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Needing to Try Again
“You’re okay; try again.” Her dad encouraged her to get up off the ground she tumbled to while trying to ride her bike without training wheels. Sound familiar? When you started riding your bike, how many times did you try before you got the hang of it? Your heart was super motivated, but the first few times you tried, you went tumbling off the bike, learned how hard the ground was, and didn’t enjoy the result. What’s a person to do?
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Is it a thorn or a rose? When you see the flower we call roses, what do you see? Do you see one or the other, the rose or the thorn, or do you see the beauty of both? What do roses teach us about ourselves?
When I see roses, I see the rose part first. The beauty is what I see first. I smell its inviting fragrance, and I see tender delicate petals and experience the color bursting forth from its bud. I want to experience the flower fully, so I pull it toward my nose and suddenly realize my touch requires some deliberate, careful handling. As the rose produces its sharp barb to protect itself, I too want to protect my fingers from the rose’s pointed thorns. Would that rose be what it is without either its thorns or its magnificent bud?
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The time is now; it’s time to fly! You’ve grown, you’ve prepared, and now it’s time to take the leap. Nature has a way of showing us these things if we choose to pay attention from that perspective.
We have a small bird house in our yard, and each spring, the guest house fills with just the right little birds seeking a place to build their family. This year, we had some amazing little finches. They busily found the right materials to build a comfy place to do what birds do. They laid their eggs, and while mamma kept them warm, papa tirelessly tended to mom’s essential needs.
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Sending You Tasty Inspiration
In the gentle rhythm of your creative days, a warm offering arrives with delight. Sending you tasty inspiration feels like sharing a plate of fresh-baked joy straight from the heart. This nourishing gift sparks new ideas and brightens ordinary moments with flavor and lightness. You receive it freely, allowing it to awaken your senses and lift your spirit. When inspiration lands softly, possibilities unfold with ease and wonder.
Many seek motivation in faraway places. However, tasty inspiration often hides in simple, everyday wonders waiting to be noticed. You open your heart to it now. This gentle exchange creates space for fresh energy to flow.
Receiving Tasty Inspiration with an Open and Curious Heart
Furthermore, welcoming this inspiration deepens your emotional intelligence in delightful ways. Consequently, you feel more alive and connected to your inner creative voice. Additionally, it nurtures self-worth by reminding you that joy and ideas are always available.
Here are several flavorful ways to savor and use this tasty inspiration:
- It sparks creative projects while infusing daily routines with renewed passion and playfulness.
- It encourages mindful moments that turn ordinary experiences into sources of rich insight.
- It boosts emotional maturity through gentle exploration of new thoughts and feelings.
- It cultivates self-love by honoring your unique tastes and creative hungers.
- It builds lasting motivation for goals seasoned with curiosity and heartfelt desire.
You simply pause and breathe in the offering right now. Let the flavors settle warmly inside. Notice what stirs with excitement or quiet curiosity. Trust the ideas that rise naturally without force. This practice grows more joyful each time you welcome it.
As you continue exploring the rich emotions and gifts life serves, remember this sweet truth. Sending you tasty inspiration carries my wish for your days to sparkle with fresh possibility. May it nourish your soul and inspire beautiful creations. You deserve every delicious bite of wonder coming your way.
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There is a great little sandwich cafe in Glen Rose, Texas called The Storiebook Cafe. When I came across it, I fell in love with the writer/reader atmosphere of the quaint old car dealership-converted cafe. While I enjoyed my Greek salad, along with a nice warm cup of tea, I began to gaze upon the books lining the walls of the stone structure. I came across some very intriguing titles and thought to myself, “Wouldn’t it be fun to write a nonsensical story made up of nothing but book titles.
After many visits to one of my now favorite little spots, I’ve gathered enough titles, between my own book shelves and those lining the walls of The Storiebook Cafe and I offer it for your amusement. I’ve added parenthetical words to form some semblance of a sentence. I’ve not gathered all the author names to go along with the titles, but to all the authors who gave their thoughts a book to live in, I humbly honor you.
What Now Knucklehead? Folks Lean Knew, Fix It and Forget It. It’s Time to Sleep, It’s Time to Dream (about) Aunt Chip and the Great Triple Creek Dam Affair. The Parts We Play (make) Writing Down the Bones (like) The Tall Lady With The Iceburg. The Girl Who Listened to Sinks (will) Save Our Planet (and the) Parliament of Whores.
