Succulents.

I have always found respite in writing and doodling. Combining both helps me in channeling my thoughts and emotions. They say meditation and creative endeavors have similar effects on the brain waves!

I have always found respite in writing and doodling. Combining both helps me in channeling my thoughts and emotions. They say meditation and creative endeavors have similar effects on the brain waves!

Succulents symbolize enduring and timeless love…

Succulents symbolize enduring and timeless love…

Good Vibes Only

Good Vibes Only

When you know who you truly are, there is an abiding alive sense of peace. You could call it joy because that’s what joy is: vibrantly alive peace. It is the joy of knowing yourself as the very life essence before life takes on form. That is the joy of being – of being what you truly are. ~ ‘Stillness Speaks’ / Eckhart Tolle

A new day, a new beginning, a brand new year!

A new day, a new beginning, a brand new year!

There is so much to learn from nature, the tree especially… As it prepares to sleep…it sheds all the unnecessary. As it prepares to awaken…it creates all the necessary.

If a lotus is to grow, it needs to be rooted in the mud. Compassion is born from understanding suffering. We all should learn to embrace our own suffering, to listen to it deeply, and to have a deep look into its nature. In doing so, we allow the energy of love and compassion to be born. When the energy of compassion is born, right away we suffer less. When we suffer less, when we have compassion for ourselves, we can more easily understand the suffering of another person and of the world. Then our communication with others will be based on the desire to understand rather than the desire to prove ourselves right or make ourselves feel better.

If a lotus is to grow, it needs to be rooted in the mud. Compassion is born from understanding suffering. We all should learn to embrace our own suffering, to listen to it deeply, and to have a deep look into its nature. In doing so, we allow the energy of love and compassion to be born. When the energy of compassion is born, right away we suffer less. When we suffer less, when we have compassion for ourselves, we can more easily understand the suffering of another person and of the world. Then our communication with others will be based on the desire to understand rather than the desire to prove ourselves right or make ourselves feel better.

Tea time doodles always give me a moment to practice being here, now. Glad I didn’t dip the brush in my tea!

Floral splashes