Seeing The Gifts of Today

I've been in the artsy mood lately, and with all this free time enduced by  Covid and our State's Stay At Home Order, I'm not exhausted from a long day at work, so I'm more apt to entertain my artsy feels. I might as well stay positive and use this time to my advantage.

Breathe, and see the gifts of today!

Making time to enjoy your favorite activities is very important to your wellbeing, and often more easily said than done, but 'sometimes' is better than not at all, I say!

Keep Fighting

I know that life has a way of dragging you down with its many trials, detours, and negativity, especially if you already suffer from depression and anxiety; life can be pretty overwhelming.

So what do you do when you aren't suppose to live with one foot in the past, and one foot in the future, but living in the present is painful, exhausting, and miserable? Well, you dig deep within yourself, find your inner warrior, and fight.

You fight to force yourself out of bed and face the day.

You fight to hold on to some inkling of hope that this present hell will soon pass.

You fight to just get through your day minute by minute, one day at a time.

You fight to find something positive in your day, no matter how small.

You fight to find blessings to count and be grateful for.

You fight to take care of your responsibilities because shirking them will just cause you more problems.

You keep fighting today, tomorrow, the next day, and the next after that... you keep fighting for however long it takes.

KEEP FIGHTING AND NEVER GIVE UP.

You are here for a reason. The world needs you in it, because you have something people need. You might not see it or believe it, but its true. So stay strong, just be you, and keep fighting. Better days are coming!

Rise!

Are you tormented by your own inner self taunting bully? Rise up! Rise up and silence that self defeating voice! Counter that negativity with positive affirmations, and put your energy into it. Words have power. Breathe those positive affirmations into being!

Awaken (repost)

 Image by Artist Cameron Gray

The breeze wafting through the trees is no longer laughing;
    The warmth from the Sun is no longer giving; The dawn and dusk are no longer beckoning; The Moon and stars are no longer comforting.
Alas, Earth needs rejuvenation;
Her people need awakening.
Let us give comfort to Earth Mother
Let us be Her healers
Let us spread peace in the land
Let us send positive energies into the universe
Let us invoke love and goodness
Awaken!
It is time....
Let us be saviors of Earth
And
Of each other

**This poem was inspired by my cousin's husband, who has a special way of viewing the world around him. Thank you Bob Myers, for sharing your wisdom and inspiration.

Originally posted at my other blog: Keltik's Korner

Nourishing The Soul

It's been such a long time since I've written; life ran away with me, consuming my days. All my creative pursuits fell to the wayside. I rarely even draw and paint anymore, but I'm working on changing that!

I've recently started drawing, painting and writing again. My skills are rusty, but it feels so good. **My muse is smiling and nodding her head in agreement!** I'm going to try to nourish my creative side more often. Its so important that we feed our soul with activities that bring us joy.

Pondering On My Muse: What Inspires

It's been a very long time since I have posted here. All my focus was shifted to my Positive Warfare facebook page, because... well, mostly because my life has gotten chaotic since I began working two jobs over a year ago, and facebook is more convenient. I have found that I just don't have the energy or time for pursuits of writing and art work anymore. However, today I was prompted by The Narrator's Study to introduce my muse... specifically, to write about what inspires me.

Hmmm, well... I have never stopped to consider what exactly inspires me to write or paint. I know what inspires me to share at Positive Warfare: my struggle with depression and anxiety, but what is it that prompts my artistic side to write, draw, paint, etc?  That's a very good question.

Admittedly, sometimes it is to ward off depression; my artistic pursuits have always been great therapy. Rarely do I use art to express the darkness that haunts me. Isn't that usually what art therapy is... putting your troubles on paper or canvas and getting them out of your system? Well, I don't.

Instead of putting fears and icky darkness into my work, I opt to create positive, pretty things. My artistic pursuits enable me to focus on the positive and get my mind off the negative. However, I do admit, that on very rare occasions, I have in fact chosen to portray the dark ugliness in my work, but those gloomy pursuits are extremely scarce. I have found that the more positive endeavors have better results, all the way around.

Other times, it's a photo in a fashion magazine, a painting I see while I'm out and about, or browsing crafts on Pinterest, that trigger the need to do something creative; sometimes, it's sheer boredom and the desire to do something fun and whimsical; then there are the times I paint (or craft) with the sole intention of creating a gift for someone.

On rare occasions, a dream will provoke an artsy whim; however, those dream inspired notions usually end in frustration, because I can't seem to create what was in my dream;  the image is never as clear after I awake, turning my foggy memories of my dream into a mocking taunt; it's extremely maddening. I've learned to dismiss such trickery.

So, back to my Muse... I've come to the conclusion that my Muse is totally random.

 Inspired by my cat, Tigger

 Inspired by a fashion magazine photo

 Inspired by Autism Awareness

 Changing Woman, inspired by a Goddess Revolutionaries project

 Just for fun

One of my rare darker projects

Inspired by a Goddess Revolutionaries project

Inspired by a photo of a friend

So, now I ask YOU. What is your Muse? 

What inspires YOU?

Ready To Quit? ...DON'T!

Do you ever get frustrated when a plan or a goal doesn't fall into place as quickly as you would like? Yeah, me too, in fact I am currently experiencing frustration and discouragement, so today I would like to focus on trusting in the Universe, and patience.

When something we desire does not occur right away, it can be disheartening. It is much too easy to fall into the negative thinking trap. Thoughts like: it’s never going to happen … why even try … I’m not good enough … why bother … I might as well give up.

In these discouraging times, my belief that everything happens for a reason, seems to fall to the wayside and if I don’t find ways to remind myself that there is a purpose for everything, and it will all work out in the end, I usually do just give up.

Giving up isn't the answer though. I mean really, where does that get you? NOWHERE. If we give up, we are choosing to remain stuck. If you want change, you have to be willing to work for it; nothing truly worth anything is just handed to us, we have to be patient and work towards it.

Just because our desire doesn't come to pass when we want it to, it doesn't necessarily mean that it’s not going to happen; have faith and trust in the Universe, because… everything does happen for a reason, and when the timing is right, everything will fall into place; you have to be patient and trust the process. So with that in mind…

Visualize Your Intention,

Stay Positive and Keep Trying!