Friday, December 31, 2010

stand up & walk out of your history



Every beginning has its end, originally uploaded by al3ifrit.

For last year's words belong to last year's language. And next year's words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a beginning.

-
T.S. Eliot




(This is the last day of my blogging vacation, can't wait to get back to you all on Monday, thank you so much for sticking by me through this, it was needed! I feel refreshed & ready to take on the new year with pizazz! Have an awesome & safe New Year's! Big Love, Amanda)




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Thursday, December 30, 2010

The Declaration of You : how to find it, own it & shout it from the rooftops!




The Declaration of You

I just want to let you lovelies know that The Declaration of You e-course is open for registration! The next course begins on February 21 & I don't want you to miss out! I participated in the first round of the course & let me tell you, Jess & Michelle (& Pierre François Frédéric!) did a fantastic job! I just love these ladies, when I heard that they were teaming up to hold an e-course I was so eager to see what they created & knew it was going to be AWESOME!

IT WAS!

This course gives you the keys to all your drawers, gently guides your hand to open each one, rummage through & find your gems - all while having a SUPER FUN party!

Have you caught yourself saying/thinking things like?:


I’m on the verge of Something Big – I just don’t know what it is!
I want to really discover and connect with my true self.
I want to feel like I’m living up to my potential, whatever that might be.
I want every day to be creative and fulfilling and full of surprise.
I’m ready to make powerful changes in my life.
I have several ideas for moving to the next level, but need a push.


If so, this course is for you!


Hop around the site, see what the course is about & what others are saying. Buy yourself or a friend The Declaration of You, let yourself discover what it is you want, you believe, you desire, and is true for you!

The community that was created during the first round was so great, Jess & Michelle did an incredible job at fostering that throughout the course.

If you aren't really into e-courses & you just want the goods right now, they cooked up an e-book just for you! Buy & receive it TODAY! (Also, check out the Pierre François Frédéric calendar, swooooon!)


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unlock your greatness



The Key, originally uploaded by lydiafairy.

The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment, it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone.

-
Orison Swett Marden


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Wednesday, December 29, 2010

we are all one



svanjävlar, originally uploaded by fiiikus.

At such moments, you realize that you & the other are, in fact, one. It's a big realization. Survival is the second law of life. The first is that we are all one.

-
Joseph Campbell




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Tuesday, December 28, 2010

the meaning to live


When you love people & have the desire to make a profound, positive impact upon the world, then will you have accomplished the meaning to live.

-
Sasha Azevedo




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Monday, December 27, 2010

the storm is you



Day 97/365, originally uploaded by Jordan Blanchard.

Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions. You change direction but the sandstorm chases you. You turn again, but the storm adjusts. Over and over you play this out, like some ominous dance with death just before dawn. Why? Because this storm isn’t something that blew in from far away, something that has nothing to do with you. This storm is you. Something inside of you. So all you can do is give in to it, step right inside the storm, closing your eyes and plugging up your ears so the sand doesn’t get in, and walk through it, step by step. There’s no sun there, no moon, no direction, no sense of time. Just fine white sand swirling up into the sky like pulverized bones. That’s the kind of sandstorm you need to imagine.

And you really will have to make it through that violent, metaphysical, symbolic storm. No matter how metaphysical or symbolic it might be, make no mistake about it: it will cut through flesh like a thousand razor blades. People will bleed there, and you will bleed too. Hot, red blood. You’ll catch that blood in your hands, your own blood and the blood of others.

And once the storm is over you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, in fact, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.


- Haruki Murakami (Kafka on the Shore)


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Friday, December 24, 2010

peace on earth



Peace On Earth!, originally uploaded by katiedaisy.

Wishing all of you who celebrate a peaceful & loving holiday with your loved ones.


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Thursday, December 23, 2010

seek to discover the best in others


When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.

-
William Arthur Ward





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Wednesday, December 22, 2010

the breeze of love



Strong Winds, originally uploaded by Edwin's Mixed Bag.

The breeze of love blows for an hour & makes amends for the ill winds of the whole of a lifetime.

-
Naguib Mahfouz




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Tuesday, December 21, 2010

roots of she launches today!


roots of she

roots of she

Today's the day, I am so happy to share with you that today is the first official day of roots of she! It's a beautiful thing to witness something you've sweated over, swooned over, come to life.