Standing Tall, The Prince of Darkness (postulated about) A Porcupine Named Fluffy. Let’s Find Out What’s Light and What’s Heavy (and) The Pretender (can) Retire On Dividends. If You Give a Pig a Party, (there’s) Magic Across the Table. Find it Here, One Word (about) The Fall of Freddie the Leaf. Getting Things Done (for the) Good Gut Diet, (makes) The Rothman Scandal (unleash the) Wrath of a Mad God. (While the) Executioners (named) A Serial Killer in Nazi Berlin (wonder) How to Catch a Leprechaun.
The Night The White Deer Died, (and) Tex (discovered) Where the Sidewalk Ends. Too Soon to Say Goodbye, The Acorn People (saw) Lassie Come Home (before) Dinah and the Green Fat King (listened to) The Broccoli Tapes. Jim Ugly, In Trouble Again, (sent) Puss In Boots (some) Killer Music. “Where Do Babies Come From?” Landry (asked while solving the) Mystery Dolls from Planet Uro. (It was) Not a Good Day to Die. The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands (made) The South Beach Diet (easier than) 103 Questions Children Ask about Right from Wrong.
Wasted (by) The Right Hand, (in the) Eye of The Storm, The Associate (read) The Shipping News (for) A King’s Ransom. It Looked Different On the Model, (but the) Mutant Message Down Under (made) Summer of the Midnight Sun (seem like) Happy Endings. What the Bleep (made) Atlas of the Heart (seem like) Broken Music (turning into) Prosperity Pie. The Magician’s Nephew (watched the) Beautiful Painted Arrow (make) The Sasquatch Escape (to round out) The Letter of the Week.
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Life Gifts
- Sending you oodles of energy noodles.
- I send you love.
- Sending you a luxury craft to drift in a while you regroup.
- I send you virtual blankets to keep you warm, and good thoughts that your electricity is soon restored.
- I send you focus and energy as you write today.
- I send you healing love and energy.
- Sending you calm and peace.
- Sending you calm to scatter around the chaos.
- Sending you a perfect worry doll to manage your worries.
- Sending you quiet mornings to savor nature and listen to the musings of your heart.
- I send you fresh, fragrant flowers with lots of different colors to brighten your corner of the world.
- Sending you pillows of prosperity to share with yourself and others.
- Sending you flashlights for exploring your dark places.
- I send you permission to be exactly how you are today.
- I send you courage and honor.
- I send you joy.
- Sending you perfect laser focus to follow your warm heart.
- I send you light to illuminate the places inside you that seem dark.
- I send you joy as I think about how delightful you are.
- I send you contagious child-like giggles and unstoppable smiles.
- I send you fresh strawberries to enjoy in a mild, sunny meadow upon a lush spring mountain.
- I send you healing energy as you mend your heart and body.
- I send you light energy to charge your healthy cells and create health.
- I send you delicious moments filled with rare and marvelous accents that grow your heart.
- I send you appreciation for caring to make healthy choices for yourself.
- I send you glorious freedom to move your body and experience joy.
- I send you peaces.
- I send you whimsical moments that make you giggle out loud, whether or not you’re around people.
- I send you bright flowers to see, smell, enjoy, and nurture.
- Sending you giggles.
- Sending you the best of birthday wishes and some special binoculars for you to see all the puddles of goodness that follow you around and support you.
- I send you comfy pillows to cradle you in love and comfort.
- Sending you patience while your body heals.
- Sending you rain to nourish the earth so that the earth can nourish you.
- I send you honor and respect as you navigate this wave in your life.
- I send you inspiration to put thoughts on paper.
- I send you energetic bursts of joy.
- Sending you loving hands to cradle your tender heart.
- I send you music to make your insides dance.
- Sending you giant pails of peace to spill or splash in.
- I send you warm nourishing rays of light.
- I send you revolving hours of joy for writing about what you want to write about.
- Sending you music to fill your heart with warmth and comfort.
- Sending you bright colored paint for your life canvas.
- Sending you sparkly confetti in celebration of your accomplishments today.
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