Do What You Enjoy

I have been making time to discover what I enjoy doing.

Now that I am doing it more and more, I am so happy.

Many more ways of sharing what I love to do are opening up.

I almost began to feel rushed to do them.

But, rushing and pressure are not part of joy.

So I am scaling back to infuse even more joy into what I do.

The most wonderful thing is how this commitment to joy is erasing the old pressures and anxieties.

It is making more and more of my life joyful and joyous.

I had o idea I could layer more and more happiness into my life.

Searching for ways to consciously define what I love to do have done this for me.

The joy is infusing itself naturally into all area of my life, the more I do what I enjoy.

© 2015 Kathryn Hardage

www.InspiredPractices.com

Do You Trust Yourself?

Do you trust yourself to learn what you need to know?

Do you trust yourself to figure it out?

If you can read directions, and you give yourself the time you need, you can put it together.

If things are not working out, no matter what yo try, do you trust yourself to go get advice ad help from someone else?

Then you can take the next step.

The more you do this, making the modifications you need for your particular situation, the more you will be able to trust yourself for the next adventure, project, goal.

You are building up connections within yourself, specific competencies which then give you the experiences you need to be confident.

Every practical skill requires knowledge and practice.

You give this to yourself every time you take on something new and develop it.

© 2015 Kathryn Hardage

www.InspiredPractices.com

Working in Pure Ecstasy

I have just begun setting up my mobile fiber art studio in our 5’ x 10’ trailer.

It is so exciting to find that everything fits with a generous amount of room.

I am astounded.

As I complete the settling in of supplies, I will give it the kind of test run Barbara Sher describes for “scanners”, that is, people who like to do a number of different things.

She advises us to set up each project with all the supplies we will need, and then do each one for fifteen minutes, to make sure everything is at hand, just for a test run.

I tend to spend lots more time on a project than that, but that will let me know I am not missing anything I need.

Having everything close at hand will allow me to work in pure ecstasy.

Once I get started, I like to keep going.

It is such a joy to play with fabric, create the designs that please me, to write the meditations to go with the journals the fabric will become.

It makes sense to practice drawing zentangle shapes to illustrate words of inspiration.

It makes sense to prepare yarn both to knit and to add to the designs.

It makes me happy to see the collection of ribbons, raffia, and embellishments which give the fiber art a little special focus.

In addition to creating the original fiber art, I am now creating kits, due to a conversation and request from a quilt shop owner and fellow quilters.

It is fun to anticipate how far the fiber art can travel and the inspiration that people will write to fill their journals.

We can all contribute to the delight, fun, depth and ecstasy in the world.

© 2015 Kathryn Hardage

www.InspiredPractices.com

Unlimited and Whole

I cannot accept the idea that I am limited in any way.

I have broken through too many barriers.

I hold exception to the many deteriorating and degrading practices I see people accepting about themselves.

I want to say, “No! You don’t have to think that way!”.

There are many other paths you can take.

We are precious, wonderful, lovely creations.

We live in an Infinite Universe of beautiful possibilities.

Imagine it!

Let your heart guide you to what you love.

Immerse yourself in doing it.

Let that wonderful feeling of doing what you love radiate around you.

Let it enhance the atmosphere of everyone you encounter.

Others will note your natural, uplifting feeling and it will make them feel good too, less burdened.

Many of us, taking the steps to do hat we love, will add to the wholeness of our world.

© 2015 Kathryn Hardage

www.InspiredPractices.com

Happiness

What reminds you of who you are?

So many things show us the distance between us and happiness.

But the distance is greatly shortened when we remember who we are.

Nothing outside ourselves provides us with happiness.

When we see something that lights up our heart, it is our response to it that creates happiness within us.

When we are moved with compassion toward someone or a situation we become aware of, it is that uplifting spirit which helps create happiness.

When we take action to correct a situation, we are helping lift it with a higher practice.

Who we really are is someone who can perceive answers, steps, feelings.

We can recognize them.

We can think of ourselves as who we really are.

© 2015 Kathryn Hardage

www.InspiredPractices.com

In Balance

When you plan a project, then it is time to sit back and let it mature in your thought.

Even if you have all the materials, sometimes it is not quite time to start.

I find myself pushing to get something done and when I do that, nothing happens.

After a whole though, when I am thinking and working on something else, a little tiny thing will fall into place and my original project will take place very quickly.

There is a balance to working and waiting, planning and resting, being active and being patient.

I know I love the planning stages and I am learning to relax and let the Universe shape my project and grow it and mature it until it is time for it to happen.

Then I am able to see details and appreciate nuances which did not have time to occur to me while I was still shaping the project.

When it is at an absolute calm, it is time to begin.

Before that, there is something missing.

I am learning to wait and do something else while the key piece moves into place.

Then I find myself reviewing a project from a different viewpoint and adding in subtle touches that had not occurred to me earlier.

That is the moment at which the project comes into balance and can move forward.

It has a smooth roll and delivery to it, no awkwardness or rush.

It reaches the people it is meant to reach in a timely manner.

I can enjoy a quiet celebration.

© 2015 Kathryn Hardage

www.InspiredPractices.com

New Challenges and Possiblities

It is always important to trust ourselves when we feel a new direction coming to light.

The one that comes consistently is a sign of Guidance.

We may cling to our present condition and position just because they are familiar. but more things are available to delight us.

When we are ready, we receive little nudges.

When we don’t reposed at first, the nudges become bigger and stronger.

Finally, they get our attention and we look at them.

We become more involved in discovering the possibilities for ourselves.

We have an ability to become expansive.

We are not limited to what we see around us or to what has already been done.

We can trust that fact.

We can trust what happens when we begin to engage with it.

Even though we may find ourselves scrambling to get on our feet from time to time as we gain our balance in new situations, it is totally worth the exhilaration.

Feeling more and more alive in new situations that challenge and delight us is something we can build into our lives forever.

It is a different kind of lifestyle, one that welcomes new possibilities.

I am enjoying both the new challenges and the new delights in mine.

© 2015 Kathryn Hardage

www.InspiredPractices.com