Let me tell you about roots of she:

Connection. Joy. Solidarity.

roots of she has been the whisper in my heart for years, drawing from a deep-seated need to help women know that they are never alone. It tells a story, the story of the female experience, in all of its shapes, sizes and forms.

Big & beautiful.
Small & sassy.

This is a safe space to talk about the wide range of experiences that women have, this is a space that will let other women know that they aren't alone, that no matter what, there is someone out there that knows what she is going through.

This season we've created a tribe of six: Darrah Parker, Lori Portka, Jamie Ridler, Andrea Schroeder, Sara Smaha, and me. There will be stories about the friendships between girls, thoughts on aging from an age rebel's perspective, creative projects to learn how to revel in your own roots.

But at the core of it all, these will be your stories. Things you've felt or experienced or done.

You know what else? We're throwing a big beautiful virtual party so please stop over and say hi -- and be sure to check back in the afternoon to enter in our Launch Day giveaway featuring something special from Jamie Ridler! I'd enter it, if I could, oh yes I would.

With love,
Jenn

Connect: Website | Facebook | Twitter | Flickr


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dive deep, find the gem of Love



Submerge., originally uploaded by MartyConklin.

Love & being loved to the depth of your spirit is what gives meaning & purpose to life. When you have loved to the full extent of your heart’s core, reach further & find that you can love even more. This is the secret of happiness. This is the way of the spirit.

-
Ham Seok-heon






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Monday, December 20, 2010

where are you my wild women?




(for those of you on mobile devices : YouTube link)


lost petition: for an endangered species
| Amanda Oaks
applauding Clarissa Pinkola Estés



where are you my wild women on

the brink of brutish but upholding
a close upkeep of grace & beauty, 

growing taller than those old bones, 

swelling & singing deeper than you 

ever thought possible, does that 

dark man visit your dreams, breathe 

down your neck, sayin’ hey lady you'd 

better pay attention, i told him last

night that i crossed that sacred, 

shallow river seven times, he said 

woman, do it slower next time, you 

gotta be silent to hear the crackle

of the fire, i said that i've seen too

many fingers go quick to lips, that my 

flames burn on the inside & they're not 

hard to miss, that our submissiveness

has been the cement holding together

our mother’s mismanagement & it's 

his mess that bloats all our hearts, 

popping red balloons too heavy to

float, we have held in our tender 

hands the same hopes & worries 

of our mothers & their mothers &... 

our minds have caged the same bird 

too many times over, so i will not go

gentle into this night & when i open 

my eyes your ghost will not guide

me to my death because i run with 

a pack of wolves, we meet our men

halfway speaking the same language,

we roll around in our rusty double 

beds, mama & papas of god shouting

thunder, spitting lightning, so don't 

you tell me that silence is golden,

our hands have been in our pockets 

cupping loose change & lost buttons

for far too many years now, so this 

is my call, my plea, my appeal, where 

are you my wild-wild women, let’s

meet our men in the middle & show

the world what it means to be
free

-

I wrote this poem about 5 years ago in a rush & after reading Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés. At the time, I was heavily involved in the small press poetry scene. I was writing daily, sending my words out, getting them published, connecting with some of brightest lights I know. The sect of the press I am involved with though, the men outnumber the women in mass. So this was a call out to all women to speak their truth, to shout it even, to forget what "they" say & live their lives however they wish to. Since then, I've connected with some pretty amazing women who are mind-blowing poets. They are part of my tribe, they are my friends, my soul sisters.

My tribe has grown significantly since starting KOM. I am so grateful & lucky to be connected to so many phenomenal women that are living full & unconventional lives, who are creating their truths & doing what they love. Bloggers, Artists, Creatives, KOM's readers! Love ya all!

I really love spoken word but rarely (never) get the chance to get out & do readings because my boys are so young, so... this is the result! Since I had a little free time on my hands this weekend because of my break (while my kiddos napped) I was able to dive into some projects that I had put on the back burner, one being this video. Most of the women pictured at the beginning of this video are from KOM's Kind Kindred tribe. I started creating this video in August, hence why not all of our Kind Kindred are pictured. There is also my mom, my best friend, Erica, plus a handful of my awesome poet friends.

Are you doing extraordinary things? Are you living an unconventional life? Turning a deaf ear to how society has programmed the majority to live?

