52 Lists: Ways I Love

This week for Moore Seal's 52 Lists, the objective was to list the ways in which you can love others. I like to think that nothing should be done without love so really I could list a million more things! I was thinking that one of the most prominent ways I love is in the way I think! Trying to release all the hate I have ever carried towards people, ideas, whatever. I still have a hard time with cancer, but I have let go of so much hate. Of course, that hate I carried had to be replaced with something to fill it's void.

 Love!! 

Compassion!!

I am a firm believer that your thoughts define you! You are your thoughts and I always remind myself to try and shine, even in my thought! 

Here is my list. I share it here and nowhere else. I find comfort in this new blog of mine and the kind crossings I have encountered with readers.

 *I can tell them *I can make someone something *I can cook and bake for loved ones *I can be friendly to those I encounter *I can repurpose and give life to used, vintage items *I can send love mail *I can give affection *I can think of others, send good thoughts and healing prayers *I can pick up the phone *I can write it down in words *I can share music *I can share pieces of my heart and soul *I can care and deepen connections *I can listen *I can be brave and vulnerable, knowing the strength and capability of my love *I can love through connections with other people I meet on blogs *I can honor life lived, animal bones I come across on nature walks and loved ones that have left the physical world <3

A few ways I love... Top left: Refinished planter I bought second hand. Top Right: Findings from a nature walk. Bottom Left: A banner I made for a friend's bridal shower. Bottom Right: Homemade dinner for my dogs <3

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Also here is a link to This Weeks Finds over at Gypsy Tent Sisters blog.

52 Lists: Goals & Dreams

I did make a list see! Although you probably can't really read it. I had a weird week. It's late wednesday night and I haven't felt like looking back at this list. I made it the day Moorea Seal posted list 4. It's not that it's a bad list! This weeks has been strange, that's all. The positives... Yoga stretches before bed for the last 5 nights. Charging precious stones under the moon. Cooking and baking a ton!! Although, I think I tend to do that when I'm hurt. It was fun though! I made pancakes at 4 pm, chocolate donuts for breakfast, tortillas, a pot of beans, sweet potatoes, roasted carrots, rice. The last few days I've just been cooking! A LOT! Truth is, I have been hurt by a friend. I thought I was stronger. I didn't think I could be hurt like this and I am. It reminds me of this. 

We learn lessons and then we learn them again. In a different way. I had forgot!! Their is no goal. No obstacle to overcome. I am on a path. I walk it and sometimes I fall. I'm learning every step of the way. I smile as I exhale and take my next step. 

Today was a really fine day indeed! <3 Took a morning trip to a thrift store and found a vintage coat I can't wait to share, but will be holding off on that for a little bit. Stay tuned! I came home and sewed my little heart away!!! I made some leggings. They are adorable and I refashioned sweaters to make them. I love finding new uses for things. Repurposing gets me excited! I changed up a tank top with some lace and I repurposed a gray hooded jacket to make my soon to arrive godson, a Dino Hoodie! 

Getting my creativity out today was what I needed and it helped me tap into ME again. Looking forward to tomorrow, goodnight.

**Edited to share part of all of my list**

Current and Future Goals and Dreams

• Be more active, outdoors
• Take a more active role in the gardening
• Make even more from scratch, more non-processed
• eliminate sugar from my diet
• try a month gluten free and see how I feel
• Increase my blogging skills, extremely!
• Love more
• Never get cancer (stole that one from Moorea, ;) but really it is something I have said out loud many a times!!! True story)
• Listen and play more music
• Devote more time to yoga
• Learn more about tarot cards and astrology
• De-clutter my life... What serves me? What doesn't?
• Expand my collection of rocks and gemstones, learn more about them
• Photo shoot dreams of vintage love <3
• Talk to people more
• Being less afraid of taking the leaps in expanding Gypsy Tent Sisters
• Expand Gypsy Tent Sisters with Stacy
• Buy oils! Something I have really been wanting, but haven't had the extra cash. I want to learn more about oils too! 
• Grow more herbs that I do. Dry more of my herbs. Find more ways to incorporate herbs/plants in my life medicinally speaking. :)
• Continue omitting hate from my life
• Work harder on my connection to spirit
• read more
• camp more
• Goal- Follow my dreams!! 

