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Stepping Into Your Joy is Important

February 17, 2016

 

 

When you discover something that makes your heart soar, that makes time fly, that makes you feel at peace with the world, that gives you courage and grace and hope and trust. By all means do that thing. Make it a priority like you do drinking water. Let it restore your soul. This is no trivial matter. This may be the heart of the salvation of the world. For salvation is salve, healing. When we step into our joy we are healed. When we step into our joy we spread joy. Ever so briefly touch on some of the atrocities that have been done in the world, consider the people behind them. Were these people happy? Were they stepping into their bliss? Did they know that they were cared for and they were allowed to feel joy?

"Healthy, happy people do not start wars." Eva Kor, Holocaust Survivor.

← Creating Refuge | Reflections on This PaintingReal Woman Publishes My Story →

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Rest in the Beauty
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This new peony inspired piece guided me to a place of feeling held. If you are gripped in anxiety, fear, or self loathing as I sometimes am....these extraordinary, beyond life size blossoms can help you find a new place of refuge.

They aren't perfect. Look closely and find the flaws. And yet see the whole and feel the impact and wow-factor.

This piece could catch me in any free fall of the racing mind or aching heart. I love the way I can get lost in the beauty and variety of the petals. 

In the final week with this piece in my studio, I listened to a retreat with Pema Chodron (check your library--there are tons of retreats with her available there). She spoke of the practice of being here, now without effort. Bringing a natural awareness to what is unfolding. Not grasping any idea (of yourself or another) too tightly. 

So as I rest in the beauty of this piece I find that my heart resonates with the blossoms--that we are not perfect and that it is amazing to be here, flawed and moving, changing, becoming and opening each day. 

"Rest in the Beauty"

60" x 48"

(c) Bronwen Mayer Henry
(Original acrylic on canvas)

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Thank you for the many people who have supported my art through custom pieces. What a blessing!

 

"Let the beauty we love be what we do." -Rumi

 

Contact: Bronwen Mayer Henry    bronwen.henry@gmail.com