Love Yourself!

"Love is an art,
like music, dance,
or painting pictures.
It thrives on light,
and imagination, and daring.
The heart of the lover
learns wisdom
from a stone,
a song,
a blossom,
a breeze."
~Rainier Maria Rilke

Just a quick posting tonight, sharing a quote I found about love. One of the things I'm learning about love is it's harder to love ourselves than it is to love someone else. We're so accustomed to being taught how to love someone else, that we forget that in order to be loved, we need to love ourselves as well. Sometimes we need to let the world around us go on, while we take a moment to gather our thoughts and get to know our self again. When was the last time you gave yourself a treat, just because you're you? As women, especially women with kids, we're often prone to putting ourselves last, and frankly, if we don't take care of our own needs, will there be enough of us to go around to fulfill the other needs in our life?

Indulge in that sinfully luscious chocolate truffle, have champagne and caviar for breakfast every now and then. Try some favorite tunes, and sing along as if you're the star! Cameron Tuttle suggests:

"Whisper sweet nothings into the air,
then spin around really fast
to catch them in your ear."

What a lovely way to hear those things we need to hear!

Make time for you, love yourself, even if only for a moment today!

Loving HUGS to everyone!

Art, for lack fo a better word

Modern Art? some kind of Zen? Feng Shui?
I'm not sure what category one would put this under.....

Today, after work, I sat in my lounge chair and relaxed while reading a book, sipping a Diet Coke (helps with the stress!). Afterwards, I watered my cacti and puttered around, picking up stray leaves and palm pieces, general tidying up of the yard. In between, I was keeping an eye on the clouds in the sky as the sun set in the west, hoping for a great picture or two. (I got my wish!)

Last thing before heading into the house, I arranged some limbs against one of my walls. The wind tends to blow them down, but its fun to re-arrange them! It comes out different every time, and it can be very soothing to set them, balance them, and make them look interesting, all at the same time. Since the word 'art' seems to encompass all kinds of things, I'm going to call it that too. And pretend there was a little "zen" to it as well, since it made me feel relaxed, and good. *smiles* Give 'art' a try sometime, it might surprise you, too!

Art-sy HUGS to everyone!