Women, be proud!

This week for Moorea Seal's List the theme was to list the things you should be proud of! As I was reading her post I was getting a little nervous. She had listed things I was afraid of! Dealing with death especially. I recently lost my mom to a long battle with cancer and I'm still having a hard time releasing a lot of emotions. It's too raw still and I'm okay with the time I spend focusing and not focusing on it. It suits me and where I am right now. 

Anyway after staring at my paper for a while I began. I'm sure this list could've turned out very different if I had done it another time, but I knew the next couple of days would be keeping me pretty busy and tonight some singing bowls on You-Tube and this list were calling my name. Here's my list, it's a little hard to read so I'm going to type it out too for those that are following along. I know I've really enjoyed reading the lists of other bloggers that are participating! 

I just started this blog, so please follow if you like any of my posts! <3

• I hand-make
• i support local businesses, artists, and markets
• I don't waste a lot... repurpose countless items, love hand me downs, use up all my veggies/food, compost, don't buy or spend foolishly...live minimally
• I took care of my mom til the last breath and loved.on.her. <3
• I started learning self-sufficiency skills at an early age
• I'm proud of my kitchen and the food I cook and bake in it daily
• I quit my job to move to Maui for three months
• I lived in Maui for three months!
• I'm compassionate
• I love.
• I was always the nice kid in school and now I'm still kind to all I meet
• I don't eat animals
• I have a bachelors degree...mixed proud feelings about that one
• I quit my job to move to the desert and start working for myself
• The home I continue to create with my husband
• The courage to stay true to myself and not worry about being judged
• I don't hold grudges, I forgive easily
• The amount of hate I have let go of in my life
• I'm good at taking care of people
• I'm proud of how I make my living

and a couple more I want to add!

• Being a woman! 
• I'm so proud of the journey I'm on and the people I am connecting with!

It's pretty late here and I think I'm going to leave it at that. Please comment if you'd like to hear more about any of the things I'm proud of! Is anything on my list something that you'd list too??

Comforts

It was so comforting to sit and think about all of the things that bring me comfort as I listed them. I am definitely feeling the impact of making these lists already! I know at the end of the year I will be glad to have them to look back on. Here is my list for week two of Moorea Seal's 52 Lists!

There were definitely a few that really excited me as I thought of them. Camping for sure. I just love that feeling of being outdoors when it starts to feel like you just live there! Cooking over a fire, using the bare essentials and you are totally surrounded by nature. I just love it! I love living in the beautiful California desert, my surroundings comfort me. The smells, the colors in the sky, the landscape... Knowing the people I buy my food from kinda surprised me as I wrote it. It makes so much sense though! Seeing the care and pride these people carry with them and their product. I appreciate this so much. I love the feeling of cooking and it wouldn't be the same if the food I was buying didn't come from the same source. Every day when I use my cutting board to chop fruits and vegetables I appreciate them and I think about where they came from. It makes me smile. When I break up walnuts to use in baking I think of my friend Marco who sells them at the Farmers Market who I can never see without talking to for less than five minutes. When I roll out dough for tortillas, I feel the love going in them and I thoughtfully smile because I no longer buy tortillas at the store. When I smell bread cooking I don't get impatient waiting. I take a deep breath and appreciate the process of making bread and love that I buy it at the store less and less these days. My kitchen, food, and the outdoors bring me a lot of comfort and I love that!

Lists

Here we go! I was introduced to Moorea Seal's 52 Lists while reading Aquarian Soul's blog last week. I immediately was intrigued because a big goal of mine for 2013 is to get more organized and slowing down... I'm always in a rush! I make a lot of lists, although half of them I lose or forget about. This is going to be a fun way to organize the year and look back on my 52 lists! Each week Moorea Seal will be sharing a new list for readers to partake in!

Since I just started this blog, I also thought this would be a great way to reach out and find people that are walking their path. I'm looking for others to connect with for insight and growth along the way. 

Here is my list. Words That Touch My Soul....

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