….. garbage bags and spring cleaning, I’m learning and re-learning the art of letting go.

I let go of tension and relax.
I let go of thinking: “I can control that”.
I allow in the possibility, that all is perfect.
I let go of thinking: “I know the right way and the perfect way”.
I allow life to show me the way instead.

….. the other thing that is with me at the moment….. is the feeling of so much to be done!

….. I just want to remember this:
That calm & grace surround me now.
That I only need to take one step at a time.
That life is giving me just what I need, right now and always.

-Lisbeth Ericson

Photo: maryruffle

these beautiful days,
they are changing.
the shift to autumn, the shift to spring…..
a strong wind passes through my home, cleansing it clean…..
I see bright blue all around…..
my love, my heart, I return to my creative place…..
to paint and honor my life…..
there is transformation, and there is dreams,
and it all feels profound and right and true.
a delightful time,
over and over,
it is all a blessing,
deep and dear.

-Lisbeth Ericson

Photo: maryruffle

I believe:
that art does not have to be
about competition
or worry
or getting it right
or making it look pretty.

I believe that art does not have to be
another stick
to measure ourselves
push ourselves
or whack ourselves with.

Instead…
I believe art
can be a gift
a tool for healing
a place of power
a splash of insight.

Art can be the path we take
to discover the delights inside us.
and most of all,
art can be
our gift to ourselves.

Make art that looks like you.
Make art that sings to your spirit.
Make art that is medicine.

Art can be that special thing in your life…..

All we need to do is claim it,
and make it.

I believe in you…..

-Lisbeth Ericson

Photo: maryruffle

….. poetry. I felt the urge to republish this poem:

i was out for a walk this morning,
listening to Melody Gardot on my headphones…..
the sun was gently beaming gold through the dark-gray clouds
impossibility hanging in the air…..
anton rolled in the grass…..
a cheerful man smiled and said hello to me
another man stood and stared sadly…..
….. i wanted to pat him on the shoulder, and tell it would all be okay
but i didn’t….. next time…..

so many adventures and opportunities matured at each step…..
….. i had the thought:
i need to open my ears
i need to listen
a delightful thought….. so i pulled off my headphones and draped them around my neck
walking….. past a girl with a dog….. and down to the beach

and it was there I heard it….. the delightful sound of the sea….. like music….. spinning through the space between dunes

the sea with its music

a sound like nothing other, a sound that rose above the uproar that reverberated in my head…..

….. a sound that made impossible….. possible

- Lisbeth Ericson

I hopr you all have a Delightful weekend

Love

Lizzy

photo: unknown

….. yesterday I was feeling worried….. and today….. well….. it’s a new day.  

“Today is a new day” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Finish yesterday, and be done with it. You have done what you could.

Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can.

Today is a new day. Begin it well, and serenely, and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense.

This day is all that is good and fair. It is too dear, with its hopes and invitations, to waste a moment on yesterdays.

(Photo: maryruffle)