“Edible” Arrangements

You are not your breakdown.⁣ You are not your fire.⁣ You are not even the vehicle which has been forced to a complete stop.⁣ ⁣ You are the very Roadtrip in which all kind of fantastical experiences occur.⁣ One day, you will treasure them all.⁣ ⁣

May I not punish myself for failing to be the image of perfection my calculating mind has constructed success to be. ⁣ ⁣ I, right now, am an unforeseen miracle of Existence… and to deny that is the original sin at the heart of all destruction.⁣ ⁣

May I have the same wonder in the gift of my existence as I do when I look at the stars... because I am, in fact, ⁣ made of the same glorious elements. ⁣ ⁣

It is folly to attempt to control the vast mysterious Sea. You will be shipwrecked in no time.⁣ ⁣ But it is wisdom to learn how to implicitly trust the vast mysterious Sea. All adventures begin with this surrender.⁣ ⁣

What happens when you get to the end of all that you had envisioned is that you receive a new set eyes. What happens on the other side of a death of a dream is you receive a new perspective. What is the power of dying and resurrecting if not a new way of seeing everything?

“And God said, ⁣ ⁣ ‘Love your enemy,’⁣ ⁣ and I obeyed Him⁣ ⁣ and loved myself.”⁣ - Khalil Gibran⁣ ⁣ ⁣

Love this!

Newness is possible.

Current self portrait.⁣ ****⁣ ⁣ Slow and steady wins the race.⁣ ****⁣ What it’s like to have ambition and be a parent of three small children.⁣ ⁣ ⁣

⁣ ⁣ There’s grace for your pace.⁣ ⁣ How you thought it’d launch⁣ compared to how launching feels⁣ can be very different experiences.⁣ ⁣ So much is out of your control when you decide to take that leap of faith.⁣ ⁣

⁣ ⁣ Beloved, ⁣ if it feels hard…⁣ it’s because it is.⁣ ⁣ But please…⁣ please⁣ please⁣ please….⁣ Keep trying. ⁣ ⁣ ⁣

Current artist self portrait.⁣ Gotta know a lot of little things to make a little something.⁣ What’s your make up?⁣ Good luck in your lot of little things today. ⁣

A gift !!!! Scott Erickson

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