'Other Side of the Earth' Abstract Landscape Day and Night Daily Painting by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

'Other Side of the Earth'

18 x 27 Oil on Canvas

SOLD to Collector in Virgina

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The Painting: I found another one from this earlier series...but this goes back to 2006. Sometimes it is fun to go back and look at the progress of art over the years. This would be ALMOST 4 years ago.

The Thought: Looking back over life experiences can be both joyful and depressing. When I turned fifty I remember sitting in the chair gazing out at my garden and recognizing I had lived five decades and each of them seemed relatively different... different stages in life. I knew at that moment if I died I had lived a wonderful life to that day. It would not have been the perfect life in any way shape or form, but it was mine and it was full and I felt joy looking back even at the hardest times.

With my birthday this week I am turning 57. Egads when did I grow so old? I told the kids this weekend they had to stop aging as it was making me older. I believe as you grow older the hardest thing to do is accept the things you can do and stay away from the things you only THINK you can do. (Sally Fields as NORA on Brothers and Sisters is getting old too...I still remember her as the Flying Nun.)

We are not meant to act 45 at age 57. We are not meant to act 65 at age 80. We are not meant to act 12 at age 18. etc. etc. Contentment is accepting who you are at this time. You can have a joyful youthful mind at an older age, but you have to have the wisdom to accept your body limitations as well. God did not create this body to withstand the sands of time...but to change with it as everything in nature does. So life and things in life have to change. Take care of your body and your mind. Age gracefully.

Our pain and frustration is tied directly into our unwillingness to accept the changes we face at any age. Why should I want to turn 18 and be responsible? It is easier to let Mom and Dad do it all. Why should I want to be responsible for myself at 30? Yeah, it is still easier to allow Mom and Dad to do it. What is wrong with this picture? Mom and Dad are not accepting the changes they need to make as well as their child's changes, especially at age 30.

Our society here in America continues to evolve. More grandparents are raising grandchildren. More parents are still caring for boomerang children. (I was/am one of those.) Letting Go and Letting God at every stage-AGE in our life is important.

Be smart, evaluate where you are right now and what you should be doing. Are you living a contented life or a frustrated one? I would not want to missing any good moments in life at any age.

Make it a good day...let it all go and let God in to work. Take a break from worry and get your life back.

Laurie

"As servants of God, live as free people." --1 Peter 2:16

A Bit of Wonder Contemporary Horse Oil Daily Painting Art by Laurie Justus Pace 24 x 30 x 2 inches of thick buttery oils! Contact me to purchase: Laurie "This is the day that the Lord has made; Let us rejoice and be glad in it". Psalm 118:24 It was a day of celebration yesterday as Lauren Gracen was born. Stacey began her labor around nine in the morning and was ready to push by 12:15, but they held her off while getting things set up. Took four good contractions with multiple pushes and the baby was there! All grandparents accounted for to count the toes and fingers! My admiration is for my daughter and her bravery and calmness despite the tension and newness of what she faced. I was honored to be there as the baby was delivered seeing my granddaughter push out into the light and take her first breathe... and then cry... and that she did. Terry was able to participate and he and Larry helped with pushing and getting Stacey upright for the process and then Terry was hon...

Arrival...Refrigerator?

© Laurie Pace Graphics One Design 2024 Arrival Oil on Canvas SOLD by Laurie Pace Proverbs 16:3 "Commit to the Lord whtever you do, and he will establish your plans." Worrisome times laced with prayers. The world seems like a scary place lately. Praying for everyone affected by the last two hurricanes. My adventures today were the result of a dead refrigerator. I have loved my Kitchen Aid refrigerator very much. The first one in the 'French Kitchen' look died at 13 months. Hubby wanted the same refrigerator. Well this one made it four years and a few months. I cannot believe appliances are not made to last longer...but wait, is that because they make more money if we have to replace it in 4-5 years? You replace your mattress at least every 7 years... and your washer dryer, you might get 7 years out of those... The stoves seem to make it closer to 10 years. We are Lowe's customers, and Robert ...

The Marsh... of our lives? Walking with God.

© Laurie Pace Graphics One Design 2024 The Marsh 6 x 12 inches Oil on Canvas SOLD by Laurie Pace I did two of these paintings about three years ago. They both sold immediately to a Florida Collector. Simple and elegant for a horse painting. Ephesians 5:1-2 "Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma." One of the biggest challenges in walking with God is trusting Him and not trying to out think Him or to do everything your way. It never works. The Apostle Paul wrote of his own struggles in Romans 7 . Romans 7: 22-23 “ So I find this law at work: Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me. For in my inner being I delight in God’s law; but I see another law at work in me, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the ...

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