Color Woke Me Up!
I always LOVE thinking of words to hand letter.
They always UPlift me and they ALWAYS connect me to a (much needed!) message from my higher self.
But, for the most part, I don’t really “think” about them, they always just come to me out of nowhere.
Like, a few weeks back, I was in the shower, and I started thinking about how I wasn’t sure if I wanted to get back online and share my creativity message, especially when it comes to social media.
I’ve always had this struggle with getting back online, ever since I took a huge break years ago.
I want to share my creativity message SO very badly, but when I get back online, it’s just SO noisy and overwhelming and my mindset just goes to crap…comparing, judging, not thinking I’m enough or that I’m not creative enough…blah blah blah.
I honestly don’t like who I become when I’m spending a large amount of time scrolling my phone.
So I tend to go back and forth with making my decision to going back online and on socials to share myself and my creativity message.
I also think a lot about how much I miss how it was before social media came into my life.
Just reading blogs and commenting on a blogs was so calm and relaxing.
Because I could just focus on thing at a time…the actual blog post instead of a million things to focus on all at once and all so fast.
I’m talking to you social media! Good lord it gets to be too much…and half the time I go on there and get sucked in right away looking at things that I totally didn’t even go on there to look at. And then I’m saying to myself, “Wait, what did I come on here to look at again?” It’s nuts!
Then, after those thoughts, I’ll think, “No one really wants to read about me just talking about myself and how creativity helps my stress.”
And then I decide to just go back to living my life where no one needs to see it because it just feels calmer that way.
But then, that day in the shower, I started thinking about ALL the people that do share and then ALL that the people that don’t.
And that ALL of us have COLOR inside of us…COLOR meaning…gifts, talents and CREATIVITY that people ARE sharing and that those of us who aren’t…SHOULD BE!!
And then I remembered something that I’ve know for years, thanks to my spiritual teacher, Michael Bernard Beckwith at Agape.
That WE are ALL born with unique gifts, talents and CREATIVITY that lives inside of us.
I’ve ALWAYS believed that that’s the reason WHY we were ALL given this amazing opportunity to BE a human being.
Have you ever heard Gary Vee talk about GRATITUDE and how we humans need to BE grateful that we are a human being because “THE ODDS OF BECOMING A HUMAN BEING is 400,000,000,000,000 TO 1?” - via Gary Vee’s twitter.
OH MY GOSH, he has SO many gifts and talents that he shares and that I LOVE, but this message of his is the one gift of his that I LOVE most!! Because I need this reminder, daily!!
It’s so easy for me to get caught up in the self-doubt, the negativity and the crap of the world (like he says, dwelling on the shit!), but this message takes all of that away…every single time I listen to it!
He has SO many videos on this topic, but his most recent one on it is my absolute favorite.
So, yeah…when it comes to this special gift of BEing a HUMAN BEING that all of us human beings were given and the word COLOR, I connected with the most awesome message while thinking about it and CREATING it.
That we ALL have the most unique COLOR on the outside of us that we must share every single day with the world (that I get very, very upset about when I see people being mistreated for because it’s 100% wrong to be treated for the COLOR we were born with and that has every right to be shared equally in this world!!), and we ALL have the most unique COLOR on the inside of us that we must share with the world every single day, too!!
WE MUST SHARE OUR INNER GIFTS, TALENTS AND CREATIVITY!!!!
I mean, imagine if a singer never sang, a musician never played an instrument, a writer never wrote words, a teacher never taught a lesson, a doctor never saved a person’s life, a hairstylist never cut someone’s hair, a child never jumped, laughed, skipped or hugged, a chef never cooked food, a baker never baked, a construction worker never built, a photographer never took a picture, an engineer never designed, a psychologist never helped mental and emotional struggles, an actor never acted…even though, deep inside of them, they heard an inner calling, to do just that, every single day of their lives.
We’d never get to FEEL what we get to FEEL when other human beings share their gifts, talents and CREATIVITY…their COLOR…with us…with the world!!
