I'm all about the chimes 9-30-2016

It really was my intent to blog more this week, sitting on a stool and all, but inspiration happens.  And thus my week has been full.  I created this first one (above) just to see what it would look and sound like and it was stunning.  So I posted it to my facebook page, as I do, to get the pictures from my camera to my PC because I do not have a suitable cord to do it directly, and BOOM--people were all over it and it sold within  2 hours of my posting it with more orders that so far will keep me busy for the next week at least (currently).

This makes for a happy Chrissy, but a busy Chrissy and I get so in the zone in the making of my chimes that all my other online endeavors take a back seat for the ride.  They truly are works of art, in my humble opinion, but the majority seem to agree with me.

This was #2

Yes, the picture is darker than I like but I got so wrapped up in starting #3 that I almost forgot to get pictures before the sun started going down.  It's a zone, I can't resist a zone when I am in it.  I am so present when I am creating and I love that space.  And honestly, it is paying the bills so this is a very good thing.  And that is why, for now:

I'm all about the chimes.

The cat wins 9-25-2016

Yes it has been a bit since my last entry and there is a reason for that.  Part of it is explained by my last entry and the other half is explained by the poster above.  Right now I am sitting on a stool because the cat, China, has decided that my chair is the most comfortable place in the house.

Yes, the chair is on wheels and I could have rolled her away from the desk a week ago but I just couldn't bring myself to disturb her because then she gets vocal and screams at me and nobody wants to hear that.  But I decided it was high time to catch up online and so I rolled the chair and cat into the middle of the room and grabbed my little stool to perch upon.

And here we are.  I spent the past couple of days making a lovely wind chime which I will likely post here tomorrow because I am rather proud of it.  And the more I look at it the more I love it.  How is that for a little teaser?

Been busy looking for work to carry me through until my new gig starts and it is something I enjoy as well as making my chimes and the combination of the 2 would be quite nice I believe.

I also went on a cleaning streak here at home, it needed it and I am pleased with that effort as well.  I have spent some time time in the past week with a good friend, too, and so the past week has been good since I left the job that was sucking the soul out of me.  Sure, finances are not perfect but there is no dollar amount you can place on peace of mind and following where your soul leads you.

I will make the effort to be more present here no matter where the cat is but until now she has been the big obstacle to me getting on my computer lately because...

When it comes to the furniture... the cat always wins.

My cup runneth over 9-14-16

Most of the time I am just thankful for the cup and today is no exception.  Another day off and since it has been pouring rain off and on and otherwise quite overcast I have been just relishing doing nothing.  Well almost nothing as I have been thinking but then unless one is meditating it is difficult to not think at all.

I am not a quitter although I do believe it is time to move on from the current JOB, as in just over broke, and get out of what I mostly consider to be a bit of a hellish hole I got myself into.  I thought employment would be wonderful for getting me out of a financial hole but it turns out that I spend a minimum of 16 hours a week commuting to a thankless job that is barely making rent.  My bad.

This week I have been thinking about how when you step out in faith the door will open and I am going to trust that it will.  Wearing myself out physically, mentally and emotionally is also dragging me down spiritually and I am worthy of far better than that and self inflicting it is just nonsense.

I want to be energized by the things I do, not drained by them.  When I was much younger my husband held the same job for many years and I did not do the same.  He asked why I never stayed anywhere longer than 2-3 years and I said I got bored and I need stimulation to thrive.  He said there was something to be said for stability and I said yes, it is boring unless you have a true passion for it.

I still believe that to this day and although stability is nice, nothing lasts forever and when we are young I think it is the perfect time to try many things to see what fits us, what excites and empowers us.  I know for me it allowed me to see my many strengths, gifts and talents as well as my weaknesses and to be able to grow by learning all of that.  And isn't that why we are here?  To learn?

I was watching a revival on facebook last week and it was repeated many times: RELEASE (the praise), RECEIVE (the blessings), REPEAT and it stuck with me.  I know that we have to believe to see what we ask for and I am all for releasing the praise as I do on a regular basis. Release, receive, repeat.  And so I have been doing that.  Well, the releasing anyway.

I was on my way in to work yesterday and my gut said, NO, don't go! and so I asked myself one question:  Does doing this bring me joy?   And honestly the answer was no, it does not.  So I had my answer, it is time to get out while there is a trace of ME left.  And while I did continue in to work, I was regretting it 5 minutes later.  Life is far too short to have regrets and I knew it.

So I am looking for other means of making finances that will allow me to be joyful about what I am doing and that will also allow me to do things I love, writing here for example.  And so today I can say:

My cup runneth over.

Making life better 9-11-2016

Many times I ask this of myself as well but I really do want to make people's lives better.  And yet I have deprived myself (and anyone else who follows me here) of writing for the past couple weeks.  Working so hard for so little has been a life sucking experience and so I continue on with looking for something that will add energy instead of taking it from me.

Not only has it physically drained me but it has left me uninspired and too exhausted at the end of the day to want to even get on my computer let alone write.  It has taken everything I have to not be totally negative, working in an environment that is less than uplifting.

And so here I am, with not much to say because I honestly don't want to think.  I merely want to meditate and hear whatever it is the Universe has to tell me.  But when I do get still and quiet I nearly fall asleep and then wonder if that is what the Universe is saying I need right now.  I cannot say for sure.

But what I can say is that I still have faith as strong as ever even if I am not seeing the desires of my heart at this moment.  Faith is believing in what you cannot yet see, the substance of things hoped for and so I cling to that for now.

I know that I create it all and sometimes when I create things I think I want it turns out that it wasn't exactly what I wanted because I asked and then took things into my own hands instead of trusting fully that the Universe had it all under control, as it does.

For me, today, it is about surrender.  Not to defeat but to trusting that what is coming is so magnificent that even I, in my wildest dreams, cannot fathom it.  So for now I will once again trust the Universe and watch things turn around even better than I asked for.  And that makes my life better today.  So:

What can I do to make your life better today?