Share in the comments what makes you wild or

Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild & precious life?

Mary Oliver


The Wild Women pictured:

Me, Jenn Gibson, Sara Smaha
Tammy Brewer, Melissa Jo Hill, Rebecca Schumejda
Aleathia Drehmer, Jessica Dawson, Connie Hozvicka
Tara Gentile, Jessica Swift, Carmen Torbus
Melissa Morris Ivone, Jamie Ridler, Brandi Reynolds
Tina Mansfield, Tara Sophia Mohr, Sarah Dufrechou
Mccabe Russell, Erin Wallace, Nicola Warwick
Amber Dawn, Katrina Tan, Bonnie Forkner
Danielle LaPorte, Camila Marquez, Jo Anna Rothman
Danette Relic, Susannah Conway, Jen Lemen
Tara Wagner, Michelle Ward,
Jenn Lee, Tiffany Moore, Kate Swoboda
Carolyn Rubenstein, Andrea Scher, Gwen Bell
My Mama, Kim Oaks & My Best Friend, Erica Rose


Photos used with permission & by the extremely talented
Brooke Shaden
Connect:
:: Website :: Blog :: Flickr :: Facebook :: Twitter

Creative Commons Photo Credits:
John Niedermeyer, Sparkling Mimi, Anna Gutermuth,
Tim Hamilton, Dan Barak, Matthias Weinberger,
Anna Gay, Graham Hellewell, Mait Jüriado



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how are you cultivating your happiness today?



Una poesía, originally uploaded by erregiro.

Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or
consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living
every minute with love, grace and gratitude.

-
Denis Waitley


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Friday, December 17, 2010

Friday's Lovelies : 12.17.10




don't you forget, originally uploaded by workisnotajob.

New Fav Blog Alert! : The World Needs You

28 Dignified Ways to Impress Everyone Around You

Hometown Kindness = one super awesome mission of kindness!

Since we're talking baked goods here, there's a new FREE ecookbook from stonesoup [5 ingredients | simple baking]! I was so stoked to see that Jules put another cookbook, I loved [5 ingredients | 10 minutes] so much!

Celebrate - A Winter Project Magazine is packed full of over 50 FREE pages of diy projects, free downloads, craft tutorials, recipes, instant gifts, a 2010 gift guide & more! Um, HELLO! What?! Awesome!

I found Elle MacKay via Scoutie Girl this week, I can't get over her work it is sooooooo gorgeous!

Speaking of Tara, did you catch her new & FREE ebook Crafting a Life - The Best of Scoutie Girl 2010!?

Small Ways to Make a Big Difference - another free ebook!

Polaroid Pendants? Yes, please! Totally in love with these!

Swooning so hard over this cranberry inspiration post.

How to make a Bacon Ornament, oh.hell.yes.

This story warmed up my heart so much. My bestie... Hi Erica! Love you!

You are.






Have a blissful holiday!
See you lovelies next year!




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Printable Freebie : Christmas Fortune Cookies

Printable Freebie : Christmas Fortune Cookies

download:
Printable Christmas Fortune Cookies - PDF


Hi Lovelies! I whipped up these sweet Christmas Fortune Cookies for you. They match both my Holiday Wine & Gift Tags! You can find folding tutorials for these here & here.

Just wanted to let you know too, that I will be taking a little blog break from 12/20/10 - 1/3/11 to spend time with loved ones, be festive, work on a few awesome projects for KOM that I will be unveiling next year & most of all just to relax! It's been a long while since I took a break. I have one or two posts scheduled to go up every day, so don't let my break derail your daily visit!

KOM will soon be two years old, can you believe it?! If you are hungry for more inspiration while I'm gone, hop around the site via the You might also like: feature below the text of this post, dive deep, you will come out feeling awesome, promise!

If you want to get your craft on, check out the freebies section, or my Double Shot of Kind feature. Searching for an awesome & thoughtful DIY gift, check out my thoughtful gift section!

Also, please visit my sponsors there on the sidebar, I love them so much!

I'll be sharing my Friday Link Love list here in a bit! Stay tuned!

Big Love & Peace to You & Yours this Holiday Season!
Next year is gonna rock!



