Comments on: balance, what balance? http://dancingmermaid.com/blog/2008/08/04/balance-what-balance/ Musings by a mermaid Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:46:08 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: :::::::::::: wife mom maniac :::::::::::: http://dancingmermaid.com/blog/2008/08/04/balance-what-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-9284 :::::::::::: wife mom maniac :::::::::::: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:22:45 +0000 http://dancingmermaid.com/blog/2008/08/04/balance-what-balance/#comment-9284 I'm so grateful that I randomnly wandered in here tonight to read this, I need to. Thank you! I’m so grateful that I randomnly wandered in here tonight to read this, I need to. Thank you!

]]> By: erica http://dancingmermaid.com/blog/2008/08/04/balance-what-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-9037 erica Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:49:56 +0000 http://dancingmermaid.com/blog/2008/08/04/balance-what-balance/#comment-9037 OH MY MY MY!!! you sound EXACTLY like me! i am in a constant struggle~ you are amazing & i am so glad i found you! i will be back~ FOR CERTAIN! ~ i LOVE your rocks! inspiration! my 3 kids are at their grandparents for the weekend & I am spending the day in my studio (which has been NEGLECTED, big time! for months!)...first, 2 hours of yoga! then some "fReSh" in a glass, then CLEAN my studio....then, comes the BEST part....cReAtiNg! peace&love~ eRiCa p.s.. i'm going to add you 2 my favourite blogs & i'd love to feature your rocks & part of this story on my blog~ with your permission, of course! have a fabulous day! OH MY MY MY!!! you sound EXACTLY like me! i am in a constant struggle~ you are amazing & i am so glad i found you! i will be back~ FOR CERTAIN! ~ i LOVE your rocks! inspiration! my 3 kids are at their grandparents for the weekend & I am spending the day in my studio (which has been NEGLECTED, big time! for months!)…first, 2 hours of yoga! then some “fReSh” in a glass, then CLEAN my studio….then, comes the BEST part….cReAtiNg!
peace&love~
eRiCa
p.s.. i’m going to add you 2 my favourite blogs & i’d love to feature your rocks & part of this story on my blog~ with your permission, of course!
have a fabulous day!

]]> By: jessica http://dancingmermaid.com/blog/2008/08/04/balance-what-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-9031 jessica Fri, 08 Aug 2008 08:24:58 +0000 http://dancingmermaid.com/blog/2008/08/04/balance-what-balance/#comment-9031 thinking of you... thinking of you…

]]> By: collette http://dancingmermaid.com/blog/2008/08/04/balance-what-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-9027 collette Fri, 08 Aug 2008 03:16:04 +0000 http://dancingmermaid.com/blog/2008/08/04/balance-what-balance/#comment-9027 my mom has always gently reminded me how important being whole was. it's so true. we can't give much back, or nurture properly if we aren't whole. i have never commented here but visited before and i love how open you are about your journey. it's mind boggling how we put so much pressure on ourselves to be everything and in our heads do it perfectly. i'm at a point in my life where i'm so in awe of so many beautiful, creative and talented souls that i'm sort of feeling less because i don't put myself in that community, and i can and i am a creative soul and i have talent. i have to remind myself and keep exploring the possibilities and know that they are there for me too, not just the people i am inspired by. i never really thought about it in a "i'm not enough" way but that's really what it is and that's wrong. i am enough, thanks very much, and i needed to read those magical rocks. i conjured up a really lovely visual of you as a wee girl at your vacation home during quiet time. that's a beautiful image to see. it's so important to encourage quiet time. i fill myself up with a short walk to the local shops. evenif it means just getting some sunshine and fresh air. i read, get out and snap a photo just because, love my doggie just a little bit extra and for now pursue my love to create. even if it is a simple paper project, i'm trying to re-purpose materials i already have and use what's available. a lit candle and a hot bath never hurts either. my mom has always gently reminded me how important being whole was. it’s so true. we can’t give much back, or nurture properly if we aren’t whole.
i have never commented here but visited before and i love how open you are about your journey.
it’s mind boggling how we put so much pressure on ourselves to be everything and in our heads do it perfectly.
i’m at a point in my life where i’m so in awe of so many beautiful, creative
and talented souls that i’m sort of feeling less because i don’t put myself in that community, and i can and i am a creative soul and i have talent. i have to remind myself and keep exploring the possibilities and know that they are there for me too, not just the people i am inspired by.
i never really thought about it in a “i’m not enough” way but that’s really what it is and that’s wrong. i am enough, thanks very much, and i needed to read those magical rocks.
i conjured up a really lovely visual of you as a wee girl at your vacation home during quiet time. that’s a beautiful image to see. it’s so important to encourage quiet time.
i fill myself up with a short walk to the local shops. evenif it means just getting some sunshine and fresh air. i read, get out and snap a photo just because, love my doggie just a little bit extra and for now pursue my love to create. even if it is a simple paper project, i’m trying to re-purpose materials i already have and use what’s available. a lit candle and a hot bath never hurts either.

