In Full Bloom~ 

     As I embrace my destiny for the coming year, I allow the images from my creative center to bring forth an intention the will guide and inspire me.

"In Bloom"  ~ acrylic painting by Carol E Fairbanks  © 2015

 I am creating my dream

    In an infinite flow of plenty.

With an open heart, 

I am expressing the joy

of my adventure.

Feeling fulfilled, 

I choose to be happy...... 

  As I honor my journey...

of both gifts and challenge.

~ Carol E Fairbanks, W.W.W.

  I know that for something new to birth in my life, a clearing has to be made for that new manifestation. That process can seem at times more like a devastating ending, rather than a new and exciting beginning. As 2015 rolled around, my retired teacher's pension went down and just about all my other bills went up. My computer crashed, my DVD player quit working and an angry, impatient woman plowed into the rear of my car as I was making a right turn. All this is happening as I am preparing my condo for sale and perhaps moving from Eugene, and maybe even Oregon!  There is a definite clearing process going on, and I vacillate between feeling overwhelmed and looking forward to a new chapter in my life. With those ambivalent emotions, I am often wondering if I have the courage to make those new changes. I have always heard that "change is the only constant" and that "only that which "cannot be lost in a shipwreck" is one's to keep, but still I long for that feeling of rootedness that seems to elude me.  So in the midst of this transition, I paint the "truth" that has not yet been revealed to me, and trust the flow of my journey. I might just create my dream of a home in nature, with a garden and art studio. It could happen.... 

"In Bloom" ~ painting framed with affirmations by Carol E Fairbanks  © 2015