Monday, December 5, 2011

{free fall}

Why not
Laughter Is The Best Medicine
Acrylic on canvas
10 x 12 inch

A rising sense of panic started to set in over the weekend.  I felt the weight of my decision to leave work resting heavily on my shoulders.

And I doubted myself.

By this morning I was almost immobilised by fear.  I sat out the back in my favourite resting spot and I wondered what on earth to do with myself.

And I thought of my dear friend Jane who passed away and how she used to always say to me "just start.  That's what you have to do".

So I banished my inner critic and I stopped thinking of all the reasons why I can't, shouldn't, won't be able to achieve the things I want to do.

And I got to work.

I finished 5 paintings that have been in progress for quite a while, I cleaned the house from top to bottom, I danced and sang, and laughed and cried.  I drank lots of coffee and I thought lots about all the things I'm planning for next year.

"All you need to do is trust" were the words that came to me throughout the day.

Today was a great day.

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I'm planning a sale of original artworks in the shop this week.  Thursday night at 6pm Australian Eastern Standard Time.  If you're interested in purchasing an original {tinniegirl}, including the piece above, be sure to stop by.  

All sold work will ship on Friday to get to you before Christmas.
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4 comments:

  1. "Really, really, really: you don't have to figure it all out. life will sort most of it out for you. if you let it." Danielle LaPorte tweeted this quote the other day and I thought of you.

    I hope that it's true - for you and for me. :)

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  2. Sorry to hear about your friend.

    Yes, all you need to do is start and now you have finished 5 paintings - well done.

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  3. I hear you on the back and forth of FEAR Cathy!! But I try to remember that each experience is a learning lesson and I too have learned from past experiments in self employment, just as you are doing now =-)

    And Michelle is right that Life will sort itself out for you if you let it. I know there's something to be said for having a plan, but sometimes the Universe has an idea for your life you can not yet imagine, and I try to keep this in mind as I move forward =-)

    I wish you luck and success in this leap of Faith you are taking Cathy! I think you're off to a great start with 5 paintings completed =-)

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  4. YOU are amazing! That's all I wanted to say ♥

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“When you wake up in the morning, Pooh," said Piglet at last, "what's the first thing you say to yourself?"

"What's for breakfast?" said Pooh. "What do you say, Piglet?"

"I say, I wonder what's going to happen exciting today?" said Piglet.

Pooh nodded thoughtfully. "It's the same thing," he said.”

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