the past by dwelling there; 

we heal the past by living fully in the present.

Marianne Williamson

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May this dress bring you strength of the heart!!!

As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, 

but in fighting the difficulties 

the inmost strength of the heart is developed.

Vincent Van Gogh

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may this dress bring you courage to embrace the new!!!

“It takes a lot of courage to release 

the familiar and seemingly secure, 

to embrace the new. 

But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. 

There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, 

for in movement there is life, 

and in change there is power.”

Alan Cohen

Always a good reminder, 

especially on those days (like today for me)

when one is feeling a bit shaky 

about their journey, their path. 

So for today,

 let's all embrace the new, 

the adventurous and the exciting!!

Let us find a place where we can enjoy the ride 

and be curious what is around the next bend!!

peace be with you!!

xxx

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