Ever been to a live concert? Standing in a large audience and everyone is singing and dancing and smiling and clapping and screaming wooohooo while the songs are being played (by a human being or human beings!!!)?
Ever been to a broadway show? Watching a performance (by human beings!!!) for a few hours that gets you out of your head for a bit and when it’s over everyone stands UP and claps and feels SO UPlifted by what they just saw and the energy all around them?
Ever been to a doctor (a human being!!) and they tell you that they can help you with whatever health struggles you’ve been having with for years and they do?
Ever finish watching a TV show or a movie (that was written and acted by human beings!!) that left you on a high and that you couldn’t stop thinking about or smiling about for days because you loved it SO much?
Ever read a book (that was written by a human being!!!) that helped you figure out a struggle that you were having and that inspired you to be a better person or made you feel like you’re not the only person who went through life struggles and made it out on the other side?
Ever heard a child (a human being!!!) sing at the top of their lungs because they LOVE to sing and they don’t care if anyone around them hears?
If you’re like me, I bet you’re saying, “YESSS!!! YESSS!!! YESSS!!! YESSS!!! YESSS!!! YESSS!!” to all of those and SO many more!
That is the COLOR that lives inside each and every one of those people!!
And that unique COLOR that lives inside. of ME and YOU, too!!
I mean, oh my gosh, I don’t even want to know what this world would be like if no one shared their inner gifts, talents and CREATIVITY with the world. I know the world can seem like it’s already drowning in sorrow, but honestly, when you really look around…it’s not. The world is FULL of human beings sharing their inner gifts, talents and CREATIVITY.
And if we’re not, we better get to it! ASAP!! Because it’s SO needed and it’s what makes the world go round! Every human being has an inner gift, talent and CREATIVE SPARK that helps at least one human being, but, actually, every human being has inner gifts, talents and CREATIVITY that help MANY human beings!! It’s absolutely incredible!!
Yes we all have different COLOR inside of us.
But it’s this inner COLOR, that once it’s connected with and shared on the outside of us, IS what lifts others up, helps others with their inner struggles and absolutely connects us to each other.
But most of all, it’s this COLOR, that lives inside of ME, that once I start connecting with, and once I start sharing it with the world, I will FEEL lifted UP, my inner struggles won’t feel as bad, and I will absolutely BE connected to who I AM and what I LOVE no matter how much crap is happening in the world.
And that’s how it all starts!! With ME, connecting to my inner COLOR so it can UPlift me and then UPlift others and then UPlift the world!!
And if we didn’t share our inner gifts, talents and CREATIVITY that lives inside of us…that we were born with….the world would be such a depressing place than it already feels like it is these days.
And that’s what came to me when the word COLOR came to my mind that day in the shower.
I started thinking about how I do LOVE seeing what everyone CREATES on social media. It’s the reason why I can’t stay away.
Because everyone has THE MOST unique and amazing gifts, talents and CREATIVITY inside of them, that they’re sharing them on there.
And then I thought, so do I!
I have to share my inner COLOR with the world!!!
Because, just like everyone else, I have a unique way that I see the world and that I believe helps make the world a better place.
And I’d hate to look back on my life and regret not ever sharing that.
And honestly, I think God and Gary Vee would be SO mad at me if I didn’t. Ha!
I’m one in 400,000,000,000,000!!
ME!! I get to be here!!
And I came here with COLOR inside of me that is meant to be shared!!
And that COLOR is MY CREATIVITY
And all the gifts I’ve been given from all of the struggles I’ve been through so far!!
Because my life struggles helped me find MY CREATIVITY and connected me more to my inner gifts and talents!!
Every day, my higher self yells at me to stop keeping my inner COLOR inside of me and to START sharing it with the outside world.
It used to just whisper at me, but now it yells at me! Ha!
But now, after the word COLOR came to me, and connecting to it in this way, instead of letting my left brain thoughts get in the way (like blogging and social media just isn’t the same anymore and I wish it was still like it was 10 years ago…when it was just blogging and no social media existed!! Ha!), I’m 100% ready to move forward with sharing MY CREATIVITY online again!!
