an oldie but a goodie
cartoon © 2009 Jean Burman
If ever verification was needed for the power of positive thinking… positive action… and the extreme benefits of taking the leaps of faith I have had to take over the past 14 months… I now have it.
Just climbing through 19,000 feet… [okay my love of flying is officially now legendary - say no more] I have been away for nearly four weeks. How did a week turn into four I wonder? I am now winging my way home to pack up and move south. I know I know… I said I wasn’t going anywhere for now… but the Universe apparently has other plans for me!
Funny how things happen when you let go… and say yes to pretty much everything [within reason of course]. I can’t begin to tell you how much my life has changed over the past year… and how many opportunities have come my way since I began saying yes to the Universe instead of fighting it every step of the way… which I’ve now realised is something I have pretty much done all of my life! [Grin]
And this especially includes saying yes to a whole range of opportunities and experiences that I might otherwise have thought were not for me. I’ve now learned not to do that… for things are rarely as they seem at first glance.
We all have limitless potential but first we have to get over our limiting beliefs to realise it. All I can say is…
TAKE THAT LEAP!
The only downside to this move [if ever there could be one] will be that I shall have to relinquish… for now… my beautiful tropical northern Australian location… my good friends [if they don't come visit! grin]… and life as I had re-invented it. But that’s okay for now.
Nothing is ever for nothing… and nothing is ever forever!
ahhh… I love this place… [insanely hot here at the moment tho]
What it does mean though is that for the time being I shall have a home on my own terms… and a definitive place from which to go forward. And the very best thing of all is that…for the first time in over a year … I shall have a dedicated creative space from which to work!
Oddly enough this one requirement has become more essential to me than breath… so urgent is my need to simply get on with the work at hand. My creative process has been the one sure thing that has sustained me throughout this transformational period of my life. And it’s this process that shall finally have my utmost priority over the next few months as I adjust to my new home.
At last I shall have somewhere to do what I love to do more than anything else in the whole wide world… when… where and however I want to do it.
Write. Paint. Create. Plan. Dream. Go forward… and move on.
It’s a sensational feeling… almost as exhilarating as those first few moments of flight! (((chuckles)))
With the stars aligned… and God willing… I may [at last] be the master of my own destiny and the architect of my own dreams.
I would have once said “I can’t wait”… but of course… I now know that I CAN [wait] and that now anything… absolutely anything… is possible.
The sky might be the limit.
But the Universe knows no such bounds!
Hope to see you all on the other side… watch this space for updates on my new space! Coming soon.
One last coffee – for now – at the Port Bookshop
[but I'll be back]
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I can feel your excitement. Enjoy!
Art and Creativity carry us through Transition time and again … if we let them. Good luck to you, Jean!
Hey thanks Joh!
Yes it will be fun. The Universe and I are gonna make a great team (((chuckles)))
Thanks Vernita!
We’re kind of lucky like that don’t you think? I know you can relate… you pulled through hardship and recovered beautifully.
In the immortal words of Patrick Henry (yes, the “give me liberty or give me death” PH): “I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging the future but by the past.”
Good luck on this next leg of the journey of experience, Jean, and love to you from halfway around the world.
I notice you mentioned “one last coffee,” but how about that delicious-looking slab of cake?
Oh I love that quote. Empowering… and so true.
(((chuckles))) Ahhhh… the cake. Yes. Well I wasn’t going to mention it as I appear to be acquiring quite a reputation for my sweet tooth around here lately. But uh huh… it’s u-n-d-e-n-i-a-b-l-e… the pineapple and banana cake WAS rather yummy.
Thanks John!
Jean, I’m excited for you as you begin this new segment of your journey. It sounds like it is to be a good move for you, and having a space dedicated to write, paint, and dream will be priceless to you. You are a survivor–(((Hugs)))-Anita.
Thanks Anita!
And thanks everyone! So lovely that the gang’s all here! And so lovely to have so much positive affirmation as I sit here with trepidation at the airport awaiting my flight south. It’s been an exhausting couple of weeks… only this morning dispatching the last of my earthly goods into a shipping container and onto the removal truck. I can’t tell you how strange it was to see my “things” unearthed from storage again after 14 months. It looked like an Aladdin’s Cave in there when I opened it up. So near and yet so far… I shall have to wait until they arrive at their final destination before I can open all the boxes and discover my “stuff” all over again! LOL They’re calling the flight… so better run. See you all soon. Wish me luck!
I think Dr Susan Jeffers would love a copy of your pic! A new slant on Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway. Loving your sense of humour Jean. Oroooo for now, Andrew X
Hmmm… she may not appreciate my take on it AG! (((chuckles))) Looking forward to seeing you down here on the Coast sometime!
Thanks, Jean! You were a great supporter of mine, and I am a great supporter of you. We artist gals have to stick together. Anyway, you’re fantastically creative!!!
Yay to us all sticking together Vernita! In this incredibly small world [afterall]… it just makes perfect sense…