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Réduire
Non mais, m’avez vous déjà vu passer autant de temps sans bloguer?
Je réduis, réduis et réduis, pour me concentrer à l’essentiel, juste l’essentiel, ce qui me rend heureuse. Écrire ici, partager, n’est pour l’instant pas aussi important que de profiter de l’été, des fleurs, des oiseaux, de la nature qui est bien en vie.
Je passe des heures à écrire, à réflechir, à lire, à observer ceux qui autour de moi courent dans tout les sens pendant que moi, à reculons, je réduis.
Je réduis. Plus de médias - imprimés, web, radio, télé - et soudainement, j’ai pleins de temps. Et que j’en entende plus un me dire que le temps manque, parce qu’il est là votre temps : dans la télé, dans les magazines, dans les heures à fureter sur le web, dans les heures passées à lire et répondre aux courriels, à attendre dans le traffic, à travailler 10 heures par jours parce que si vous avez du temps, vous savez que commencerez soudainement à angoisser.
Du temps, il y en a plein, mais à observer les gens de la ville, je me rend bien compte que personne n’en veux vraiment.
Du temps j’en trouve soudainement partout, juste assez pour pratiquer quelques minutes de silence et de calme, voir où j’en suis, où je veux aller, voir le soleil qui brille et la lune qui tourne autour de nous, les étoiles qui sont là dans un ciel qui contient tellement de mystère…
Chaque jours, il y a plein de temps pour vous, mais vous courrez tellement que vous oubliez que vous avez tous des choix…
Jusqu’à mon prochain retour ici, bonnes vacances!
Dare
Last week, Andrea asked, Where in your life can you invest in yourself and in your dreams?
Answers started to get out of my head easily, since living my dreams is almost an obsession: i run my own small human business, so to be independent from time and place, i put as much time as i can into my creative projects (Creacamp, my blog, my art, …), into my body & mind researchs, and i try to fit in every opportunity to travel.
I thrive on freedom in many ways, and try to grab as much as i can: being happy is my contribution to make this world a better place.
Ok, but my mind still ask ‘m-c, where in your life can you invest MORE in yourself and in your dreams?‘
What, wait, isn’t what i am already doing? Isn’t that enough? hm, do you mean, i could get… more?
It seems like i’ve set an invisible limit, somewhere hitted a wall, as if getting more would make me guilty of too much joy.
How could i dare being different and having more than the average?
How could i dare having more free time, money, traveling, fun, play, success, beauty, magic? How could i dare having so much icing on my cake while everyone around is so desesparately running for a little tiny bit of free time for themselves?
I can. Only I can give myself the final approval, the OK stamp to get more of what i already have, of what i already love. The idea that others will suffer, point and judge me for being shinny-happy and prosperous is an old and dirty controlling belief, which I must get rid of - this takes time, and has to be worked on consciously, on a regular basis.
Here i go, i almost forgot that i could get more! Staying with an average, acceptable happiness, i trapped myself again in a system of limited beliefs, afraid to be different and to disturb people around me.
Happiness should always be worked on, one step at a time, always moving forward, with clear thoughts, and actions.
Where in your life can you invest in yourself and in your dreams?
Monday
Today i wish for everyone to let their doubts a little on the side, and create space for trust: trust in yourself, in your feelings, hunch, guts and dreams.
Le temps file, et moi aussi
Je sais que je ne suis pas très présente ici, je travaille sur un projet hyper important - celui d’en faire le moins possible, de balayer les soucis, et de profiter de la vie.
Vu dans mes stats, Marianne des Moquettes Coquettes me place dans son top 5, je suis flattée!
Aussi, j’arbore maintenant officiellement le look New Yorker vivant à Montréal, car je suis l’heureuse acquisitrice d’une monture achetée à NY, que je porte comme un bijou, fière de déranger dans un univers remplis de beige et de gris.
J’ai l’impression que cette 33ième année de vie amorcée vendredi dernier me verra enfin changer la palette de couleur adopté pour mes 16 ans: le noir quitte lentement mes tiroirs, ça doit être mes chakras qui sont enfin bien enlignés, après toutes ces années de yoga.
Et que dire de la température, sinon qu’il vaut mieux éviter le sujet.
