What makes your heart sing?

I received an email the other day from a friend sharing a song that she had recorded. How cool is that!  I especially loved the song she picked from Ryan Adams (gave me a warm fuzzy flash back of when my husband and I first started dating), and how effortlessly she sang this song giving it her own style. I could tell that singing was something that spoke to her soul, and I started to wonder.... what am I doing to make my heart and soul sing?

Do you know what I mean? We all have certain things that ignite passion, creativity and purpose,  and when we do that something we feel inspired, recharged and nurtured on a deep level.

It is easy to let everyday life..... kids, cooking, cleaning, appointments, work etc... get in the way of making time to do the thing that would most benefit us, but I am working on re-prioritizing that.

I feel lucky to have a profession that I LOVE, and I work on a daily basis to make sure I am nourishing myself with non-food things like.... exercise, spending time with girlfriends, going for a walk, listening to music, or going to the movies (I love going to the movies). All these things are great and help to keep me in balance, but when I heard the song it triggered a feeling that something was missing.
I started brainstorming to figure out what things spark a light within me, and then asked myself why I am not doing it?

Here is what I came up with:

one of my fav past projects...
my version of a chakra system
 made using an old
Georgia O'Keeffe calendar

I love creating and doing art work... painting, collage, or really any design. I lived in art classes in high school, studied graphic design in college, but have let my need for perfection and "lack of time" allow me to loose sight of the enjoyment I get just thinking about, working on, and creating a project.
I need to do more artwork! 
This came clear to me recently when I started to become a little obsessed while coloring with my 3 year old son - I had so much fun with crayons that I didn't want to stop, and insisted that he please let me finish the page before we did anything else.

My goal is to start making time to work on something... whether it is cutting up an old calendar and making a collage (an old favorite), buying some new paints and brushes and starting a painting, or trying something new that I haven't done before..... perhaps I'll take a class!

What makes your heart sing?  Singing, writing, dancing, creating, running, riding, boating, helping, gardening, building.... the possibilities are endless.  Are you doing it?

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