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Gratitude Friday is a weekly ritual I started in order to focus on all the small and big positive things that happened during my week. I invite you to join me, you’ll see how much being thankful can change your life. If you want to know more about it, read my introduction post.

I can’t believe it’s already a new week-end. Summer flies by, this year !

But here in Vancouver, we impatiently waited for summertime to kick. It finally arrived !

So this week, I am thankful for the heat I can finally feel on my skin, and allows me to wear lighter clothes.

Thank you very very much for the wonderful evening we had at the pool, and then at the japanese All You Can Eat we used to eat often last year.

Thank you because we love barbecueing, whereas it’s for lunch or for dinner.

I love seing people shine because it’s sunny and warm outside (and even if I live not that far from Forks, I know they are not vampires… kidding ! ;))

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I can’t believe I did this..:

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I am CRAZY ! I don’t know what emotion takes over the most: fear (of not doing in on time, of not being worthy, of wasting money and time…) or excitement (it’s a huge project !) ?!

Do you know about this ?

What it is about:
Art House co-op organizes this International project.

• You chose one of the several themes available (I had a hard time deciding but went for “Figuring You Out“). You can do what you want but it’s the red string in your sketchbook. You can decorate the cover, and everything you want as long as you don’t change the size for something too big, and you don’t use a lot of glitters. I love the fact that the themes can be interpreted in such a lot of ways, but it scares me as well.
• You chose the kind of Moleskine you want
• You have two more options available (for an extended cost): digitalize => they will digitalize your sketchbook for you so it will also be available online, I chose this option; you can decide after but it will cost twice the price; add a poster.

You check it out, enter your information and it’s done ! You receive an email of confirmation and then you’ll receive an email notification when your sketchbook has been sent. And voilà !

You have until January 15th 2011 to send your sketchbook back. Then, it will be part of this huuuuuuuuuge project, will tour the US and be part of the exhibition in Brooklyn where people will be able to see it, touch it etc.

What I like is that you have the possibility to know exactly where your sketchbook is, how many people touched it etc. Love love love !

More detailed informations on the project: The SketchBook Project 2011 features

PS: i can’t believe it !! my sketchbook has already been sent to me ! I’ll get it in about two weeks from now 😀

Today, Jamie‘s asking us What do you wish for your relationships?

I was one of the several “students” attending Kelly Rae Roberts first ever online class called Flying Lessons.

It was a growing five-week experience that I didn’t go through entirely now. It will take me some time to digest, and to apply all the informations learnt during this class.

But one thing I really realized during these weeks is the importance of the Tribe. Connecting with people having the same goals, the same dreams, even if it’s not exactly 100% the same.

I wish for my relationships to be trustful, sincere and win-win.
I want to help people grow as much (or mooore) as they have a place in my own evolution. We are all here for a reason and nothing happens just by coincidence, the good and the bad; everything is there to help us go on on our path.

I wish to be surrounded by people who believe in me, in my dreams, who cheers me up when doubts feel my Soul. I want to be there for people who need what I know by experience. I wish to grow stronger friendships. But I don’t want to be in the waiting of something regarding the relationships I have.
I just trust. And everything will fall into place when the time will be right for it.

Hello Lovelies !

By the 4 winds is a project I do with other women in our Journals. One subject, several points of view. If you want to know more about it, go there.

This week’s theme is DOUBT(s) ! Wola it’s getting harder…

I really love making backgrounds with just a word or a short sentence that inspires me, motivates me. And that is what I had in mind this week for the challenge.

My page is… chaotic, upside down, I don’t know where to look at first when I see it, but after all: it’s what happens when my Soul is ful of doubts. When I don’t know what to do, what to trust, in what direction I should go.

I had shades of grey in mind but finally, it does not show on my page. It’s funny how what I have in mind at first when I pick up a them is not always what I do at the end.
I decided to totally let go and just create an “intuition painting”: I put some black acrylic paint across the page, not caring about it getting everywhere smoothly and then just built layer after layer after layer of acrylic paint. What does Doubt have to say to me ? Do. Not.Over.Think.

Except the text, everything is made with acrylic paint. The quote is written with white acrylic ink.

The quote says “Doubt is the Beginning, not the End, of Wisdom”

This week, a lot of my co-journalers friends are in vacation, but I’ll update the page as soon as they create their page. But you can see what was already done (click on the image to go on the respective blog):

Sofiah

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Yesterday was a special day as it was the National holiday: Canada Day.

Everybody gets dressed in red and white, with temporary maple flag tattoos all over the body, just to show how proud they are to be there. And what I like the most is that nobody cares if you are born somewhere in Canada or if you made the choice to live there from anywhere in the world (and so you become an immigrant here), you just belong here.

So this week, I feel very thankful for being here and now, after about ten years thinking and planning it (yes, I was really young when I first was attracted by Canada).

Thank you for this perfect cohabitation between Nature and Modernism, as if for once, Human Beings let Nature be and made life around. We are surrounded by Nature all around, close to the Pacific Ocean, the mountains are seen as far as the eyes can see, the beach can be just a few steps away… It just takes my breath away every single day since we are here.

Thank you for all the warm people we meet, that engage talking with my girls or me, ask about us and are not shy aout sharing their own experience.

Thank you Universe for realizing my old dream, with my family.

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