Deer me

​I have been doing some thinking today. I personally like to live in gratitude. Now after a long time it is easy to live like that. I am always grateful for life, for friends, for love, for my family etc. The harder thing I am trying to live from is in forgiveness. There have been several times where my children have come from their hearts and embraced forgiveness. They did it easily and with such kindness. I admire my children for this. I find that I would love to embrace all that is painful and wear it as a badge of life, but I find that that is also a great scar that irritates your soul. So with my meditations of this year, and probably forever, forgiveness will be another embraced theme, also known as letting go.

The deer though strong has a softness and grace with which it moves through life. It may be attacked by predators but it races to hopefully safety with grace and then continues on with life. The deer learned lesson but seemingly continues to move forward with its own direction and purpose flowingly, gently, gracefully. I am in process of doing the same. I don't want to "work" to forgive, just letting go, learn lessons, and carry on. I don't need to carry the burden of blame, hate etc. I let go and move forward.

What is your challenge that you are working with and how are you striving to deal with it. Move forward gently and with kindness for others but also for yourself.

This painting is A3, canson multimedia paper, Dr. Ph Martin Hydrus paint, rotring black ink, and white unibal gel pen.