Be Wonderful
♡
LaToya
Visual Travel Guide: Etty Bay
in inspiration, places
embrace creativity
in embrace, imagination
Dear Creative Self,
I believe you are part of our main PURPOSE here. To create our reality whatever it may be. We have always been in contact, but I didn't name you, it was just what you did naturally. I believe you are not limited to art + making, you are so much more!
You are a CREATOR. We all are. Anything can become an ART not just "art" itself.
You love to brainstorm the possibilities. Sometimes the ideas flow more quickly than you can create or contemplate how it will be manifested. This FLOW is EMPOWERING. You are best nurtured by nature or while travelling. Something about these zones that wake you up each morning with a smile on your face and spark in your eye.
If you worry too much about execution + standards (usually those of others) you get discouraged. If you just put it down, let it out and let it go...you make space for it to EVOLVE. I am remembering to Trust. TO RELEASE CONTROL. Better to put something down without judgement rather than leaving blank pages out of fear. of what? Of it not looking how you invisioned it? Of the outcome deviating from the first inception? How it will be revieved? Remember these are not your concerns. No matter what you must CREATE!
I have denied you. I put restrictions on you. I really worried during one spell where I felt I lost you - it was bad timing because we were in the midsts of our architecture thesis. I have since recovered you, I have no plans of letting you out of my sight! I chose a career in design in an attempt to leverage the inspiration you draw in...all the ideas. I AM IN . Currently, You are coming in the form of collage (a craft I have always fallen back on) + words. You are meditation. You let go of thinking mind when you snip snip paste breathe (repeat). If u think too much u loose the FLOW. The collage carries over into all of this life. This Collaged Life of ours. Snip from this experience. Paste to this current reality. Arrange, rearrange. Reimagine possibilities. Of who we can be. Of who we are. BREATHE. You are WONDERFUL.
Love + Infinite Creativity
××
me
p.s. when you begin to worry. Remember that quote about life being a canvas. or call a friend. ;)
Forgiveness (an Aspect of Freedom)
in freedom
LET THE PATTERNS (play) I WONDER about seeing things in a new light this piece is infused with the energy of growth + renewal
Forgiveness is one of our main life lessons.
Many years ago I finally realised the true importance of forgiveness. I had the insight that for as long as I held a grudge I was locking a piece of myself in stagnation. I was not getting even with anyone and I was only making myself more uncomfortable.
I also realised it was easier to forgive some events and people more than others. And sometimes no matter how much I thought about forgiving I still felt resistance. So when this came I chose to pray to forgive. I put it into the hands of a higher source, and as I revisited the incident I gradually felt the release. I also began to see how each situation has a learning attached to it.
Forgiveness is Freedom: Removing judgement + reclaiming personal power via choice. It is unconditional love + compassion.
At some point I also remember discussing the importance of forgiveness with my mother and she also suggested prayer.
Awareness was key to seeing where forgiveness was still needed. Where I was still tying energy to the past. As I released I felt more freedom. And I was able to realease more quickly when new concerns arose.
I also wrote a list of where I felt forgiveness was needed. I looked at the situations from a new perspective. I looked at why I felt wronged. I had to witness my feelings with clarity and nonattachment to being right. I left the list on my altar and revisited it every now and then. It feels good to let go in this way.
I also began to realise the importance of self-forgiveness. You know this is needed when blame, guilt or shame (the victim archytype) holds you back from living freely. You become aware of how you are beating yourself up, even in the smallest ways. As I began to practise this, I began to take things less personally.
I choose To be guided by LOVE.
Affirmations: “I am willing to forgive myself and others for any mistakes in thinking, which were made during this day. I choose peace of mind in exchange for releasing these errors in thought. I ask that all effects of these errors be forgotten in all of time by all concerned.” - from Doreen Virtue, Chakra Healing
I forgive myself for everything i have done in my whole life + beyond. It lead me to where i am now. I learn from my mistakes.
Notes on Forgiveness to explore futher:
Alpha waves for forgiveness and love.
Honour the Body + Mind through forgiveness
Cleanses emotional wounds + allows for mental healing.
Healing = truth + forgiveness + love leads to a new earth.
Dis ease is in the mind.
"When you touch a wounds + it does not hurt you know you have healed. Memory/ scar may remain, but will no longer hurt."
Let go of pride - personal importance.
