Fall in Love
This stopped me in my tracks this week...I have walked past it more than a dozen times but for some reason this week it stopped me and I smiled.
I love that they used twigs to spell the message. And, I love the message.
Fall in Love
Do you remember when you were little, when you l-o-v-e-d everything? Or, at least it was easier to love?
I want to encourage you to love without reserve, without your inner critic telling you that you can't, that you aren't good enough - you know, without all that stuff that holds you back.
I want you to first fall in love with you.
As an artist, I honestly need to love what I create. If I don't love it I can't wear it, I won't hang it on my wall, I won't want to look at it and most importantly I will never be able to sell it. All of that being said, I need to create when I am moved and inspired to create I cannot just sit and do and turn out 30 of the same thing.
I know that this is me - that I need to love what I create. But, I do believe that it is sooo important and that it is what makes an artist successful.
So, learn to love yourself - it will show in what you do. Take yourself on dates, just you, have coffee with yourself, visit a museum, take walks, embrace and love who you are because you are pretty amazing - you are the only you in the world. It will resonate in what you create.
Next, fall in love with those around you - all over again. Take your partner on a date and this time do something that you would have done in the beginning of your relationship. It will bring back memories, you'll have fun and all those feelings that were new then will flood your senses again.
So, fall in love this week, with you, with your favorite cup of coffee, with your partner, with what you create, with what you do, with your kids - - - with your life. Mindfully fall in love again.
This is another message that I noticed while the BF and I were out on a date. It, too, made me smile.
Share your message by joining my flickr group by the same name: Shared Messages from the Universe and post or link your photos. Share those written messages that you walk by most of the time. Those messages that all of a sudden you notice, you read, you react and they move you forward.
I'd love see the messages that have inspired you!
There is a lot of truth in what you say. If you like/love the things you make it encourages you to make more and thereby improve.
ReplyDeleteI am in love with the beautiful natural world I see every day. Last night Jupiter looked like it was made from green ice and it was spikey, like a star:)
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Lori, what a great post. i SO agree with everything you said here. And those twigs... FALL IN LOVE... wow. Amazing. At first, i saw only leaves. What a great message.
ReplyDeleteYes, I feel the same about my art. if I don't love it, no one else will. Good for you for having the sense to recognize this.
happy CED! xoxo
Lori, I just LOVE this post. LOVE it! My thoughts are racing!
ReplyDeleteLori, A.D.O.R.E. this post and you! You are spot on "Take yourself on dates, just you, have coffee with yourself, visit a museum, take walks, embrace and love who you are because you are pretty amazing - you are the only you in the world. It will resonate in what you create." THANK YOU!!!! We do need to love more and listen to the Universe! Brilliant!! xoxo
ReplyDeleteGreat post Lori and even greater message... I am with you and need to really love what I am creating.... and luckily I find sooo many things around me to love and inspire... as to the fall in love with those around you all over again... I will put that off with sinus man for a few days if you don't mind as his snoring is making that just a touch of a stretch at the moment... !!
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