Positively Present...

As I clicked through the posts I wrote over the past year, I reflected on how far I've come since I started this blog.  So much has happened over the past twelve months. So much has changed, but, in many ways, so much of the good in my life has remained. The past year has taught me a great deal about myself and about the world around me. Every day I'm learning more and more about the person I am and the person I want to be. Every day I'm striving to live a life that is both positive and present. It isn't always easy, but every effort I make ends of being worth it. Thank you all for continuing to read the posts I write and for following me ...... http://hollysworkofheart.com/  as I embark on another year of my life.

work of heart.....

I cant believe how fast this last month has gone and the surprises that came with it.

I am working on moving my blog from this host to a new one, but I have so much going on that it will defintely be a process!  However, it will feel nice to start fresh.  I want to start living more selflessly so that maybe I can give back a small part of all of the gifts I have been given. I think the most incredible honor is positively impacting those around you. I have never felt that I lead an extraordinary life. I’m an ordinary girl and I go on about my days with passion for my life and the people in it. I’ve never been famous for anything and I don’t ever plan on it. I don’t have any exceptional talents but take pride in doing things I am passionate about. Sooo, check back and I will let you know when I'm ready to capture moments in life – immortalizing them, in a day and age where everything changes and nothing lasts forever.

Follow your heart...

Find a way. Take a leap of faith. Pray, dream big, imagine, believe. Follow your heart. If there’s anything I’m learning these days, it’s that life is far too short and far too precious to do anything less.

As much as I love the world of shoes, finding great deals and passing them along, blogging and photographing shoes ...I think all this has sparked a passion that I never realized, led me on a different path, viewing the world behind a lens.

stay tuned......

Wordless Wednesday. . . .

It's not easy being green.

I've recently come to the conclusion that for heathens like me, Green is the new Religion.

Seriously, nothing makes me feel more virtuous (and maybe the teensiest bit holier-than-thou) than refusing plastic bags or buying organic vegetables. Switching out part of my cosmetic arsenal for a product that won't lay waste to the planet or make my face fall off is accompanied by a small, sure glow in my heart. The feeling that I did the right thing.

Opting out of using pesticides in the yard? That's equivilant to 50 Hail Marys, or something. Buying dish detergent that isn't full of sulfates? Never mind love thy neighbour, I love the whole planet. Walking to work instead of driving?

Uh...I'm still working on that one
 
I love wandering through the isles of our local health food market. They have the most delicious smoothies, a fabulous bakery section chock full of goodies made without artificial colors, flavors, sweeteners, preservatives or trans fats. Their organic produce is beautiful and all the snacks for the kids are all natural with no crazy sounding chemicals in the ingredients.

For the past couple of months I have become a regular and I wish I could shop there for all my groceries. I love the whole experience, and I get a kick out of how mellow all the employees are. So Zen. They move slowly and with purpose as if they are filled with the peace and joy of the Buddha. It's my own little oasis of calm, nestled right down the street.

The only catch.... CHA-CHING!!

As I balanced the checkbook it became abundantly clear to me that my little healthy food addiction is going to put us in the poor house.

The gist of it is that it is just plain cheaper and easier to buy food that is bad for us.


Some possible solutions:

I could give up some things, like the gym, trips to World Market or getting my hair done every six weeks to finance my trips to Earth Fare, but I think we all know that I'm too shallow and selfish to do something that drastic.

I could get another job to pay for my new interest in pure, fresh, flavorful, cruelty free food.
I could build a greenhouse and a barn in the backyard and start growing my own veggies and harvesting my own milk and eggs. This could be big. I wouldn't even need to workout because I'd be so buff from picking strawberries and bailing hay. hahaha right.


or...I could get real and face the fact that I'm going to have to mix it up.

Some days we'll have to throw caution to the wind and eat chemically tainted apples, abused cows and piles of refined white sugar. We won't feel good about it, but at least we will be able to pay the mortgage every month.

When we start to get sluggish and chubby, we'll switch back to the healthy stuff.

I think I'm onto something here.

But Yay for me! Today is Wednesday..think I will head on downtown to the Farmers Market in search of fresh and tax free organic herbs, fruits, and vegetables.   A homeade doughnut or two never hurt anyone either...or did it?  Oh Well. Like I was saying...mix it up!!

In pursuit of being the healthiest girl in the poor house,

My future's so bright...that I live for today.

HellO.  I know I mention quite often about finding happiness in the simple pleasures of life.  I know. But, I also have realized that it's pretty difficult to live happily in the past or in the future. If now is all we.... have, why not Live. Happily. Now.?!?!

One of my daily reads in the blog world is 1000 Awesome Things  which is now a nationwide best selling book! Awesome!

Starting my day off with one thing to be thankful for is both thought provoking and inspiring.


So...this morning I saw this and just had to pass along. . . .



In pursuit of discovering all of the awesome things in my life,




P.S. The 1000 Awesome Things song by Collin Rainey is now on ITunes!! Just sayin...have a good day! : ) One more thing...double click on the video to watch on youtube. I couldn't embed the screen in full view for some reason!!