Creative Journaling

Creative Journaling

This picture is from creative journaling
Journaling is such a useful tool for getting in touch with yourself. My poetry has often been a form of journaling for me. I also journal. The above pictures are a way of expressing myself through journaling. My poetry is another form. Writing your thoughts gets you more in touch with yourself bringing you into a more intimate relationship with yourself. When we are more intimate with ourselves, we become more intimate with others. What you seek in the world outside of you must be found inside of you. You are the creator of your world and the world you find around you.
Journaling helps you to heal, clear the way for new inspirations and learn more about you. The more intimate you are with yourself the stronger your ability to be a catalyst for creating your life.
A gratitude journal is a great way to stay light and positive. This is important because when you feel blessed you increase your blessings.
In journaling don't just have a gratitude journal. It is a great tool, but so is becoming intimate with yourself. If there are parts of you that are not feeling whole or happy, write about it, work your way through it and gently and lovingly nurture those parts of you into a more loving place.
It is said KNOW THYSELF. This is what journaling does for you. It brings you closer to the goal of knowing thyself. You cannot be clear about what you want if you do not know yourself. Take the time to get to know yourself. Spend time with you. Find out who you are. Fall in love with you.

YOU ARE WONDERFUL!

Be your own best friend and love who you meet in the mirror.

Books I recommend:

The Creative Journal by Lucia Capacchione
The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron
Jewels of Awe (my book)

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Jewels of Awe and sample poetry by Patricia Sanders

Jewels of Awe and sample poetry by Patricia Sanders

Jewels of Awe

We Began- a poem

We Began

Many tides

Rolling into my heart

Fingers like bows

Take their aim

Sharp as the sky

On a cold winter’s day

I will give you

All the sunrise

Has to offer

Blue skies

Calling me again

Lift the heaviness

From your hands

With a sweet smile

Tell time

It has no reason

To worry

We began

With always

written

Across destiny

© Copyright 2007 Patricia Sanders. All rights reserved.

This is a poem from my book Journey of A Woman

available at Amazon.com

CREATING YOU

Start creating yourself today…

There are endless possibilites on creating you.

Let the world be your canvas and your inspiration.

When you put the intention out there of what you would like to be, life follows this thought and the universe hears you.

Don’t play it small…

I love this quote from Marianne Williamson, it has inspired me.

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us most. We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and famous?’ Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that people won’t feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in all of us. And when we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”by Marianne Williamson

Create yourself….

© Copyright 2007 Patricia Sanders. All rights reserved

What is in your treasure chest?

The starfish Story Original Story by: Loren Eisley

One day a man was walking along the beach when he noticed a boy picking something up and gently throwing it into the ocean. Approaching the boy, he asked, “What are you doing?”

The youth replied, “Throwing starfish back into the ocean. The surf is up and the tide is going out. If I don’t throw them back, they’ll die.”

“Son,” the man said, “don’t you realize there are miles and miles of beach and hundreds of starfish? You can’t make a difference!”

After listening politely, the boy bent down, picked up another starfish, and threw it back into the surf. Then, smiling at the man, he said…” I made a difference for that one.”

What is in your treasure chest?

Along the way in life we all pick up little treasures, moments that delight us, make our heart sing, make us smile, surprise us, inspire us.

What are the treasures you have picked up along the way in your life? Life goes by so quickly as we go about our day.

Take the time to treasure the jewels that come along in your life.

© Copyright 2007 Patricia Sanders. All rights reserved.

Dream Into Being...

With a stout heart, a mouse can lift an elephant. Tibetan proverb, A World Treasury of Folk Wisdom

Your life will reflect the beliefs and thoughts you nurture within you. Plant seeds of a future you will love. If unconscious parts of you are blocking the future you imagine as the seeds of tommorrow, the issues will come up to be healed.

I have done much inner work to arrive at the happiness of my present life. Do not be afraid of inner work, it can be quite cathartic and freeing. You may find you need to find forgiveness in your heart, release fears or a myriad of different issues that are unique to you. When you envision the future you want, life guides you in the process of how to get there.

What seeds are you planting for a life you love?

What you sow, so shall you reap…

Plant yourself a beautiful garden…….

© Copyright 2007 Patricia Sanders. All rights reserved.

Food for the soul

We all need food for our soul, something that speaks to us, sustains us, pulls us through, inspires us, comforts us. There are many things that can be. It is different for everyone. What feeds your soul? Make a list and let it inspire you to do things that feed your soul everyday.

