Monday Mantra and brief update

"In order to do something well, we must first be willing to do it badly." - Julia Cameron

Five updates related to this quote:
1) I'm learning to let go of perfectionism and see what happens.
2) I'm beading jewelry and dreaming of beads again (just had one last night).
3) I'm wholeheartedly seeking a place/opportunity to learn how to garden and give
back to the Earth.
4) I'm starting a business.
5) I'm learning to water the good seeds in my consciousness like love, peace and
compassion instead of those seeds that hoard and attract fear, anger and hatred
(Thank you Thich Nhat Hanh for this lovely analogy).

Following your heart is not easy to do. Neither is taking risks, but the best realization I had this morning was that in order to be good at something, you must be willing to "fail" as well. You cannot be perfect.

Some of the most exciting revelations in our lives come from "failures" or accidents. I do not view these happenings to be failures or accidents but what and how life is meant to be.

Thursday thought: Discover yourself

"Often people attempt to live their lives backwards: they try to have more things, more money, in order to do more of what they want so that they will be happier. The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are, then, do what you need to do, in order to have what you want."

-MARGARET YOUNG