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Courageous Dreams!

Quote by Erma Bombeck:
“It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.”
I really miss Erma Bombeck, she was the greatest when it came to humorist essays and making you belly laugh! This is more from her serious side and it’s such a true statement. We all have our vulnerable side and at times we worry about how people will judge us. I always love the quote by Susan David: “Courage is fear walking.”! We just have to keep walking with our head up high and be brave enough to show the world who we are and what we’re all about. 
Who cares what other people think, they’ve got their own perspectives on life and it really has nothing to do with us anyway. The courage comes from within and it is a wonderful characteristic to have.  Being kind, loving, empathetic, humble, resilient and courageous, are just some of the characteristics that are so important to have in one’s life.
I sometimes think of myself as shy even though most people would laugh at that concept! But I think the shyness comes from the child within me that might have a lack of self-esteem or complete confidence in myself at times!
As a child I did not have what I hope most children have which are role models who encourage and inspire them to follow their dreams! Now that I’m the adult I am my own role model! I am the one who encourages me to take that step into the unknown, out of my comfort zone and to walk through my fears, be courageous, and show the world all that I dream about and what I have created. 
As it turns out I am beyond thrilled to know that my creations whether they are in art form or other aspects of my personality are embraced and accepted by most everyone I meet along my path. I must be doing something right and I have to keep doing it and keep following my inner guidance my GPS system: “Gratitude, Purpose, Soul” system, and always share loving kindness and compassion with everyone who crosses my path.

I love the quote by Thich Nhat Hanh: “Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.” I will always keep smiling and courageously living life to the fullest!



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Soul of Money!

Quote by Bette Davis:
“To fulfill the dream, to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given a chance to create, is the meat and potatoes of life. The money is the gravy.”
This quote sounds like a favorite saying I’ve heard over the years: “do what you love and the money will follow”!  I sure hope this concept becomes reality in my life! I’m willing to make sacrifices, sweat, and do the hard work to create my dreams. I will enjoy the process in the moment and take pride in what I have accomplished. It would be great if the money follows as the ultimate reward! I think if it’s your dream you’ll do it either way just because it is your Ikigai or passion and purpose in life! The money that comes is the energy that follows the loving creation that you’re sharing with the Universe!
I’m reading a book now called: “The Soul of Money” by Lynne Twist. I find parts of it to be very enlightening about our relationship with money. We all seem to have our own personal organic experiences with money and how it affects us and our life. But if we keep remembering that it is just energy, then maybe we can keep it flowing and growing with the love and nurturing we continue to do and share with the world. 

This quote says it all by Francis Assisi: “For it is in giving that we receive.”, or as I always say: To Give is To Receive!




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Dream Recordings!

Quote by Henry David Thoreau:
“If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.”
Dreams can be so magical and mysterious! The other night I had a dream about this beautiful bed frame foot board that was made out of a stained glass material with a light inside of it displaying a design of a portion of the Eiffel Tower! It was exceptionally beautiful, I remember it vividly. It was just one third of the foot board on the iron frame. I even googled the description the next morning to see if there were any such images of a similar bed frame, and of course I found none. 

I love knowing I dream in vivid color and that I can create something in my mind and imagination that has never been made before. I don’t know about the practicality of this particular creation, but nevertheless it just goes to prove how with some dreams we can actually make them into reality, as this quote suggests; put a foundation under them! That’s what makes dreams so fascinating and so magical!
Last night I had a dream and I know it was important, but I just couldn’t remember it when I woke up, and I am still thinking about it this evening. It’s driving me crazy since it feels as if it’s on the tip of my tongue, but I just can’t grasp what the concept was about! If only we could set our DVD player to make recordings of our dreams, and then dial up our dreams to replay the next day, how wonderful that would be! 

I don’t know, but I guess maybe sometimes we’re not supposed to remember our dreams? It’s a mysterious dimension that there aren’t a lot of logical answers for, but that’s okay with me, I love that dimension, it’s the best part of sleeping!


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For as you dream, so shall you become!

Quote by Friedrich Von Schiller:
“Keep true to the dreams of the youth.”
When we were young our innocent minds were wide open to learning and experiencing all new things! We had no inner critic or ego shattering our dreams. We were free to dream and have many choices about who we wanted to be when we got to be adults! 

We had so many role models, our teachers, mentors, parents and other adults who encouraged us in many different ways, especially telling us we could be whatever our hearts desired! They reminded us we would have to work hard to get to that ideal, and we really had to decide if that was what we wanted to do. Not all of us had those kinds of role models and encouragement, and I think some of us suffer from not having had that in our youth.
Many times as we grew to become adults, we started having responsibilities and families, etc., and we had to put our dreams of our youth on hold and choose other ways to earn a living.
I remember when I was a youngster inspired by my third grade teacher, I would love to pretend I was a teacher too! I had my blackboard with colored chalk and my desk facing in front of my class! It was so many years ago, I can’t remember what I was teaching, but I remember loving to write on the chalk board and talk to my imaginary students in my classroom (bedroom)!
Unfortunately I did not become a teacher, but you never know, there’s still time! When I really think about it, becoming a teacher was one dream I put on hold, and still to this day I would like to give it a try in some format! At this stage I don’t have the college degree to be a school teacher, but I could certainly start teaching art workshops, etc.! We shall see as I continue to think about reinventing myself in my third act! 

I love this quote and I will definitely ponder on what my dreams were of my youth! My other favorite quote by James Allen: “Dream lofty dreams, as you dream, so shall you become. Your vision is the promise of what you one day shall be: your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil.”


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Endless Universe!

