winns angels: solitude

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Sunday, June 6, 2010

retreat time

Every year in June I am very fortunate to go on a retreat at nearby Manitou Beach. I adore the solitude and opportunity to do art and writing. This year I am taking my sewing machine along and jewelry supplies. Of course I will also take a few paints.
I hope to return feeling refreshed and energetic. I know that inspiration is always close at hand.
May angels be with you.

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Job requirement: solitude - see windyangelsandyou

"To laugh is to risk appearing the fool. To weep is to risk being called sentimental. To reach out to another is to risk involvement. To expose feelings is to risk showing your true self. To place your ideas and your dreams before them is to risk being called naive. To love is to risk not being loved in return. To live is to risk dying. To hope is to risk despair, and to try is to risk failure.
But risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing and becomes nothing. He [or she] may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn and feel and change and grow and love and live. Chained by his certitudes, he is a slave, he's forfeited his freedom. Only the person who risks is truly free."

Dr. Leo Buscaglia