Circle Journal time again....

When I say CJ time again - what I really mean I'm late, I'm late...eeek. Only a few days, but here, finally is my entry for Penny's (catslovelycats) journal "Smile". The journal theme is all about the things that inspire you or cheer you up when times are tough, things that we can pass on to Penny to use when her own days are hard going. I love the idea of this journal, and it's fascinating to read everyone else's entries.

My entry all all about Meditation, the art of mindfulness. Something that when it all starts to feel to much I turn to. I always sleep so much better and the world no longer seems impossible.

To create the pages I have used plain white card stock, distress inks (tea dye, scattered straw, broken china, vintage photo, shabby shutters, fired brick and peeled paint), Perfect Pearls (heirloom gold), Inkadinkadoo stamps - I think that's what they are... Tim Holtz spinners and chain and last but by no means least, two 7Gypsies tags.

Thanks for looking!

365 #16

Time for some peace and harmony with today's picture.

A number of years ago I went by myself to Kagyu Samye Ling, the first Tibetan Buddhist Centre in the West, to do a weekend long meditation course. It brought me a sense of peace that I had never had before. I have been a number of times to this extraordinary place of peace and tranquility.

My Buddha is a reminder of that sense of peace and everytime I look at him, I take a deep breath and allow a feeling of calm to flow through me.