In the fashion of Stephen Covey, Let us begin, this day, with urgent!
I hope, dear heart, that you and yours are safe, wherever you may be. Actually, I hope that all the time. It’s just that enough snow fell here to mess up my tiny corner of the world and the news from the California wild fires feels very close to home for lots of people in my heart.
So, huddled under my weighted blanket, I returned to my words for 2025.
Promise and Persist… in Good Trouble!
And I discovered that I needed some more words.
Process and Progress… also, of course, in Good Trouble!
And, yes… I’m an alliteration fan! And, also yes… there’s lots to Practice on!!!
All of which feels important to me, globally and in my tiny corner of the the planet where there seem to be more than the ideal number of time and mobility challenges. Thus, Progress and Persist have moved to the top of the list!
Perfect really doesn’t seem like an option. And, I suspect you may be feeling some of that, too!
So, the Legendary Husband and I have started moving some things hither and yon. (The bookcases are a big challenge, especially when they’re not going to have the same books in them that they had before!!!) And, yes… there’s a donation heap!
Then, there’s the place where all my words come together!
An Intentional Creativity® sister asked for paintings for an art show in a part of North Carolina hit hard by Hurricane Helene. Money raised will go toward supporting struggling victims of Domestic Violence which, sadly, often becomes more acute in a crisis.
This is an issue that hits close to home for me, for I am a survivor. A very fortunate one. So… a few not quite finished paintings eager to hold prayer dots of hope and intention! And symbols, like the slightly wonky triangles in this one.
Those are painted quilt blocks, known around here as Liberated Wild Geese blocks. They’re soothing to make and, in Celtic cultures, flying geese are symbols of the Holy Spirit!
When you boil it all down, I am persisting in practicing processes which support, and grow out of, my promise to make progress in the direction of Good Trouble!
Five words, which it looks like 2025 is going to need desperately!
And, a Phoenix rising!!!
ps… I’m awed by the courage and generosity and commitment of First Responders and, is often the case around here, that brings me to a new question. How can I respond??? Here’s one way – from now ’til Jan. 20, you purchase my new children’s book, A Creation Poem… sold in FierceArtWithHeart and I’ll donate the full amount of the proceeds, after shipping, to World Central Kitchen – trustworthy folks already on the ground in LA. AND the books are still buy 2, get one free. Translation – you buy 2 copies. I send you 3 copies. (Of course, you can always buy just one copy and I’ll donate the proceeds from that, too. Gladly.) World Central Kitchen gets to feed more people who need it! This is how WE can respond! Just click here. No special code needed – just put 3 copies in your basket and the elves will make the magic. This offer is limited to quantity of books on hand. (Questions…. email me! suesvoice@gmail.com)
