Leap and engage...

 

 LEAP AND ENGAGE.

2012 is going to be about celebrating LIFE.  celebrating life and all it's simple pleasures has always been something i am fond of and practice....but do i ENGAGE life?....do i seek out new experiences, travels, connections, etc?....to a degree i do....but from the comfort of my zone...my comfort zone.  2012 is leaping outside of that place....i will engage in experiences.  i will engage conversations.  i will engage new modes of transportation.  i will engage in learning what i don't know.  i will break past boundaries.  i will free myself from constraints.  i will say YES instead of saying no.  i will say NO instead of saying YES.  i will fix food that makes my body scream YES YES YES to the pure ecstacy of alivening it's senses.  i will dance to music like there is no tomorrow.  i will build fires and howl at the moon.   i will follow where my heart leads me.  i will make rainbows when i leap. 

Giveaway...

 

 GIVEAWAY~

I have had certain words leaping their way into my mind the past few days:

leap
grace
receive
travel
movement
progress
free
action
steady
plan
forward

and various other ones that have come in and lingered.

All of these words have me thinking....and also wondering what words come into your mind often?..or as the new year begins?

I was quite surprised to have 'receive' and 'grace' pop up, but when I started pondering them I understood that I have issues with accepting with grace someone's offering of help/assistance/etc.  I might not show it on the outside, but inside I cringe a little....don't get me wrong, I am always moved and feel gratitude...but those shadow emotions of anxiety, obligation to pay them back somehow, sorta feeling like a failure because I need or get help...all these crazy emotions come up.

Soooo, in order to teach myself how to receive with more grace...I want to extend an offering to all of you out there.  My thought is that the more I give, maybe the more I will be able to receive without the shadow feelings surfacing.
I want you to throw out the words that pop up for you...OR give me your word for 2012.   On Monday morning, the 9th, I will write your names on a slip of paper, put in a jar, and draw out one.   The winner will receive a free pair of earrings from my Etsy Shop.

I have another project that I am working on to give back while I am traveling.  It involves guerilla art, random acts of kindness, giving a scarf away on the train after I am done crocheting it...etc.   The time is NOW....move forward, steady movement, planned leaps, freedom travel.....

so comment your word/words to win a pair of earrings :)