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You Be The Artist

1/4/2019

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Picture
----YOU---
Be the artist
Of your crisis.

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You can create something beautiful and lovely out of the hardship you have been dealt.

You can.

It may take time.

It may take tackling a lot of anger, tears, WHY ME?s and feeling completely overwhelmed.

It is not overnight.  

It IS a matter of perspective.
It is a matter of not giving up or giving in to despair, denial, or depression.

It is also a choice.

But maybe you never knew you had a choice.
Because what was handed to you was NEVER your choice.

You can decide this day:
My child’s diagnosis or cancer or behaviors or struggles SUCK.
It sucks the life out of me.
It sucks the life out of my family.

AND YET—this is not the end of the story.

I own my story and I will choose to write the ending—even if the beginning was written for me in the ugliest vomit color sharpie pen.

I will choose to find the hidden treasures.

I will choose to find the blessings.

I will be transparent when I am absolutely at my wits end and cannot find the joy, the gifts, the gratitude; and I vow to seek help if I get stuck.

I decide.

I decide every day.

I will create beauty out of the ashes of disappointment, loss, heartache, endless appointments, meetings, hospital visits, medicines and schedules.  

Even if it starts out looking like a paint-by-number piece. At least I started.

I can rise up,
Show up,
And reach out.

I CAN DO SOMETHING beautiful for someone else.
I can:
  • Write a note
  • Send an inspiring quote on a text
  • Drop flowers or chocolate chip cookies off to a friend
  • Knit blankets for babies in hospitals
  • Listen with empathy and compassion
  • Write a blog sharing vulnerably  and openly
  • Teach someone a skill I have
  • Mentor a mom younger than me
  • Invite a mom to coffee or a walk
  • Start a support group in your town or school district

Ask the universe:  
What am I called to do as a result of the crisis I have walked through?  What have I learned?  What do I have to offer?

And then just wait.
The whispers will come.

Until then, say every day:
I will be the artist of my crisis. I will paint something beautiful.
I choose this.  I choose this today.
3 Comments
Lara Durna
1/4/2019 08:43:09 am

This is such a beautiful sentiment! There are days when all I can do is go in the back yard and focus on a few new blooms in the garden ( ignoring all the weeds.). Sooner or later, my kids show me their blooms in their own way. It takes a lot of weed pulling, but it does shine through eventually- even when it looks like a dandilion bloom Coming out of a weed!

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Felice
1/4/2019 11:02:29 pm

Thank you I needed this now...and yesterday and tonight and tomorrow. I love the words. I love the sentiments. The artist of my crisis ... the whispers will come.

Deep breath. Very powerful.

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Amy Groshell
1/13/2019 09:16:38 am

So well said. I also like to say God works best with broken pieces. These pieces can make a beautiful mosaic if we can keep our hearts open. I won't let my crisis define me...but I will let it weave a beautiful tapestry that expresses my life story!

Thank you for this reminder that we are all artists!!!

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