I have been noticing a theme in my journal pages lately. Lots of yellows and reds. After doing some research, I found that yellow is associated with joy, energy and happiness. All things I have been feeling a lot of lately. Red is associated with energy, strength, determination, passion, desire and love. Again, all things I am feeling right now. So, I understand how and why they keep showing up in my journals and my paintings. Colors and the energy behind them show up in your life when you need them the most. Kind of like people. These are also qualities I want to radiate outwardly. Being passionate is something I own proudly and I don’t try to hide it. Without passion, there is no purpose.
Another theme that keeps showing up is Change. This particular journal entry sat blank for months. No words and no title, just the background. Then one day, it came to me and I journaled quickly, almost to the point I could not read what I had written the thoughts were coming so fast. Yesterday, while reading Foolsgold by Susan G. Wooldridge, I came across a passage in the book where she speaks to change:
“It can take courage for us to realize we’ve had the wrong idea and made wrong decisions and need to change midstream. We might be in the wrong city for us. The wrong relationship. The wrong life. Writing the wrong book. If we have to be right about everything, we won’t allow ourselves to change, and to free our creative natures.”
Well now! That speaks volumes, doesn’t it? Change can be scary for a lot of people and because of that, we would rather be miserable and right, then admit we were wrong. We think it too late to make a change, using our age, current circumstances or society’s views as reason to stay in our situations. What I would like to know is, when do your excuses start getting on your nerves enough that you are willing to be courageous and say, “Hey, I was wrong about this,” and try something new? Failure is not failure if you learn from it. I tell it to my kids, I tell it to myself because I believe it. I would rather make a mistake than be stuck in a mistake wishing I had simply taken a chance. So, don’t wait. If all of these recent very public deaths remind you of nothing, it is that life is short and you should live it fully every single day. No regrets.
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