Here is a delicious homemade whole wheat bread recipe my husband and I make. Cooking or baking can feed your soul. Put love into your food when you are preparing and cooking your food and it can actually feed your sensuality. Sensuality is not just sexual.
( picture of a loaf of bread we baked)

ENJOY SOME HOMEMADE FOOD FOR THE SOUL

100% Whole Grain Wheat Bread

Prep Time: 20 minutesCook Time: 36 minutesReady In: 3 hoursYields: 2 Loaves
If you like fluffy brown bread this it. No white flour here. You can use any 100% whole grain wheat flour. I mill my own. This bread is not heavy like most 100% whole wheat breads. If it is you used too much flour and your dough was too stiff. If it flattens out and won’t stand up you need more flour. The total amount of flour is usually about 6 1/2 cups. This recipe has been in my family for years and we all make it. We make a lot more now that we have powerful mixers and the hand kneeding is bye bye.

INGREDIENTS:
2 1/2 Cups of hot water1/4 Cup of Oil, Olive is fine1/4 Cup of honey2 Tbs Molasses1 Tbs Salt, Sea Salt is good6 1/2 cups of 100% Whole Grain Wheat Flour2 1/2 Tbs of Dry Active

YeastDIRECTIONS:

1. Place the first five ingredients in the bowl and mix.

2. Add: 2 Cups 100% Whole Grain Wheat Flour. Mix then add 2 Tbs of Dry Active Yeast. If your not sure about your yeast proof it in a little warm water first.

3. Add: 4 Cups of 100% Whole Grain Wheat Flour.

4. Mix until the consistency is some what even. Then continue to slowly add flour 1/4 Cup at a time until the dough quits sticking to the sides of the bowl. It should be tacky to the touch. The trick is to have enough consistency to stand up with the least amount of flour so the bread will be fluffy. In any case do not exceed 7 1/2 cups of wheat flour. You can trade one cup of wheat flour for one cup of all purpose white if you wish. Don’t over mix or the bread will be tough.

5. When your dough is finished, Cover the bowl and let it rise for about 30-45 minutes. The dough will be larger but it doesn’t need to double when using a heavy mixer.

6. Grease two bread pans with Crisco. You can also flour the pans to reduce sticking.

7. Mix again just enough to knock it down at least close to the original size.

8. Drop the dough on a floured surface so you can work the dough and shape it. Roll it in theflour and shape it in your hands to make a nice ball getting enough flour on it so it isn’t sticky. Divide the ball in half and do it again. Shape the loaves by turning the dough under it’s self over and over. When the dough is shaped right the sides and ends will be sealed and all you will see is a nice oblong shaped loaf with smooth sides and top. Drop the loaves in your bread pans and let them rise until almost doubled. Bake in a preheated oven at 350 for 36 minutes. If you forgot to preheat 41 minutes. (gas oven)

9. When done turn the bread out of the pan to a rack to cool. You can eat it right away (a great time for real butter) don’t wrap it until completely cooled. (Condensation will make it soggy) Put in tinfoil to store on the counter. If you put it in the refrigerator it will turn into a brick.
Enjoy.

© Copyright 2007 Patricia Sanders. All rights reserved.

Do you love what you do?

When your day is through, do you want to talk about your day or put it out of your mind?

My thoughts on this are that it would ideal to do what we love, to be excited to talk about what we did that day.

Are you passionate about what you do in your life?

When I see my husband at the end of the day I can’t wait to share what happened during the day. I feel excited and passionate about what I do. It is such a good feeling to have. I have been in a place where I was not excited about my life. Being excited and passionate about it, is such a better place to be.

There are so many things to do, books to read that can help you to create the life you want to live rather than live a life you just exist in.

Be a star in your own life!

Create you!

You are the author of your own life.

What would your script sound like?

What would you write as your life?

a book I recommend:The Attractor Factor by Joe Vitale

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Journey of A Woman
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This year I went to Kauai

This year I went to Kauai. I have wanted to go to Hawaii my entire life so the trip was a dream come true for me. I went with my husband Dennis. We were there for 10 days and had a great time. We went to two luaus. We were only on the island of Kauai. It is a beautiful place and feels like home to me. The land feels very alive, you can feel it being aware of you. It is very spiritual energy that I felt while there. I may someday live there or one of the islands. At the least I will visit alot. Dennis loves it there too.

We went to Na Pali Coast on a small boat which took over 2 hours to get us to our destination.

The boat went fast and you had to hold on tight to not fall off. We were both sore by the time we got home that night. I love the experience though. I took a number of pictures on the island which has a cove of sea turtle resting on the beach. We also took a hike along a trail littered with noni fruit. The stuff stinks!

The above picture is me on Na Pali coast. I had to wear long pants to not get sunburned. I have fair skin. I also lathered alot of sunscreen on that day.

We were on an open boat for about 4 or 5 hours with the sun reflecting off the ocean. We had to have some sort of protection.