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We Love Our Sponsors : A Beautiful Ripple Effect


We Love Our Sponsors : A Beautiful Ripple Effect

A Beautiful Ripple Effect

A Beautiful Ripple Effect was created to be a place for great conversation, and for providing you with tons of fresh, inspiring content for your downloading and sharing pleasure. Together, we’ll uncover truths, persevere on our quests and inspire one another as we take a stand against life-as-usual. (And, you know, talk about the things we love, big and small. The things that make us smile, squeal, sigh.)

Carolyn Rubenstein is the author of Perseverance: True Voices of Cancer Survivors (How Young People Turn Fear into Hope and How They Can Teach Us To Do The Same); non-profit organization founder; authenticity advocate; Huffington Post and Psychology Today blogger; believer in resilience, gratitude and respect; graduate student; and Spring co-conspirator.

A Beautiful Ripple Effect celebrates the essential journey we’re on, encourages questions, fosters understanding.

Connect:
:: Blog :: Twitter :: Facebook ::

Thanks so much for sponsoring Kind Over Matter, Carolyn!


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if you're not living on the edge...



Dying of the Light, originally uploaded by BigFrank.

If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much space.

-
Anonymous




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Thursday, December 16, 2010

Free Holiday Printables Galore!


Free Holiday Printables Galore!

Printable Merry Christmas Banner Flags
Christmas Subway Art + Banner
Christmas Version of 'Keep Calm" Printable
Holiday Garland
Gift Tags & Mini Candy Bar Wrappers
Holiday Dressup Doll
Round Printable Merry Christmas Banner
Christmas Typer Poster
Holiday Gift Tags
Holiday Tags in Three Color Choices
Holiday Tree Cones
Free Gift Tags, Cards & Gift Card Sleeves
Get Your Swag On Art Print

Don't forget to check out my DIY Christmas Craft Rally from last year too!


Check out Kind Over Matter's 60+ Printable Freebies here!

Do you want to learn how to create your own printables? I created an awesome kit that includes 14 templates + 10 tutorial videos + an eBook to show you how!
Click here to learn more!

Okay, so, I wasn't planning on putting this on the blog. I actually made it on the fly yesterday to make Kurt (Mr. KOM) laugh. I changed our desktop wallpaper on the sly so he would find it on his own (I love doing stuff like that!) I thought it was cute & funny, so I thought some of you might too. So below, you will find the Desktop Wallpaper & I whipped up a printable that sports the image too! I love that it's an optical illusion!


Its Nice to Be Naughty Printable Card & Desktop Wallpaper

It's Nice to be Naughty Printable Card (5.5" x 4.25") - PDF
Envelope - PDF

It's Nice to be Naughty Desktop Wallpaper (1638 x 1266) - JPG

Enjoy!

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Giveaway Thursday with I Love It All's Winner is...




Special thanks goes out to Monika & to all of you lovelies that entered!

There won't be a giveaway this week due to the Holiday, stay tuned for the next one after the new year!

Big Love & Peace to you!



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have compassion for everyone you meet



Eye of the Beholder, originally uploaded by Whitney Justesen.

Have compassion for everyone you meet, even when they
don't want it. What seems conceit, bad manners, or
cynicism is always a sign of things no ears have
heard, no eyes have seen. You do not know what
wars are going on down there where the spirit
meets the bone.

-
Miller Williams


(quote found via Kate Courageous)



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Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Feel Good Shop of the Day : Wysh : Wear Your Spirit for Humanity


Feel Good Shop of the Day : Wysh : Wear Your Spirit for Humanity

Wysh : Wear Your Spirit for Humanity

Connect:
:: Store :: Website :: Blog :: Facebook ::

I found this amazing shop through one of Kelly Rae's Sponsor Spotlight posts.
I fell completely in love with their work & had to share it with all of you!

Enjoy!



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We Love Our Sponsors : ABCcreativity!


We Love Our Sponsors : ABCcreativity!

ABCcreativity

Do you know that you are a creative genius and you can create *anything*?
Your creative genius is all of the most delicious aspects of who you really are. It's your:
  • inner wisdom + intuition
  • authenticity + uniqueness
  • passion + superpower
  • ability to create dreams come true
It's pure magic. So I am inviting you to come on over to ABCcreativity to discover your Creative Genius in this free e-course.

Connect:
:: ABCcreativity blog :: Facebook :: Twitter ::


Thanks a million for sponsoring Kind Over Matter, Andrea!

