a dear friend introduced me to... Thank you Nancy
The Velveteen Rabbit
You Become. It takes a long time.
That’s why it doesn’t
happen often to people who break easily or have sharp edges or need to be
carefully kept.
Generally, by the
time you are Real, most of your hair has been rubbed off and your eyes drop out
and your get loose in your joints and very shabby.
But these things
don’t matter at all. Because once you are Real, you can’t be ugly except to
people who don’t understand.
By Margery
Williams
It's Sunday morning, I'm eating a can of sardines, a few radishes and drinking a cup of Denise style, hot chocolate. Our home is quiet, except for the birds singing and sunshine streaming.
Life is not a rush, we are gifted with this moment. A creative act of discovery. To be happy with sardines, Sunday mornings, a place to be and do whatever your heart guides is blissful.
Filling a day with tomorrow or yesterday is where the real clutter comes from. Our present is life moment by moment.
It takes grit and courage to let go of what we expect of ourselves and become who we are. Take a day, a moment and wonder. Sit by the sea. Write. Be Wild of Spirit by doing nothing or something. Listen to your soul.
How you are is perfect. Your flaws are what makes you unique. You are perfect, who you are, right now: beautiful, cracked, imperfectly genuine, Real.
So what if you have boxes of clutter, weeds that need pulled and tubs of papers to be filed. Take time to play in your boxes...and also take time to honor you and your creative wishes.
As you age, you become richer in soul. What the world thinks isn't as important as what you know. And sometime what we know isn't accurate either. If what you think of yourself isn't kind or loving then pretend you are speaking to a dear friend. A kindred spirit you treasure...all of her quirks and buckets of imperfections. Speak to yourself that way. You are a gift...
Clutter, your home, your life...isn't who you are. You are spectacular. Creating a space where you are nourished, free and loved...is an act of love not a requirement to be a beautiful soul.
happy travels my friend,
Denise
Hot chocolate: Denise Style
There is something soul nourishing in a cup of hot chocolate. Maybe is was learned to connect hot chocolate with nourished and love. My Dad always loved hot chocolate. Sunday's are better when I make myself a cup. However, processed cocoa mixes and sugar are not nourishing to my body...so I recreated an old friend to nourish both body and soul.
Hot water
Collagen powder(grass fed) ... some days I use vegan protein powder, or paleo protein powder...
Cocoa...plain
Coconut cream or plant based milk, or cream. today I used a hazelnut, vegan creamer.
Powder organic super red (dried blend of berries, beets, carrots, fruits, veggies etc) Sometimes I use extracts like orange or lemon or peppermint
If I need more sweet I add 100% pure monk fruit or stevia. Today life seemed sweet enough.
Part of what I love about my hot chocolate is the memories of my dad and Sunday mornings doing life simply and easy. I lost my dad this spring. He lives with me in Hot Chocolate and being easy with Sundays.
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