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Stepping into Laughter

November 3, 2015 by Rose Leave a Comment

Have you ever been called to do something totally outside of your “normal”, and then LISTENED?

I did and am I AM PROUD to say that I am one of the artists in The Divine Love Oracle Deck!!!!Halloween-Spread (2)

I loved, loved art in college, always was taking something usually some kind of printmaking…yet I can’t remember doing any art since.

Then 4 or 5 weeks ago I saw a post about a crowd sourced and crowd funded oracle deck and without thinking I wrote something like. “This sounds like fun, let me know if you have any spots left.” Now, I have just started to use oracle decks, I find them a great tool for tapping into your own intuition, but I have never contemplated being involved with making a deck or talking about oracle. Logically I am a baby at the use of this tool but I didn’t worry because it seemed like the deck was already pretty complete.

Much to my surprize Amethyst Mahoney responded right away that a couple of cards were still open including “Laughter” and then I knew this was divine timing. If you have meet me in person or watched any of my videos you know I am a person who laughs and cries easily and frequently.

In middle school I was afraid of creating laughter. I really didn’t know anymore that people could be laughing with you. I always felt like they were laughing at me. I grew smaller and smaller. Then a met a lovely lady in my youth group, Reese.  Reese accepted me for who I was: a serious, silly, earnest person who always wanted to be helping and doing. Life was fun again. And we laughed long and hard at times. We worked long and hard at times. Often we laughed while we were working.  Life still wasn’t easy but it was easier. 

Now, I believe that the universe has a sense of humor you can see if you are willing to look. I believe laughing at the absurd is so much better than crying or raging. There is nothing more refreshing than a full body laugh surrounded by friends. I believe remembering to stop working and see the brighter side of life can make you more efficient and effective. In all laugher is a large part of my life now. I even love to make my lead laugh while social dancing west coast swing.

Laughter was the perfect subject for me. And then the fear came….

The fear slowed me down. I procrastinated. I didn’t learn the software. I didn’t have anything except a design in my mind. I knew what I wanted the card to look like but had not done anything to make it a reality.

I thought I had more time but then I realized the card was late. I had to do my card in one night. My husband opened Photoshop for me. Learned to use hubby’s tablet. I tried to draw the laughing face I saw in my mind over and over again. I had something I liked…then the computer crashed. I had to start over. My husband wanted to help me so badly. He offered to fix my drawing. But I knew this had to be my art. I got something I liked.  Yay!

Then for the rays. I had to learn to use photoshop. I couldn’t get what was in my head to show up in the design. I had to settle…My perfectionist hates to settle. Then I added the background photo and a different background photo, and another, and another. I didn’t love any of them. I had 3 that were ok. But I had run out of time…

My fear was strong and I wanted to quit. I couldn’t decide which version to send or even if I should send one. But once I make a commitment I really try hard not to back out. I finally told myself “Someone has to have the least creative card. This time it is going to be you.” That’s how I finally talked myself into sending the card into Amethyst. But I still could not decide which one. So I was embarrassed but I left the choice up to her.

She picked the card I was afraid was too boring. It was the one that hubby picked too. A couple of weeks ago watching Amethyst and one of the other artist go through the deck, that artist pointed out my card as one she loved.  And I am laughing as I write this.  We can make things so hard on ourselves. I can be absurd and stubborn but laughter won. It was all worth it!

I am proud to be part of this amazing group of artist bringing you a wonderful tool to tap into your intuition. I would love it if you shared this amazing project or if you are so called purchase a set. I can’t wait to get my Divine Love Oracle Cards!

 

Filed Under: Gratitude, Mindfulness, Products I Love

Are You Open?

October 25, 2013 by Rose 6 Comments

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Are you open to meeting the love of your life or your new best friend?

I hear many adults complain about how hard it is to find a life partner or even a new friend. I can certainly relate.  I have been known to say that once you are out of school it is much harder to get close to new people, and it is.  School is the perfect place to spend time with someone over and over again and to get to know them without having to purposely set up times to see someone.

However, I have to say I loved dating!  So much so that sometimes I wish I would have done a little more dating.  I got married to my high school sweetheart at 20 and then after my divorce I only dated about 6 months before I meet my true love.  I know I didn’t have a chance to get really tired of the whole thing but I also think that the way the I went into dating made all the difference, although at the time I was doing it for completely different reasons.

After the divorce I didn’t trust my instincts and wanted to make sure that I didn’t fall into dating a person that “felt right” because the feeling was familiar, i.e. like my ex. Also I wanted to take advantage of the powerful, wonderful feeling I had from taking control of my life.  I honestly, had decided that being alone for the rest of my life was fine, but I like masculine energy. So I decided about 6 months after asking for a divorce to start dating but I gave myself some strict rules:

  • No focusing on one person, this was a time to explore and so I let everyone I dated know that they were only one of the people I was dating.  This particular rule lead me to the first person I had a date with who was also not interested in anything serious and we dated the entire time I was dating.  We are friends today and I love him dearly.
  • No sex.  I knew myself and that was a sure way for me to get serious.
  • The third and I think most important rule for this discussion was: Say YES to EVERY first date. If someone was brave enough to ask me out I said yes.  I said yes to a 20 something, pot-smoking, glass blower.  I said yes to a 60-something Harley-rider. You get the idea.

Each time I time I went out on a date my only plan was to have a good time and to get to know the person I was with and myself a little bit more.  It worked.

I learned a ton about myself and who I want to be around.  It was an awesome experience.  I can’t say that there were no tough times.  I got pulled into some passive aggressive behavior with someone, which threw my brain into some old patterns. However, I got myself out within a week and I was so PROUD that I had figured it out and gotten out. I went on dates were I was uncomfortably liked right away, and dates were we had nothing to talk about. Each was a learning experience.

The best part of all of these rules was that they left me open to the LOVE OF MY LIFE. At the time we meet again was working as VFX artist in Los Angeles.  If I had been looking for a partner and not just experiences at that time I would have not “wasted” my time with someone from LA.  I knew I would not move away, my child and his father and I all need to live close together. The film industry is in LA so he “couldn’t” move…..See how I could have rationalized not even getting to know this person better?

Last night was our 5 year anniversary of the first time he flew to Seattle to see me.  Now, he lives in Seattle with me and has found his own creative community here.

So what did I learn from all of this?

  • Be open to what the universe has to offer.
  • Be more into the experience than the outcome.
  • Don’t over think new relationships. Don’t overanalyze, go with the flow.
  • Say yes to new people in your life. You never know they could be a great new friend or the love of your life.

Now for the hard part, taking those lessons and bringing them into parts the business and financial parts of my life.  Ok universe, opening myself up to what you have to offer.

Filed Under: Gratitude, Mindfulness

Gratitude

October 1, 2012 by Rose 2 Comments

Gratitude is one of the most under-rated ways to change your thinking and your life for the better!

Therefore, I am dedicating this post and the comments on it to gratitude.  Let’s share our gratitude!  I will post again later with excerpts from your comments or quote suggestions, so please share.

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.
It turns what we have into enough, and more.
It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity.
It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.
~Melody Beattie

 

I will start:  I am grateful to live in a world where I can sit at my desk and talk to people from so many different places.  What an amazing wealth of information and experience is available to all of us if we chose to seek it!  Thank you all for being part of this amazing web of knowledge.

Filed Under: Gratitude Tagged With: gratitude, mindfulness, thoughts

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