Let us Always Remember This...

("the strength of a touch" ... my radiant
wise friend Rachel Awes)

"We all can influence the life force.

The tools and strategies of healing are so innate, 
so much a part of

a common human birthright, that we believers 
in technology pay

very little attention to them.

But they have lost NONE of their power.

People have been healing each other since the beginning.

Long before there were surgeons, psychologists, 
oncologists, and internists,

WE WERE THERE FOR EACH OTHER.

The healing of our present woundedness 
may lie in recognizing and reclaiming

the capacity we ALL have to heal each other, 
the enormous power

in the simplest of human relationships:

the STRENGTH of a TOUCH,

the BLESSING of FORGIVENESS,

the GRACE of someone else taking you 
JUST AS YOU ARE and 

finding IN YOU an unsuspected goodness.

EVERYONE ALIVE HAS SUFFERED.

It is the wisdom GAINED from our wounds and 
from our own experiences of suffering

 that make us able to heal.

Becoming expert has turned out to be LESS important than 

REMEMBERING AND TRUSTING 
the wholeness of myself and everyone else.

Expertise cures, but wounded people can 
BEST be healed by other wounded people.

Only other wounded people can understand what is needed, 

for the healing of suffering is 
COMPASSION, not expertise."

-Kitchen Table Wisdom - Stories that Heal by Rachel Naomi Remen, MD

(this piece was in my training materials for 
ART FOR HEALING 
that I am in the baby stages of taking part in ... 
thought it was so beautiful, I had to share.)


peaceandlove,
kolleen

...friday thought

When I was looking at this picture of my little one...

These are the words that came to my mind.

It's time ... you have your whole life in front of you.

DREAM....

DREAM BIG...

DREAM AND GO FOR IT!

"dreams are today's answers

to tomorrow's questions."

 - edgar cayce

wishing everyone a happy

and safe weekend.

peaceandlove

kolleen

...say whaaaaat wednesday???

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE 3 WORD PHRASE??

peaceandlove

kolleen

...friday thought

(Sydnie 8/16/11)

"But tomorrow, dawn will come the way I picture her,

barefoot and disheveled, standing outside my window

in one of the fragile cotton dresses of the poor.

She will look in at me with her thin arms extended,

offering a handful of birdsong and a small cup of light."

                                   - William Collins

“

...share the love

there is not a day that goes by that i don't thank God 

for the gift of this man in my life.

He is my best friend, my partner, my support, 

my love, my husband ... a treasure.

I am certain I don't tell him enough all that he means to me ... 

and that I fall in love with him more each passing day.

We have a wonderful love story and are

both extremely aware of the blessing that we 

share in our relationship.

We try very hard to not take it for granted...

as we both realize life can throw us curves.

The older I get the more I realize how 

important it is to share with those we love

how we feel ... don't let another day, minute, second

go by without sharing what is on your heart.

And don't assume those in your life know how

you feel about them ... they need to hear it, it needs

to be shared.  

After all, who doesn't love 

to hear that they are

loved!!

peaceandlove,

kolleen

....things i am diggin

there is so much happening out there in the creative realm that i WISH i had the time and resources for ...

like this that my sweet wild woman friend Pixie is heading up...she is a force to be reckoned with and someone i am grateful to have in my life .... i am hopeful she does this again so i can join in on all the goodness that is happening amongst the tribe of women involved ...

and this .... that my peace loving friend Kelly is a part of...she is shine through and through and her creations are DEEEEEELICIOUS ... again, hopeful they do this again so i can take part in all the beauty and dreaming that will evolve....

and this ... oh man...what i wouldn't give to be able to be two places at once ... Liz puts on amazing retreats ....well, how can she not ... SHE is AMAZING... and two of my scarf sisters are taking part in all that is creative magic at this retreat ... Mindy and Vivienne ...can i just say ... they knock my socks off!


and last but certainly not least...
my brave girl sister Lara...
she just added some AMAZING skirts and purses and pillows
to her etsy shop ... i have mad love for
these sweet creations.

(i want them all!!)

as i sit here and look at the names of these women that i count in my blessings ... i feel grateful...inspired...in awe.


yep.
i. dig. them.
and all that they are!


peaceandlove,
kolleen

...friday thought

"When my daughter was about 7 years old,

she asked me on day what I did at work.

I told her I worked at the college - 

that my job was to teach people how to draw.

She stared at me, incredulous, and said,

"You mean they forget?"

                                            

                                                 - Howard Ikemoto

"

...dear august

Dear August,

Let's be friends and 

groove together to this...

maybe create a bit (or alot) to this...

sing real loud to this...

get unpacked and settled in to this...

(moving really sucks btw...even though i know it will be worth it!)

Let's make it a GOOD last month of summer...

with fun and laughter and memories made.

...deal??

loveandpeace

kolleen

So...what's the plans for your last month of summer??