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one should count each day a separate life



, originally uploaded by Bryant Thompson.

Only those who will risk going too far can
possibly find out how far one can go.

-
T. S. Eliot


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Tuesday, December 14, 2010

keep going



Embroidery Illustration, originally uploaded by Rosie Geissler.
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hear ye, hear ye, PSA from KOM...



Now Pass It On!


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We Love Our Sponsors : Merrypranxter Designs



Merrypranxter Designs
Unique Gift Wrap & Assorted Geekery

I was a geek before it was cool. I was that girl who was proud to be on the Scholars Bowl team, who daydreamed about kissing Wesley Crusher on the holodeck through math class, & who thought it was cool to wear her chirping Star Trek communicator pin to school.

Then I grew up & got an art degree, developed a love for Photoshop's pen tool, & Merrypranxter Designs was born.

I have put my own somewhat offbeat interests (& often off-color sense of humor) to work developing a line of geeky gift wrap that has recently been featured in blogs such as io9.com, Geeks Are Sexy, Geeks of Doom and more.

At my store on Etsy you can buy illustrated art gift-wrap in patterns ranging from science fiction to horror. Daleks? Got 'em. Klingon Christmas gift wrap? HIja'! Inspired by everything from Doctor Who to Star Trek to H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulu & more! (as well as many more "normal" art patterns, from art deco to floral illustrated.)

So if you're looking for something a little different, or know someone who is, come check me out! I promise you will not find a more eclectic, unique or fun collection of gift wrap & kitsch anywhere.

Connect:
:: Etsy Shop :: Facebook :: Twitter :: Tumblr ::


Thanks so much for sponsoring KOM, Lauren!

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what work has your heart done today?



Broken Hands, originally uploaded by Lissy Elle.

When our eyes see our hands doing the work of our hearts,
the circle of creation is completed inside us, the doors
of our souls fly open, and love steps forth to
heal everything in sight.

-
Michael Bridge


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Monday, December 13, 2010

Kind Kindred : Stephey Baker : Marked by the Muse




Happy Monday Lovelies! I hope everyone is keeping warm today, it is 18° & snowing (still!) here in Pennsylvania! I have just the thing to warm you up though! Stephey Baker of Marked by the Muse is joining our Kind Kindred fam today sharing her story of how she found the sun! Timely! She sheds some light on how she allowed the rays of kindness to fill & illuminate her life. She also calls out to you to shed a little light of your own! Thank you so much for this warm & much-needed post, Stephey! Big Love & Peace to all of you, xox, Amanda

stephey abker, marked by themuse, creative living, self discovery


Radiating Kindness: Illuminating the Dark Garden Within

I once had a garden filled with flowers that grew only on dark thoughts but they needed constant attention and one day I decided I had better things to do. - Dark Garden by storypeople

Once upon a time, I wasn’t on Mr. Sandman’s route. Each night I’d go to bed hoping this would be the night he’d visit with his sparkling sand and sugar gum dreams. I’d wish his blessings of rest would usher out the incited shoulds that harassed me each night – should have made more time for that drawing, should have at least written down that idea? Shouldn’t have taken so long running errands or writing that person back, Shouldn’t you spend more time doing art – isn’t this what you want?

The Shoulds kept me in an endless cycle of toss and turn as they bullied me with this and that. 

Three o’clock in the morning typically brought the epiphany that Mr. Sandman was standing me up – again! To be frank – it pissed me off. Each day exhausted, I’d grumpily push myself out of bed thinking, “Today WILL be different. Today I’ll be more creative. I’ll do this and that.”

Though some days I did accomplish everything on the proverbial to-do-list most days it didn’t matter because each night, you guessed it, The Shoulds would have their way, working me over with this and that in an endless recap of what didn’t happen and what shoulda, woulda, coulda happened if only…. (psst. Sidebar. Beware - If Only can be a bully too but that’s another post).

Mr. Sandman eventually showed up with an overdose of sparkly sand which put me into a mini coma. I managed to catch up on a month of lost sleep in two days. I went out. NO dreams and NO harassment from the shoulds or their pals shoulda, woulda, and coulda (If Only was nowhere to be found).