This is WHY I love hand lettering…the more I trace an UPlifting word like this the more it sticks in my head.
I can see it. I can vision it. And then when I see it and think about it in my head, I’m immediately reminded of the AMAZING, POSITIVE and MOTIVATING message that came through from my higher self!
To take action NOW and to start sharing my inner gifts, talents and CREATIVITY with the world again!
To share my inner COLOR!
Because that’s WHY I’m a human being. That’s WHY I was born. That’s WHY I AM here. Because these inner gifts, talents and CREATIVITY that’s inside of me (that did take me some time to truly connect with…but looking back, was always there) and YOU…is what connects me to you…and you to me…and what makes this world a better place!!
I mean, don’t you feel connected to everyone around you when you’re at your favorite band’s concert? Or when you talk to someone about the last episode of the TV show you both watch and love?
I do!!
That’s the power of human being gifts, talents and CREATIVITY….connecting ALL of us, human beings, in the world.
So, yeah…now…because of this COLOR moment in the shower that I had and then CREATING COLOR with a sharpie and watercolor…nothing…
And I mean, NOTHING!!!, is holding ME (and I hope you, too!) back!!
I AM SOUL GRATEFUL that COLOR came to me that day in the shower.
Don’t you love it when that happens? When life struggles get solved in the shower!? LOL! It’s the best!!
Because as soon as I started thinking about it and CREATING it through hand lettering and water color painting, my higher self kicked in with the BEST message ever!
Literally!!! I needed this kick in the pants!! Because I’ve been struggling for two years now with sharing my creativity again.
And now, here I am, back with my name as my website URL again, ready to leave my inner COLOR mark on the world!!
Because, yes…I AM SOUL GRATEFUL TO BE A HUMAN BEING with SO MANY INNER GIFTS, TALENTS AND CREATIVITY TO SHARE WITH THE WORLD!!!!
Thank you, God!
I AM SOUL VERY GRATEFUL you choose ME to BE here!!
I mean…one in 400,000,000,000,000…that’s pretty freaking awesome and oh, so powerful when I think about it.
I mean, s@&t!! I better be listening to what calls out to me from within and acting on it. Because I was the ONE chosen to be here and I was the ONE chosen to have these gifts, talents and CREATIVITY that lives inside of me.
And I should be damn PROUD to share it, just like every kid in the world is…and just like how I used to BE when I was a kid!!
Young children never struggle with sharing their inner gifts, talents and CREATIVITY with the world!
And nothing on the outside should make me FEEL different about it, either!
YAASSSSSSSS!!!!!!
It would be an absolute waste of my life if I never shared it. If I look back on my life, knowing that I never took action to share the COLOR that was living and calling out to me to do every single day…I would absolutely REGRET it!!
I would CRY! I just know it! And I would wish I could go back in time so I could go back and share. Something that I don’t want to EVER happen!
So, THANK YOU, CREATIVITY!!
THANK YOU, UPlifting hand lettering words!!
And THANK YOU, shower for waking me the F**K up!!!!! :):)
I was in MAJOR need of connecting to this message!!
Now, let’s do this!!
But, I think I already have…hence this post and all the other one’s I have lined up and ready to go!!
Because COLOR woke me the F**K up!!! :):):)
And now it’s time to COLOR the world with it!!
YESSSSSSSS!!!!! and WOOOHOOOO!!!
Until next time…
Why do I hand letter uplifting words? Because it easily calms the negative and stressed-out thoughts my mind, ignites my inner kid joy and slows me down so I can connect more (and share more!) to my inner gifts, talent’s and CREATIVITY (something that's hard to do when my mind is running 100 miles ahead or behind the present moment...especially during a global pandemic!) and truly focus on what matters most in my life (my kids and my husband!) and all the GOOD that fills it!
Creativity CALMs my mind, ignites my JOY and slows me down so I can SAVOR everything I LOVE in my life.
Who I am is what I love...SAVOR it!
