Wasted Time

I’ve always loved this quote. It seems that I run across it when I’m in a wasting time spell and so it motivates me to get off my lazy butt and start doing something. There are so many things that I want to do or that need to be done around the house that I really shouldn’t be wasting time. So here’s to all you time wasters.

digital products from Tangie Baxter.

Creativity

I consider myself to be a fairly creative person. However, when I look at what other people do with their creativity, I realize that I’m not very creative at all. But I also realize that my creativity stems from my personal training and background. So many people I compare myself to are trained artists. I got a D in my 8th grade art class and stayed away from any other artistic ventures until my senior year in high school where I took a ceramics class. I have to say, that I did a fair job there and was able to keep the clay centered on the wheel. However, I used that D-grade to discourage me from being serious about art.

But as I look around the web and see what others are doing, I realize that there are many different kinds of creative. And you don’t need to be trained in “art” to live a creative life. You can paint or draw, you can knit or sew, you can cook or back, make jewelry, take pictures, make books. The list goes on and on. My conclusion is that you really just need to go for it and find something that works for you.

digital paper by Studio Romy; Pumpkin collage by Rebecca McMeen & feathers by Tangie Baxter.

Courage Take

I love Victor Hugo and I love this quote.  Do what you can and work hard, but put your troubles into God’s hands when you’ve done all you can. He is always there for us and will help us. God’s answers or help may not come the way we most expect it, but he is there and will help us.

Letting go of dead things

I was looking through my Instagram feed last night when I came across this quote that was posted by my cousin. It was like I got hit in the head with my Ipad. When I came home from our trip and went down to my office/craft room, I realized how messy it was and how I needed to get rid of a bunch of stuff. For some reason I have a hard time with that, letting go.  I’m printing out this quote and hanging in my office where I can see it every day! Let it GO!

 

Passion

As I mentioned in a previous post, my family and I went to Cedar City for our fall break. I had meetings to attend related to Economic Development. One of the topics covered at the meeting was on Tourism as an Economic Driver. There were 6 or 7 presentations from groups in the Cedar City area who are tourism related, such as the Shakespeare Festival and the Utah Summer Games. One of the presentations was from a group who puts on a 7-day event every year called Groovefest. This is a week-long music experience culminating in two days of free concerts in the park.

I’ve lived in Utah all my life and had never heard of this event so I was fascinated by their presentation. There are about 20 volunteers, no paid staff, who put on this event every year. They begin the planning process pretty much right after the festival is over and meet weekly to plan the next year’s event. The presenter told us that people ask her all the time, how she has time to work on such an event when she has a full-time job and life. She said that the staff has this motto they use to explain why they work so hard. And here it is…

digital artwork by Tangie Baxter.

This motto really struck me. I get so caught up in doing nothings, that I feel like I don’t have time to do things that I’m passionate about. Isn’t that the way we all are? Letting a few more minutes of sleep, or mindless television watching, or social media browsing keep us from what we really want to do. More passion! Let’s do it.

Sunsets

Sorry I missed posting yesterday. I actually had a fabulous quote that I wanted to share with you, but I was out of town and had some technical difficulties getting it to work on my phone. So I’ll post that quote tomorrow.

I had the opportunity to go out of town for a meeting. I took along my husband and youngest daughter because she had fall break from school and I thought she might enjoy getting away. We went to Cedar City, Utah. More details tomorrow with the quote. However, on the way home today, my daughter was all grumpy because her laptop didn’t recharge over night and therefore, she couldn’t watch some movie she had planned to watch. As I listened to her complain, the quote below came to mind. Enough said.

digital paper by Lisa Sisneros

Do not wait for life.

Today’s quote is very similar to the quote I posted yesterday. Same theme. Live life. I got this one in my inbox from Compendium.

Digital artwork: Rebecca McMeen paper & clockface from her Milla Collection, Tangie Baxter flower overlay from her So Brave So True Kit.

Living Life

Sometimes I feel like my life is rather boring. Since I’ve retired I don’t always have “plans” for the day. A lot of the time I just hang out and get things done around the house, or I read a book, or binge watch some show on Netflix. I try to get out and exercise everyday and most days it is with a friend. But I’ve noticed that now that I’m not hurrying around with a work agenda, I find that I have begun to live my life more deliberately. I try to notice things I didn’t before. I stop and talk to people that I might have hurried by. I make things just because, not because I have to. I attend classes on subjects of interest.

So when I saw this quote, it spoke to me about really living my life. Life goes by really fast. We owe it to ourselves to enjoy as much of it as we can.

Digital artwork: Captivated Visions; Katie Pertiet; and Lynn Murphy

Helen Keller

I love quotes by Helen Keller and the one below is one of my favorites. Many times I believe that I have to be doing something big in order to make a difference. But if I do the small, the humble, the insignificant in the best way I know how, they will become great.

Trust in the Lord

Since it is Sunday, I thought I would share one of my favorite scriptures from the Bible. A good reminder for me to have faith in God and look for his hand in my life every day. Enjoy!

digital frame from Scrapbook Graphics