Flea Market Finds

Treasure hunting is one of my all time favorite hobbies. Flea markets and thrift stores  provide an endless supply of inspiration and incredible finds ripe for the savvy hunter. I found this piece at a Englishtown Flea Market in NJ for $10! You can't beat it. It's handmade, looks vintage, that's about all I know. It inspired me to create a nativity and he looks like he would fit right in with the 3 kings. How awesome is this? 

"Some people say that having one thing you do with consciousness and purpose, every single day, will bring rewards. Those rewards vary depending on what it is that you are doing, 

but there will be rewards. I could only imagine whtat they would be for me."

- Jessica Peill-Meininghaus, The Gnome Project


"Just say what you want to say, then, and say it with all your heart."
- Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic, Creative Living Beyond Fear

"Stop complaining. You're scaring away inspiration. Every time you express a complaint about how difficult and tiresome it is to be creative, inspriation takes another step away from you, offended. It's almost like inspiraiton puts up its hands and says, 'Hey, sorry, buddy! Didn't realize my presence was such a drag. I'll take my business elsewhere.'....inspriation - like all of us- appreciates being appreciated. Inspiration will overhear your pleasure, and it will send ideas to your door asa a reward for your enthusiasm and loyalty."
- Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic, Creative Living Beyond Fear

Law of Attraction, what you put out, you draw in. What you say, will come back to you.

Bible, what comes from your mouth, comes from you heart and starts with your thoughts.

People are opinionitated. You can't worry about that. Big deal. Move on. Its what they do. Its their own attempt to define things in their lives or give themselves excuses why they didn't do something or make themselves feel better somehow. Its really none of your business and shouldn't matter in your life. You have your own business to take care of. Their opinions are reflections of themselves, not you. Don't live life in the definitions and preconfinements of their minscule world. Put your heart and soul into something and put it out there.

Blog titles: Turn fear to fuel, Why your fear will be your fuel, Why fear will fuel you

"Let go of the people, places, and things that no longer serve the joyous being that you are."

- Stephanie Bennett Vogt, Your Spacious Self

Let you external enviroment be a direct reflection of your internal envrioment."

- Gloria von Gesslein

Why You Should Create...and Continue Creating, Despite Everything

Photo Courtesy of Unknown, 

I thought this was mine taken at Sandy Hook, NJ years ago

but am unsure. It looks identical to mine. It might be.

"I have a right to my own voice and a right to my own vision. 

I have a right to collaborate with creativity, 

because I myself am a product and a consequence of Creation."

- Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic, Creative Living Beyond Fear

WOW! When I read those words, they were powerful. Imagine that. The realization that YOU of all people have every right to create because you yourself are a creation. You were made from Creation. That is amazing. It’s in our DNA, passed on from generation to generation for thousands of years. Bet you never thought of it that way. You can't stop creating. It’s who you are. How can you cut yourself off from your own heart? You would eventually die a very slow death. Maybe that's why you feel numb and empty. desensitized to what's happening around you. Lost. But all you need to do is reclaim your rightful place. No one can tell you otherwise. Get back on that path to who you are. Every step you take will bring you closer home. Create through the mess, create through the pain, create through the mundane, create through the work, create when it rains, create when it shines, create when you're happy, create when you're sad....point is, just Create.