Forgiveness calls for practising unconditional love - surrender to love + stop resisting life. Accept all things.
Resources:
A book that helped me to understand forgiveness on an even deeper level was Radical Forgiveness which i found while searching the internet. I had read radical self love and thought about radical forgiveness. I found a link to a free download of the book along with worksheets. I have not made use of the worksheets, but reading the book was so helpful in embracing the concept that all experiences are for our highest good, no matter how the appear. And sometimes we act things out unconciously to help each other to grow spiritually - we help each other to experience "challenges" so that we might gain INSIGHT that futhers us along our life journey.
Reading the 4 Aggreements has also aided in this and is always uplifting to reread. Reminding me that empowerment lies in the fact that you can change the dream + make new aggreements.
Women Who Run with Wolves. I Call back all the bones of all i thought i lost.
See skillshare class on forgiveness, i have not taken it, but worth checking out.
Exploring the Heart Chakra
in inspiration
We are being called to lead our lives from our heart space - a place of unconditional love.
below are a series of musings + poetry exploring the inspiration of the heart chakra .
WELCOME SPIRIT IN (pay attention)
it's the everday that is sacred
look around with fresh perception
find an enthusiasm that fuels
welcome it in
welcome it in
inspiration lifts up
it spurs life into activation
it is a joy
welcome it in .
"You need to believe there is something sacred waiting in virtually every journey."
~phil cousineau
Affrirmation: I AM INSPIRED + I FOLLOW THROUGH.
How do you stay inspired?
THE MOTHERING
the self
the child
the mother
the earth
the creative
the inspiration
the nurturing
the supporting
the cultivation
the unconditional.
.
painting possibilities
.
What does mothering mean to you? How do you mother yourself or let yourself be mothered? comment below.
BEE INSPIRED (milk + honey of life)
sweet nourishment
soul nuturing
balance between disciplined inspired action
+ joyous enthusiasm for life
moving beyond limitations+ bee a pollinator of dreams in the physical plane - manifesting in service of the team - protector of universal LOVE energy.
mantra: do what you love + love what you do (to glimpse the essence of life)
SONGSTRESS (stories in your song)
sing it
we will hear
when the rain comes
sing it
wash us clear
when the moon comes
share your wisdom
serenade
sing it
metamorphosis
from within
sing it
release our emotions
sing it
renew our VISION + perspective.
INSPIRATION laced into the song (mother nature the griot)
how does nature inspires you? 
YOU ARE (a bridge)
between earth + heaven
a
willing
channel .
AWAKENING + TRANSFORMING
experiencing a shift
a rebirthing
a guidance
a light .
this is the sign
as requested .
journal prompt:
what are you wanting to release? what are you calling in? what habits do you want to nourish? what would you do differently if the rules of the (life) game were changing?
WISH (dreaming alive)
on the wing
of the sparrow
on the tip
of the moon
on the ray
of the sun
on the shimmer
of sea
on the breath
on the skin
on the memory
on the love
on the cusp
of the dream
on the peak
of life
on the drift
of song
on the waft
of joy
on the heart
on the mind
on the soul
on the edge
of beggining
on the trust
of life
on the peace
of thoughts
the wish (comes alive) .
Journal prompt:
what would your first step be in turning your farfetched dream into a reality?
be wonderful
♡
LaToya
Healing
in bookshelf, freedom, imagination
A few years ago I began to AWAKEN to concept that it is a healing journey we are all on. A remembering and embracing of WHOLENESS of self.
I believe that this healing directs us to our higher purpose + if we choose we will begin to remember (open to infinite memory) to access our unique roadmap...
Although I sometimes take the scenic loop road before I get back on the path, all is as it should be, because the map evolves...
The healing map I hold has been leading me to share the transformation that occurs when we CREATE SPACE INTENTIONALLY.
The Lenses I use on this journey are INTERIORS, IMAGINATION + INSPIRATION: from decluttering to decor, from being a listening ear to carving out time for art, from sharing to receiving on so many levels.
Healing is always a personal journey and it envolves all of us; the mind, the body, and the spirit.
Healing Involves:
Regeneration - recovering faith in self.
accepting ourselves as enough.
healing wounds + forgiving self
3 Stages: Transmutation, transformation, and transfiguration
A path the happiness+ Wellbeing
Mantra: I heal myself + others through Creativity
BE WONDERFUL
♡
LaToya
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