Thank you Deepak....

Today was a day of gratitude from the beginning to the end. I did go to get my new license plate and my new license. No it did take more time than I had planned but the people watching was superb! My new license photo is well not as good as my last one... I asked her if I could just reuse the old one...don't we all want to return to our glory days? Then after an hour and one half... I headed down to the studio and I was starving!! I ordered a fried egg sandwich on swirl rye...just like my Catholic school days after the Mass ritual...and opened the day with making the business adjustments with the electric company. This business deal is hard for me...I need to wear both hats and I would rather just sit and create.

I worked on my new mannequin and completed her body veil in leaves and blossoms placed in just the correct place. While this was drying ...I went to work on my Whispers and Echoes Studio sewing machine sculpture. I plan on adding time pieces and reminders that the use and focus of time is a primary goal for this sacred space. I ran into to a small problem when I could not get the cap off my super tight Goop glue for metals to adhere the letters onto the antique shaped sewing machine. I will get someone to assist me tomorrow and share the results.

I read an inspiring reading by Deepak Chopra this morning and it stayed with me all day.
What is is to be alive?
Surrender to be Alive
You can be alive as you want to be through the process known as surrender. This is the next step in conquering death. Surrender is the act of erasing the line between life and death entirely.
Surrender is...
Full attention
Appreciation of life's richness
Opening yourself to what is front of you
Non-judgement
Absence of ego
Humility
Being receptive to all possibilities
Allowing Love
----adapted from The Book of Secrets by Deepak Chopra

Imagine and Live in Peace, Mary Helen Fernandez Stewart