Good morning! May love and laughter find you! I send lots of best wishes! Coffee at the ready!

On the personal note: I have been clearing and cleaning my apartment so that I can hang artwork up at last! I did not break my neck using my tall step ladder and feel more confident in climbing up it to hang the artwork. LOL I managed to fill the cupboard over the fridge yesterday with dishes! The ladder was a good choice!

The goal of course is to make a good space to live and work in. It’s not a big apartment so it is as a studio apartment. Cozy Boho when I am done! With a deadpan serious studio. I don’t need a living room as I have created a reading nook in my kitchen that is really nice! It is also where I have my record, cd, cassettes and radio player. There is also the computer for music along with a closet full of music! Where to begin? A few out at a time!

Thoughts for the day: There’s a lot of things going on in the world as everyone knows. It is not that I ignore it, for who can. But it is important that each of us finds balance so that we move forward. I foresee people creating change for the better. A rebuilding of the world so that it is all that it can be, and this will be true for humanity. It is so obvious that we cannot continue as we are. This is hope and it is found among all the craziness!

If we stop and think “What can I do to make things better? That’s what is immediately around us. This local to us part of the world is the foundation for where we live, and it joins in with other parts of the world, expanding outward. It’s our communities. We can start there by making communities healthy place to be in. How? By simply being our best and doing what we can as well as reaching out to one another. Simple friendship means a lot. We can start things like community gardens. Holding community get togethers. Doing such things brings people together. Supporting one another. If we reach out to people who cannot easily get to such gatherings then they can be a part too. Such as someone who lives alone. When we help others, it makes us feel good, and we are doing something to make our foundations stronger.

We are creative people. We can begin and end projects that help us. We can think of ways to make life better and then follow through with that idea, that project. We can move away from the things like our cell phones, computers and the TV. We can get outside and enjoy outdoors. These things help the mind and body. It does require sticktoativeness. Don’t talk yourself out of doing things! Experience them instead! Start small and feel good!

My goal is to use my art and writing skills to help others. I need to be out in the world where I meet other people to help them! Not just in my studio or at the desk writing. I need to move! So don’t fall into the trap of over thinking! Just do it! Make your days be full of love and laughter, be your own sunshine!

Don’t get so caught up with what you feel is hurtful, and what angers you. We can change hurt. It was not discussed in my family when growing up. The bottom-line when it comes to anger is. That it is a feeling we can do something about. That does not feel easy. knowing the difference between good anger, yes good. And bad anger is this. When we are angry we should say why we are feeling angry. Bad anger is when we hand on to it and it because as if a precious thing; we don’t let go of it and it builds and builds upon itself. We stack up all the pros and cons. The problem with this is that its more than words. Its what we think, and rattle around in short term memory that becomes long term memory. These memories stick to us, and we can call it all up in a flash! Not just the thought but the feelings too! Our mind sends messages to the body, and we feel those feelings over and over and we make ourselves unhappy, we make ourselves sick with disease and disorders____. What we think matters. Being angry all the time stops us from living well.

We try to justify and prove things because of what was said in anger. And if that is all we do, we are not living our lives well. This is my conclusion from my experience. I wasted a lot of time on anger and hurt. I got broadsided a lot as I responded. I did not find the switch to turn things off. And when I did, I had to work at it to be able to change things up for myself, no one else can do this for us. Letting things fall into the past feels hard until you find the angle that works for you. Changing the subject on myself, recognizing what part I own and can do something about was a good start. Asking the self, was it really a good experience I was in, did it work for me? These questions made it easier to let go of the things that angered and hurt me. The key to doing so is believing and trusting in the self so that you feel good about your decisions. We need to think of our words and actions as we move forward. We need to be responsible towards ourselves to know how to do it regarding others. Positive self-talk leads to positive self-actions.

Best wishes! Pejj Nunes!