Month: May 2010

To get something new in your life you have to let go of something else. Usually what you have to let go of is assumed security. Everybody has things that make them feel secure. We hold on to them for dear life because we think they are dear life. they are not. They are only a feeling.

think about this for a second. You have a relationship, job,way of doing things, thought patterns  etc that are your blanket . You feel safe there.

that is why new things are hard. You have to let go of something and TRUST that you won’t die.

Or you will die but you might have died anyway clutching on t o something. Things wont help you.

Here are three reasons to let go when you see some thing more important than what you have.

1. It is healthy to change ever so often. Healthy. It  is like exercise . It is healthy

2. The new thing will make you grow. Even if it is hard, especially if it is hard

3. WE are created to constantly get better and staying put is not going to help you get better.

Here is an example.

I am afraid to learn to swim. I hate swimming and who needs it. Learning to swim will make you stronger three ways. You learn to say no to yourself. good. you learn to overcome fear. You learn to move through water without drowning. New skill to build on.

You can swim in many waters in your life then. You will see new places that you might need to see to grow in other areas. Swimming will take you to them.

You have to do it.

When you understand something that was just a second ago foggy and now it is crystal clear is what I call the Zing. The zing is the electric currant that seems to run through you veins when you SEE it. It is total euphoria and bliss to be in that moment. You know that what you just now understand is right and true and the perfect solution. You know it in your bones.

I live for zing moments. They are the fleshing out of all that is WONDERFUL and RIGHT with the world.  I had a zing yesterday. I will put it in my pocket and carry it around with me today so I can think about it. Do you ever get zings? tell me about one.

Did you ever move your fingers over on the keyboard and you got a bizarre new language? Just a couple of centimeters off and bingo new land and language that nobody can understand.

I was thinking how this is like just missing the mark on your day. A sale that was almost made and picture that was almost painted but just off enough to make it awful.
Unless you just move to the right a little.  When I am painting a face just a fraction of an inch off will make the lady look mean instead of sweet. I quarter of a millimeter. Just a tad. My mind will follow suit. I don’t quite understand something and instant freaking out. When I might just be a little bit off.  My motto is: “move everything over just a bit when it seems too weird to stand and it might make it perfectly understandable.”

Life should have tassels. Tassels are just an ornament that have no purpose but to be fancy and luxurious and are just something to look at. I love the entire frivolity of them and glamour and delicious joy that they bring to a useful item. We have to have chairs to sit on but a chair with tassels is even better.  That is what I am doing in my paintings. I am painting these pretty girls with their longing eyes to feed that part of you that feels uplifted and inspired by tassels. Joy and beauty and elegance for a world will too many sterile places to look at.

How do you grade your life? Is it a good life? What constitutes a good life? It is my contention that every life is a good one.  At least you had one. Even the most difficult torn up mangled wrecked ravaged horrible life is, well, good.
At least you got a chance to fight and live and breathe.

I also contend that just because you have a life that looks good on the outside might be miserable on the inside but again so what at least you were born and have a life.  It’s what you do with what you get that counts. Only a fraction of people even focus on that. Who cares what you start with. Make it work. You have to make it work like its all you have to use. Because it is all you have to use. Use it up.