©+Laurie Pace Graphics One Design 2019
Full Circle
24 x 36 Oil on Canvas (sold)
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“Maybe love isn’t something that comes full circle. It just ebbs and flows, in and out, just like the people in our lives” Colleen Hoover
I have been busy reworking the SEO on my main website Lauriepace.com Seems like even SEO comes full circle as the ball changes or rolls about 190 degrees. oh wait.... it just spins around constantly. I have simplified my website in the move and will continue to make adjustments to having it work seamlessly for you as well as for me!
Did you ever think about how we each get caught and tied up in our own lives? It is so easy to forget to stop and give thanks for all the good in our lives, or to stop and take in life around us. Just this past weekend I began to think about the carefree young woman I was when adult life began. Surely all the "adult" responsibilities did not snuff out the joy and laughter, did they? To roll back 190 degrees back to carefree, what would it entail?
I remember reading somewhere that children laugh and smile 300-400 times a day. Adults might smile 6-10 times a day. What has steamrolled us in our lives that we have lost our joy and our ability to laugh, even if it means laughing at ourselves?
I have been busy reworking the SEO on my main website Lauriepace.com Seems like even SEO comes full circle as the ball changes or rolls about 190 degrees. oh wait.... it just spins around constantly. I have simplified my website in the move and will continue to make adjustments to having it work seamlessly for you as well as for me!
Did you ever think about how we each get caught and tied up in our own lives? It is so easy to forget to stop and give thanks for all the good in our lives, or to stop and take in life around us. Just this past weekend I began to think about the carefree young woman I was when adult life began. Surely all the "adult" responsibilities did not snuff out the joy and laughter, did they? To roll back 190 degrees back to carefree, what would it entail?
I remember reading somewhere that children laugh and smile 300-400 times a day. Adults might smile 6-10 times a day. What has steamrolled us in our lives that we have lost our joy and our ability to laugh, even if it means laughing at ourselves?
- Simplify: We need to make our lives easier. We need to simplify how we live. We should learn the difference between wants and needs. If your life is like mine, you have a whole lot of 'stuff' you do not need. Time to empty your pockets.
- New Perspective: We are greatly affected by stress in our lives and it creeps into every aspect of living. It affects our days and our nights. Make a list of things daily you have to be thankful for and a list of things that bring you joy. Let go of the worries and concerns that are eating at you. Do some of those things that make you smile. Take the time to read your list.
- The Dirt and the Sun: My mother always said to 'get outside and play in the dirt'. She believed that the energy pulsing from the earth was needed for our healing and ridding all of the electronics and vibrations from our bodies and minds. Remember how the doctor says Vitamin D 3 comes from the sun? We all need 15-20 min in the late morning sun to soak in that Vitamin D.
- Play it forward. When you are outside find something to do that makes you move around the area... not simple gardening but something that requires energy and movement. I love taking my guitar outside and sitting in the sun. When we lived at the lake I sat on the deck by the water and played and sang. No one could hear me so I could sing all I wanted on key or off key.
- Dead End. Is your every day job or every day responsibilities sucking you dry of energy? If so maybe you need to LET IT GO. Find something that brings joy to you. (For me it is serving and helping others.)
- Relationships. It is important in life to share things with others. We are community people and the investment of friends and good times is valuable. We need to share life.As we relate with others they become part of our life, and our lives become fuller.
- Growth. Challenges in our lives will always create growth. With growth comes a wonderful thing called happiness.
- Passion. What makes you erupt into a huge grin? What brings you joy? What triggers an uncontrollable laugh? What can excite you and bring a smile to your face? What do you look forward to in life?
- Activity. Find some friends to 'play' with. Involve yourself directly into life and movement.
- God has this. Believe in His unending love. He wants you happy and filled with joy so you can share it with some one else.
TAG... you are it.
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