The decision to be happy

 

Clouds at play

iPad drawing

8 x 10
Barbara Muir © 2017

I have been painting quite a bit today, which is odd for Saturday.  We also
went to the market, saw our favourite farmer, and later sat on the back porch
watching the rain.

So much of what I get through social media now is desperately sad, or horrific.
Trying to find the happiness I would like to share with you in order to be 
creative is a challenge.  This drawing made me happy.  I won't be showing you
my current complex painting until it's finished.  I hope this week, but 
if not, soon.

Here's what I had to say about happiness in a former blog:

"Okay.  I taught this stuff --  positive psych -- for 10 years.
How you feel, and perceive the world is heavily influenced
by how you talk to yourself.  What messages you say internally, over,
and over, either give you energy, or knock you flat on your
back, or leave you in limbo somewhere between the two.

Okay I pick feeling happy.  I pick feeling up, and excited
about the future.  Now there's a mental and emotional
challenge for this current world! On it. I was super
tired before I sat down to write to you."

Now thinking about my painting, and the way it is coming
along -- yes I choose happy. We found a huge, elegant,
gold frame at the side of the road today.  It wouldn't even
fit in the car. Steven strapped it to the top, and the rain
held off until we got home. Now what?  Endless 
possibilities. (In Toronto people put the things they
don't want to keep at the edge of the sidewalk for 
people passing by to take.)

Have a loving your life day.