"To get up each morning with the resolve to be happy is to set our own
conditions to the events of each day. To do this is to condition circumstances instead of being conditioned by them" Emerson
“Beauty implies a good-sized body, and little people may be neat and well-proportioned, but cannot be beautiful.” -Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics. I don't know if they 'cannot', but nevertheless, I'm encouraged by his sentiment;)
Inspiration comes in all forms, for myself it is usually from a quote. I'll read or hear something and then hear the light bulb turn on. I write them on my bulletin board, in my journal, I make cards to put up (like the one above), I put stickies on our mirrors, anywhere that I can easily read them and pull energy from them.This particular quote really hits home for me and I imagine a few of you out there. Sometimes we don't do something whether it be scrapbook, write, craft, sew, bake, etc because we fear that others won't like it. But who are we working for here- them (the public) or for ourselves? We're working for ourselves and we need to turn off our inner critic and just create. That's what makes us happy. So next time you hear those inner voices talking to you, saying things like- "Why bother? You're not as good as so & so." or " I wouldn't do that, no one will like it."- take a deep breath & kindly tell them that they can leave, their services will not be needed. Then have at it. Create. Create. Create."
