Creative life A thru Z ~ H is for Honor Yourself

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The Creative Life A thru Z

~H is for Honoring Yourself 

 Week Nine 

My Heart, Jean Hart

"If you want to soar in life 

you must first learn to F.L.Y. 

(first love yourself).  Mark Sterling

Welcome back. It's a beautiful day where I live. It's August and still summer here. 

I just couldn't handle the heat anymore,

 so I honored  myself  by taking a trip to the beach. 

H is for Honor Yourself

I was stumbling last week with H. I just couldn't come up with an activity to help my heart....Then this morning, this very morning it came to me. 

Honor Yourself~Love Yourself~Respect Yourself 

With the Solar Eclipse happening this Monday, the energy level all around is charged. 

I looked up my astrological sign and it said I was in for a whole belief system transformation!! 

I'm not sure I'm ready for that, but I certainly am ready for a change. 

Last year I asked for a more "creative life"  and was given this opportunity after taking a healing arts class. 

A creative life means different things to different people. In my life I wanted it to mean expansion of life, ideas, adventures. I also wanted my creative life to help me understand the moments in life and be grateful for them. 

I almost panicked myself last week when I realized that it's peach season and I haven't made a single peach dish!! Then I took a big deep breath and saw that it's August and I have time.  Learning to stay present and 

be still is a creative art. 

Journal Assignment:

I asked a big question on the last blog yesterday.  

What's the best part of your life right now? 

Take some time a think about this.

 It will help to keep you in the present moment, 

not past achievements, or what's ahead of you. 

Here is a Two Minutes in Nature video to help you be still and meditate this question on. 

Two Minutes In Nature~Redwoods 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViBeZg7CigY&t=24s

Green is the color of the heart charka . When I was hiking in the Redwoods I filmed this  because the greens were so brilliant, so many different greens. I felt this redwood forest had to be one of the most healing places I have ever walked. 

Art Journal Assignment: 

Materials:

1. one heart cookie cutter

2. blank paper no lines

1. Take the heart cookie cutter and start tracing its shape. Make as many hearts as you want. Overlap them, keep the separate, turn them upside down. 

You are only limited by your own imagination with this. 

2. Write what you are grateful for in each heart. 

3. Color in the hearts, fill the whole page with color. 

 Activity:

I don't know how I can have a week of H without it meaning Home.

This week take a good look at your front door area.
Both inside the house and outside. 

Does it look welcoming? Friendly? 

Think of ways to clean up, clear up, and warm up this area in your home. 

It soon will be fall, I'm planning on having a new Fall wreath this year. The one I've used for years is getting a bit old and dusty. I want to invite new energy into my home. 

As always, have fun with this. Feel free to leave a comment, share, like and subscribe so you don't miss any of my post. 

Be Inspired, 

~jean 

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The Creative Life A thru Z ~G is for Graciousness

The Creative Life A thru Z

 Week Eight 

Grateful, by Jean Hart 

G is for Gracious!!

What does being gracious mean? 

According to the Word of the Day, which defines graciousness as :

• pleasantly kind, benevolent, and courteous.
• characterized by good taste, comfort, ease, or luxury:
• gracious suburban living; a gracious home.
• indulgent or beneficent in a pleasantly condescending way, especially to inferiors.
• merciful or compassionate:
• our gracious king
• Obsolete. fortunate or happy.

I've been watching "The Crown"on Netflix.

 While I didn't know much about Queen Elizabeth II,

I feel like I know her much better now. I can't get enough of the HRH and family. 

I would say that after watching The Crown, Queen Elizabeth II was certainly the definition of Graciousness. 

Writing Journal Activity:

 I can not do a week of G's without gratitude, graciousness , and generosity.

I leave this up to you to write in your journals about what you are 

grateful for,  gracious, and generous  about. 

Outdoor activity:

It is summertime here where I live. On that thought I must get outside while the weather is nice, although a bit too hot. Soon Fall and Winter will be here and I will be under a blanket of snow. 

"Earthing"

It's when you walk outside barefoot and make contact with the surface of the Earth. The electrons from the earth penetrates through the soles of your feet generating balance and good health. 

I did it all the time as a young girl, but now it not only has a name, but a good reason for doing it. 

Grass Walking 

Let's get walking on the grass barefoot. The studies show that there are many good reasons for doing this for your health. 

I started to do this, and I just thought this is fun, and what a great way to begin the day.

I went outside in the early morning,  and walking barefoot across my grass  I watched the sunrise. 

I love technology, and because this is a internet blog I'm just going to refer you to a YouTube video on this subject, it will list all the benefits for walking on the grass barefoot. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6WedL2iDSQ&t=25s

I have one more fun Outside Activity.

Giggling 

If you haven't been giggling lately you are missing out on the fun!

This activity works best with a few people in a circle, but if you're really self aware you can do this alone. 

It's called Laughing Yoga. 

You can just start with little giggles and work up to big belly laughing. 

This too has great health benefits. 

As always have fun with this. 

Be Inspire, 

~jean