If my heart were planted, what would it grow?

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I have been trying to get back into practicing yoga (and last night was the first time in years!) and I have one of those  yoga decks with the cards for different poses to help me plan out the poses before I begin (little for me is less zen than trying to decide what pose to do next).  On the card for half locust it has a little mantra that really resonated with me... My approach to life is calm, confident, and focused.

Lately my life has been anything but calm, confident, and focused!  But I need to get myself back to that... first step is focusing.  I have been piling on all sorts of projects and spreading myself thin.  This week I am going to focus on prioritizing myself... and remembering to breathe.

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Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. 
~Robert Louis Stevenson

Happy labor day weekend!  I hope you will be able to relish a long weekend of relaxing, BBQing, and enjoying good company all in the name of economic & social achievement.  Cheers!

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Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

~Theodore Roosevelt

 

Maybe this means working with the scraps of fabric you have in your stash or on projects a size you can work with...

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Or finding a way to make it work in your small space...

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Enjoy the beauty of the everyday, average household items...

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And be here now to get where you are going...

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Excess on occasion is exhilirating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.

~W. Somerset Maugham, The Summing Up

Sometimes, you need more balloons than you can carry...

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A new book to consume, even if your shelves are full...

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A larger slice of the decadent dessert...

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Or possibly to add another shade of eyeshadow to the makeup drawer...

 

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Or yet maybe just a big, bold scarf...

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