Quote by Shad Helmstetter:
“You are everything that is, your thoughts, your life, your dreams come true. You’re everything you choose to be. You are as unlimited as the endless universe.”
What a lovely affirmation! I always know in my heart that I am a very important part of the universe, we all are! We have the free will to make choices in our lives and create a life filled with our dreams coming true. We have to have a passion and then take the action to make it happen. 
Anything is possible when we put our mind and heart into it! The sky’s not the limit….it is our soul that soars beyond the limitless endless universe! We live into eternity and have the gift of life in this human form now, but in the next dimension we shall see what form that takes! We must keep our thoughts and our dreams positive and healing so that the entire universe feels our love and legacy.
Look up into the night sky and pick a star, make it your own, nurture it into its full potential and its brilliance, it will live in the endless universe, and always be there to inspire others to do the same.




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Zen Nona ~ Celebrating 9 Month Anniversary! & Zen Daily Words Book!

I have been enjoying my Zen Nona for 9 months now! So many adventures, new friendships, and memories created! I have created this fun word heart displaying some of my travels and adventures!

Today is very exciting since I will be giving birth to my newest project culminating these many months of inspiration and dream-time!  

I will be publishing my book: 
ZEN DAILY WORDS

An Inspiring and Interactive Book offering:
Zen Word Search Puzzles, Zen Inspirational Affirmations, and Original Art & Essays!


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Serendipity of Dreaming!

Quote by Gloria Steinem:
“Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.”
How exciting it is to wake up and write down an inspirational dream knowing that in some way it was your soul planning your next steps! Sometimes we need to go into that deep sleep dimension where there is no ego or inner critic awake disturbing our flow, and let the magic happen. Our soul is then free to speak to us through our dreams and encourage our deep down heart desires in life. 

Wouldn’t it be fascinating to be able to record our dreams as they’re happening? Sometimes I tend to forget my dreams when I wake up and it’s so frustrating because I know it was something really important and meaningful, maybe even a lesson I needed to learn. I guess there probably is some scientific method maybe to measure your emotions while you’re dreaming, whether you’re excited or calm or what your heart rate might be, but I would love to be able to record the concepts, the language, the words that my soul is speaking to me.
There are so many possibilities in life, so many open doors to enter or curves in the road to take along ones journey. Imagination and dreaming can take us there if we are open and allow our soul to speak through us, listening loud and clearly.
I have to mention my favorite Einstein quote once again: “Imagination is more important than knowledge!” It just seems to fit almost every quote I’ve read in the last 3 days! I’ve always loved the quote and years ago I designed a photo art poster, it was of a beautiful jacaranda tree blooming in its purple glory. I so loved that tree in front of my house, and I included the Einstein quote because, in reality the tree had been chopped down but I always kept it alive in my imagination.

In our imagination we can create beautiful dreams and worlds that one day may become amazing possibilities and even realities.


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Be Curious!

Quote by William Blake:
“What is now proved was once only imagined.”
Another brilliant quote, right in the theme of what I wrote in my essay yesterday! I feel as if I’m repeating myself, but this new quote by William Blake fits precisely to one of my most favorite quotes of all time by Albert Einstein: “Imagination is more important than knowledge.”
The brilliance of the human mind and our imagination can produce wondrous results when they are put to their highest potential. 
All these proven inventions, creations, and equations about our world started with the wondrous human mind of thought, and developed into miraculous conclusions to teach us about the world as we know it today. 
Many famous Physicists, Scientists, Archaeologists, Geologists, Astronomers, Etc. have utilized their exquisitely brilliant minds so we can learn and understand about our history and our potential future on this planet and others.
Dreaming and imagining are miraculous gifts that humans have been blessed with. We must keep dreaming and developing our intelligence and indulge our curiosity to continue making this planet a better place.
A wise quote from a very special soul ~ Stephen Hawking: “Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious.”
 

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Unique & Wondrous Dreams

Quote: by Linda Staten:
“There will always be dreams grander or humbler than your own, but there will never be a dream exactly like your own…for you are unique and more wondrous than you know!”
It is quite wondrous that each human has a completely different fingerprint, just as each snowflake is different, or each droplet of water. We are a unique and fascinating specimen!
No two dreams are exactly alike and it is quite amazing; human consciousness and our mind. How boring the world would be if we all had the same dreams, it’s wonderful that some dreams are grander and some dreams fit exactly what the needs are of who the dreamer is.
It is quite comforting to know that no one can read your mind and that your thoughts are sacred and your dreams are your own. Sharing those dreams and ideas with the world when the time is right can make all the difference. 

We need to pay close attention to what we dream and take action if it feels like it could be good for the world and may somehow make a difference in someone’s life for the better. It could be as simple as inventing or discovering something to make life easier that may help those in need. 
Dreams can start out small and if there’s passion and the right intention and the stars are lined up, the universe can make them all come true for the benefit of all.
There’s a quote I recently read, it goes something like this: “All those who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.” That’s how scientific equations and discoveries about our planet come to be, it’s that spark that happens when all the neurons are lined up and ready to fire. Einstein is one example and his quote: “Imagination is more important than knowledge.” says it all!
I just watched a NOVA episode on PBS the other night, a segment about metal that becomes foam, and it can be molded into whatever it needs to be! I’m sure many brilliant minds got together after years of research, and imagination, and dreaming, and then creating all the ingredients to come up with such a brilliant idea.  

I imagine all artists and musicians have all started out as great dreamers. How grateful we are to delight in their wondrous and uniquely talented contributions.
Embrace your human mind for its uniqueness and wondrous imagination of dreams! Another quote I love by William Arthur Ward: “If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it.”


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