Sur ce, je vous reviens plus tard, avec des thématiques sans doute pigées dans ma liste de sujets à traiter ici, car malgré moi, le temps me manque pour vous entretenir des choses qui m’animent c’est temps-ci:
- achat ou location de voiture (être proprio ou louer communauto? À suivre, nos péripéties dans un monde où auto semble rhymer avec égo)
- la méditation (j’ai débuté, mollo, mais oh que ça déménage d’être assise en indien pendant 30 minutes avec une image de paix en tête - eh oui, cela gracieuseté de Eat, Pray, Love - à vous procurer sans faute, la version franco Mange, prie, aime est en magasins!)
- comment rouler une entreprise sans y laisser sa peau et son moral - après 3 ans, Meïdia est en restructuration pour rouler mieux et plus vite
- je prépare la vente de mes créations car je serai sur place au Fringe Bazaar le 21 et 22 juin pour vendre mes livres signés et dédicacés, illustrations, aimants, et de nouveaux items dont je parlerai sous peu!
Et finalement, le livre The 4-Hour Workweek est un autre bijou de découverte qui me tient compagnie plusieurs heures par jour, accrochée comme une junkie qui veut sa dose.
Je reviendrai sur chacun de ces sujets, en tant et lieux - d’ici là, respirez!
ps: la question à répondre cette semaine, dans la colonne de droite - Are you working on making your dreams come true? J’attend vos réponses!
Another birthday on the way
Some days left before i’ll turn double-three, on the thirty.
I am trying to spend this week consciously, with time for myself everyday. I know its not like i dont already have this habit of regularly taking time off for myself, but this week it has peaked at priority #1, since my birthday is always the best time for me to stop and send my dream wishes up to the sky, the universe, the cosmos, and whatever there is after the cosmos.
Only, i’ve got no idea of what gift to get to myself - for the first time in my life, i can say i’ve got everything i want, since i lately took the habit to just go-and-get-what-i-want. What i wish now is more free time and travels, and all the freedom i can get in all areas of my life. I dream of a safari, of time spent in nature, of countries i’ve seen only virtually. I’m dreaming of a life where there is no borders, but harmony in every details.
Of course flowers and dinners have and will always be welcomed for this special day, but the greatest gift will still be to come, hopefully soon. ’till then, i’ll wish for some Superhero joy necklace and colorful bracelets to find their way to me! 
Freeing the lion
I’ve got so much to write, and dont know where to start, dont know if everything is really meant to be shared here - i dont think so.
Pictures and reflections about my last trip to New York might come soon. As it always happen when i travel, a wonderful new energy has infused me, sparkled by this one week off from busy-ness and worries.
Right now, i am busy using this new creative energy to clean my soul off from accumulated dust.
Letting go
I’ve been lately asking the universe for changes. Changes outside - more movement, excitement, aliveness - and changes inside me. I’ve been working on shining light on some of the beliefs which keep me away from the outside changes i wish to see, so i can transform these same beliefs and move on.
Since then, i can feel change is happening. Nothing that could be seen on the outside, but i feel i am slowly starting to learn to manage many things at the same time, something which have been sucking energy out of me for years.
I am getting to realize that what i want is to be Productive, and Wise at the same time. Take actions, but stay loose and confident that all will fall in place, even without me watching over every details.
I am learning that if i can trust the force - the one which i can see in action in nature, the one which is taking care of everything everyday without any human noticing - this trust will be one of my best investments in life. The Jedi knew it.
I now look at my agenda and can see that there’s much going on (hence the slow posting lately), yet i dont feel like a headless running chick as i would usually do. I see i can do so much, but i’m learning to let go.
It is my wish not to waste my energy at trying to have everything in control - and believe me, this is the major shift i am going through - taking action towards what i want, and at some point just relax and let go because i can’t have my hands on everything, i cant have control over other people’s thoughts, and i cant match the clock’s spinning.
I must rely that while i take my time to be fully into the fun parts of what i do, working or in the bathtub, the universe is taking care of the details, watching over me, preparing the road so i can move on. The good news is, it can do the same for you.
Earth day, do something
Se re-poser
Trop de gens l’ont oublié. Ralentissez, respirez, jouez!
Winter is over
This is a picture we took 2 years ago, when Chris landed in america for the first time. I love this picture, for I look a little lost, and Chris looks like he’s just about to direct an orchestra.
I love this picture because it remembers me of crisp & clear details of the start of our relationship, but I doubt we will celebrate his arrival by eating ice cream at the same time this year…
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