Robin Watercolors

First Robin watercolor 14 x 11













New Robin Watercolor 8x6
These watercolors are laminated and fit into trays
In Memory of Robin

Look!!!!!! there is Life In The Pit

First there are the zinnia's
and now there is him....Had I just walked by and not looked in, I would never have seen the life ie the zinnia's growing and blooming, and today the baby toad :)We must not allow fear to stop our discovery We must just look, in the dark corners, the deep recesses, the covered up places, the hidden shame, internalized shame, we have carried for so long, Is it even ours to carry? We need to look and examine the dark pits, and bring what we find into the light. to see it for what it is, to feel what that means...and to let it Go........It was never ours to bear.
Today I let go of shame ~ from the book that is becoming Kim ;)

Empathy

We find all the identification we need as we learn to understand and speak the language of empathy. To understand this special language, we listen with our hearts. The language of empathy uses few words; it feels more than it speaks. It doesn’t preach or lecture—it listens. It can reach out and touch the spirit of another addict without a single spoken word. ~ From Just For Today~

and the word...empathy- the experiencing as one's own of the feelings of another; also: the capacity for this

Heavenly Father's communication to me

Rescued From The Pit,..... Beauty Born of Adversity

Renewal

Miracles are surprises that come upon us because God's will for us is more creative and far reaching in its renewal than anything we can think of. ~ Touchstones~

This part of a daily meditation stands out to me, and calls to mind of a renewal that I just witnessed..... A large hole was dug in my yard, It really upset me this pit!, It seemed to me to really make my yard ugly and looked like the upheaval of my life was evident everywhere. I would find myself angry that when this pit was dug, this abyss, all of my zinnia's that I had planted this year, were destroyed in this process, that is all but one plant remained, I looked at it hopeless, and just let it die. I would always go to this pit and look into it, time and time again, there I would be looking into the hole.....so one day I look in, and to my absolute joy!!!!growing in the ugliness.....one perfect zinnia with a bud!!!!!out of the pit!!!! out of the doom, beauty.....pure and simple and true, perfectly beautiful, so every time I looked in after that I was beholding the zinnia and took no notice of the ugly pit! The other day I decided to rescue this miracle flower, fearing the day the dirt would be piled onto it, and that day it was in full bloom and to my wonderment another tiny plant had come up near by it. So both were rescued and planted into pots, and I am happy to say are both doing well, and even the new tiny plant had one perfect flower on it today......So I look at it all this way, God does give back to us what we have lost, maybe not in the exact same package, maybe this time in a wonderfully renewed form, and yes far beyond what we might have hoped for.......What a truly magnificent manifestation of his power, and his symbolism in nature, and especially in the way He communicates to each of us personally......If our hearts and minds are open.

Emotions....

Anger exists when particular conditions in our lives are not met as we had hoped.

We can get free of our anger, if we choose to take action appropriate to it. anger can be a healthy prompter of action, when no action is taken, ANGER turns INWARD, negatively influencing our PERCEPTIONS of all experiences, of human interaction.

perception- awareness of one's environment through physical sensation

Today I will Remember........

Today I will......... remember that I am powerless over others, today I will let each individual be who they are and remember each is a beloved son or daughter of our Heavenly Father. I will try to see them through the eyes of God, look at them as he sees them. I will remember that I have a right to my beliefs and allow them the same. Today I will not be judgmental or critical of myself or others. today I will remember to..........Let go and Let God
From the book of what is becoming Kim :D

Each Day's Newness

The only lessons that matter for our lives at this time will come to us today. Just as what we needed and were ready for yesterday came yesterday, tomorrow insures more of the same. Concerning ourselves with any other moment but the present prevents us from responding when "the teacher appears."

In years gone by, we perhaps hung onto yesterday's problems. We may still struggle to hang onto them. Or perhaps we try to see too far ahead. But we are learning that there is a right time for all growth. A right time for all experiences. And the right time may not fit our timetable. What doesn't come our way today, will come when the time is right. Each day we are granted just what is needed. We need not worry about the future. It will offer us whatever rightly comes next, but it can't do so until we have experienced these 24 hours before us.

There is wonder and joy awaiting me, each day. The growth I experience is just what is needed at this time. I am a student, and the teacher will appear.~ From the daily meditation Each Day A new Beginning

Conflict

I call this painting Conflict, because that is what it was to me
I couldn't wrap my mind around buildings and nature.
I was working it out for a mural, which I have now decided not to do, perhaps it was the conflict in me and not the painting after all.

Bearing Testimony

And the word for the day is
~ Acceptance- the act of acknowledging the truth of
Today is fast and testimony Sunday
I bore my testimony of the truth of The Book Of Mormon
As I sat there listening to the testimonies, I felt a stirring within
I continued to listen, and the feeling grew stronger....
I recognized it as the spirit prompting me to get up...
It continued ever stronger, and I was unable now to listen...
I found myself getting up and walking towards the front
my mind was searching for what I would say.........
I motioned someone to go before me and his strong spirit started to calm my pounding heart.......
I didn't hear his words it was his spirit,
and I started to pray and asked my Heavenly Father what he would have me say,
and asked him to give me what to say........
my hands were shaking, but the words came out
I talked of a scripture I had been working on memorizing
how I had come upon it while reading my chapter that day
how I stopped at that scripture, and wrote it out as many times as it took for me to memorize it
that when I thought I had it memorized, got on my knees to pray........
and quoting it to my Heavenly Father, I again stumbled, I reached for my scriptures,
and checked it where I had stumbled, It read And if men come unto me......
Yes that is the first part, I will show unto them their weakness..... that was it!!! I was saying I will show unto him my weakness, in that prayer He was showing me it was He, who would show me , not me showing him my weakness.....
and here the scripture Ether12:27
And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness;
I give unto men weakness, that they may be humble;
and my grace is sufficient for all men who humble themselves before me;
and if they humble themselves before me; and have faith in me;
then will I make weak things become strong unto them.
I also testified of how the Book of Mormon and the Bible are both the word of God, and that the same spirit is found in both. The Book of Mormon is another testament of Jesus Christ. I also testified that the missionaries found me; how God gathers his children;
and this missionary after he baptized me; was sent home
He found, taught and baptized me.... that was the end of his mission
I will forever be grateful to him
I thank my Heavenly Father for gathering me
I thank all the people in the church who have been so good to me
one family in particular the Goodsteins, have always been there for me
I closed my testimony in the name of Jesus Christ Amen
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