Upon rising, I went into the bathroom to wash my face, refreshed but a little groggy. It was then I noticed a Story People print hanging on the wall. It had been hanging so long I rarely noticed it – it had disappeared into my everyday backdrop and yet today it was biding for my attention. It reads the following:

I once had a garden filled with flowers that grew only on dark thoughts but they needed constant attention and one day I decided I had better things to do. - Dark Garden by storypeople

I read it three times before noticing the title inscribed at the bottom in pencil – Dark Garden. I thought, crap. I have a garden of dark thoughts and it’s growing into my everyday, my business and my life. Mama! Slowly the illuminated realization expanded within, it’s not my to-do-list’s or time management or dreams or new business that were causing sleepless nights + exhausted days, it were my thoughts that thought I wasn’t doing enough or giving enough. I realized all the exhausted doing was distracting me from this truth.

I was scared. I feared I couldn’t support myself and if I couldn’t support myself what the heck was I to do?

A few months earlier, I decided to leave my job as a digital manager for a foo-foo lab in Atlanta to become a full time commercial photographer. I created conceptual portraits and still life images that captured various moods and emotions visually. Despite doing what I loved and the excitement + opportunities to serve new projects  - I was freaking out! I wasn’t creating my dreams come true; I was tending to a garden of dark thoughts that were keeping me stuck from enjoying life.

I was creating for myself an everyday that meant living my dreams required exhaustion and badgering to-do-lists. I was so freaked out I wouldn’t allow myself to realize how freaked I was! I wasn’t waking up everyday with soft and gentle ideas waiting to be brought into fruition, a spring in my step or the echoes of hi-ho in the distance, there weren’t any stars or little birds flying circles around my head like a snow-white crown.

LIFE became to-do-lists and mayhem. 

Though things were being done and the business expanding, it was not fun nor was it inspiring. It was nothing I imagined or dreamt. It was long days and sleepless nights. It was eating later and only when this or that got finished. It was canceling plans with family and friends to work longer. It sucked. Those thoughts of fear were keeping me from creating the very thing I had set out to do – which was to live a life of creative freedom.

I needed to find sun and that’s exactly what I did.

stephey abker, marked by themuse, creative living, self discovery


The mere act of acknowledging those fears allowed rays of kindness to illuminate that dark garden. It was the warmth of kindness that softened the fear, encouraged acceptance of where I was in each moment and showed that life is joyful when I wasn’t shoulding all over myself.

The need for sun became a lesson of kindness.

Kindness is a simple lesson, extend goodness, pleasantness and tenderness + compassion towards others. It is a known virtue in many cultures. I believe we often neglect extending kindness to ourselves – perhaps underestimating its value and power. I know I have. Kindness is often over looked as a form of self-care. Yet, it is the vary state required to birth our dreams come true. In the ten years I’ve been a creative consultant, I’ve never had anyone confess to me that living their dream required exhaustion, anxiety, self-nagging, self-bullying and buckets of grumpiness. I’ve never heard anyone, including Oprah, confess that these were the states necessary to engage and ultimately become, in order to live those dreams come true.

Slowly, as the rays of illumination radiated within, I realized I had been creating my dreams come true backwards. I was tackling life from the outside, with to-do-list and self-critiques, seeking to get the good stuff in and to grab the good life while I could! Instead of seeking to bring the good stuff out from within, there by allowing the good life to shine through.

“Everything can be taken away from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedom -- to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.” - Frankl, Viktor E.

Once I truly began focusing, my attention inside is when the joy returned and all the light of inspiration; confidence, knowledge, fun, insight, determination, courage and moxie came bursting through.

Though everyday isn’t filled with sun on the outside – it’s always shining on the inside.

Do you have a dark garden? Are you in the need of some sun? How can/do you cultivate your inner radiance? Please leave your comment below and shed some light of your own.




Stephey Baker is a licensed spiritual counselor, creative consultant and artist. She supports the whole you instead of compartmentalizing you into various boxes - boxes labeled business or personal - it's all LIFE! Stephey believes, ”We are all artists practicing the art of living. We are all creating our masterpieces called life. We create the experiences we want and we create the responses to the experiences we don’t want.” Stephey's Marked by the Muse creative living blog and one-on-one sessions teach other creatives how to get the "stuck-out" of their creative blocks and create the life they desire - By employing the creative process in navigating the highs and lows in life – anything is possible! Join her on twitter @stepheybaker



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