]]> By: melanie http://dancingmermaid.com/blog/2008/08/04/balance-what-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-9023 melanie Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:58:16 +0000 http://dancingmermaid.com/blog/2008/08/04/balance-what-balance/#comment-9023 for me the best recharge is found by being outside. preferably near water. lately though it has been finding a secluded place in the mountains and just being. another fave is painting or my photography. it is how i get to express myself without words. love it :) still working on the part of owning that 'i am enough'... for me the best recharge is found by being outside. preferably near water. lately though it has been finding a secluded place in the mountains and just being.

another fave is painting or my photography. it is how i get to express myself without words. love it :)

still working on the part of owning that ‘i am enough’…

]]> By: TexPat http://dancingmermaid.com/blog/2008/08/04/balance-what-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-9019 TexPat Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:43:40 +0000 http://dancingmermaid.com/blog/2008/08/04/balance-what-balance/#comment-9019 i love this post. i can really see so much of myself in it. normally i like to get in bed, wrap myself in the covers and say 'i forgive others, i forgive myself, i am enough, life is good' then i scream really loudly and throw the covers off. this normally helps for a few days. also, every morning when i wake up i like to say 'i am choosing to have a good day. i choose to be happy, i choose to be me, i choose to help others'. im all about repetitive-ness. :) i love this post. i can really see so much of myself in it. normally i like to get in bed, wrap myself in the covers and say ‘i forgive others, i forgive myself, i am enough, life is good’ then i scream really loudly and throw the covers off. this normally helps for a few days. also, every morning when i wake up i like to say ‘i am choosing to have a good day. i choose to be happy, i choose to be me, i choose to help others’. im all about repetitive-ness. :)

]]> By: michelle http://dancingmermaid.com/blog/2008/08/04/balance-what-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-9018 michelle Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:45:03 +0000 http://dancingmermaid.com/blog/2008/08/04/balance-what-balance/#comment-9018 arhhh thank you, you were talking of the same thing and im so glad i came and read this, sometimes i think its only me that feels this way, everyone else to me seems so balanced and whole, i know i am not, i am being gentle with myself or trying to, i think we all expect too much of ourselvess, well i know i do. im still searching for my whole self, i think it will happen, and ill be enough. slowing finding the lost me! this post was wonderful to read, im taking my son off to the beach for a swim this morning thankyou x x arhhh thank you, you were talking of the same thing and im so glad i came and read this, sometimes i think its only me that feels this way, everyone else to me seems so balanced and whole, i know i am not, i am being gentle with myself or trying to, i think we all expect too much of ourselvess, well i know i do.
im still searching for my whole self, i think it will happen, and ill be enough.
slowing finding the lost me!
this post was wonderful to read, im taking my son off to the beach for a swim this morning
thankyou x x

]]> By: Swirly http://dancingmermaid.com/blog/2008/08/04/balance-what-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-9017 Swirly Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:13:30 +0000 http://dancingmermaid.com/blog/2008/08/04/balance-what-balance/#comment-9017 This is soooo important, and something I struggle with aaaaaaaallll the time. Hence the use of many letters in a row. Just last week, after a what felt like a three day meltdown, I made a commitment to myself to let go, not take on more than I needed to, to do whatever I had to do to accept who I am at any given moment even if it falls short of the kind of person I strive to be (you know, PERFECT). I have to work at it every day, sometimes by the hour, but it is worth every effort....absolutely. This is soooo important, and something I struggle with aaaaaaaallll the time. Hence the use of many letters in a row. Just last week, after a what felt like a three day meltdown, I made a commitment to myself to let go, not take on more than I needed to, to do whatever I had to do to accept who I am at any given moment even if it falls short of the kind of person I strive to be (you know, PERFECT). I have to work at it every day, sometimes by the hour, but it is worth every effort….absolutely.

]]> By: boho girl http://dancingmermaid.com/blog/2008/08/04/balance-what-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-9013 boho girl Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:53:38 +0000 http://dancingmermaid.com/blog/2008/08/04/balance-what-balance/#comment-9013 this spoke to me on many levels. thank you...for helping me to not feel alone. love, d this spoke to me on many levels.
thank you…for helping me to not feel alone.

love,
d

]]> By: Eileen http://dancingmermaid.com/blog/2008/08/04/balance-what-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-9011 Eileen Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:08:36 +0000 http://dancingmermaid.com/blog/2008/08/04/balance-what-balance/#comment-9011 I am so f*&^ing enough!! I love this post and I want you to know I read it this morning before my yoga practice and I said it throughout the day.. thank you. Yoga has been my way of filling my soul back up so far. Savasana, meditation and the whole bit- it 's been a great way to recharge and center my day. I'm also looking forward to being creative with my paints and pencils in a week or so. Hopefully, we'll be going to the mountains to bask in nature a bit soon too. xoxo I am so f*&^ing enough!! I love this post and I want you to know I read it this morning before my yoga practice and I said it throughout the day.. thank you.

Yoga has been my way of filling my soul back up so far. Savasana, meditation and the whole bit- it ’s been a great way to recharge and center my day. I’m also looking forward to being creative with my paints and pencils in a week or so. Hopefully, we’ll be going to the mountains to bask in nature a bit soon too. xoxo

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