Comments on: Believe

By: Laura Lea

Laura Lea — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:57:35 +0000

Lyric, silly you, you forgot to mention that you are also a teacher (time consuming too) and mentor to others. You know you were blessed to have as you put it all three (gee with only one cuppa coffee I can't remember the third one). So you give of yourself in this way. I know also that you are humble enough to say that you learn from your students. In teaching something you gain a deeper understanding of it for yourself too; being a teacher I'm always looking to learn new things so that when I teach first graders how to read I know what it feels like! I grew up without any support of my artistic side. My inner critic needed a bossy but gentle Lyric to encourage the artist and to help her tell her negative shadow to get in the closet and stay there! Just as you were saying there is a season for everything. Now the Mom role has center stage and you'll be glad for this time later in life as I am. I've forgotten all the things I couldn't do when I was Mom full time. When the empty nesters moan around you, I know where you'll be tootling a song and moving your hips as you pull another screen, dye another yard, stitch another art quilt and revel in your creations! To everything there is a season…

By: Jane LaFazio

Jane LaFazio — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:41:30 +0000

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
I love this quote from Marianne Williamson….

By: Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 06:06:24 +0000

I like your lecture! Hope you are taking your own words to heart. So much easier to tell others what to do than it is to take our own advice. 😉 Thanks for the talk!

By: lyric

lyric — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 01:54:41 +0000

Melly - you must not be a teenager. You can say "I made your favorite dinner" and they would still roll their eyes.
I just roll my eyes back at them and laugh. And sometimes they're right.

I'll call ya'll next time I feel the urge to lecture coming on!
;-)

By: Melly Testa

Melly Testa — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 01:47:26 +0000

You can lecture me anytime. It doesn't feel bossy. It feels gentle and encouraging. I am not rolling my eyes.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:54:27 +0000

You are inspiring, Sis! You speak in truth and wisdom. Love you!

By: Jackie

Jackie — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 04:00:53 +0000

THANK YOU!

I needed to hear that, esp the part about making it in the art quilt world.