November 28, 2023

There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.

Epictetus

November 17, 2023

We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.

 

Dalai Lama

 

 

October 9, 2023

In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.

 

Robert Frost

September 18, 2023

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

 

Mahatma Gandhi

August 26, 2023

A person has to remember that the road to success is always under construction. You have to get that through your head. That it is not easy becoming successful.

 

Steve Harvey

August 2, 2023

Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory. Instead, forgiving what we cannot forget creates a new way to remember. We change the memory of our past into a hope for our future.

 

Lewis B. Smedes

 

 

March 24, 2023

I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition.

Martha Washington

February 16, 2023

Some people say I have attitude – maybe I do… but I think you have to. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does – that makes you a winner right there.

 

Venus Williams

January 9, 2023

This year is all about Happiness — finding mine and helping you find yours. It’s inside. We only have to search ourselves.

 

Jacki Kelly

THE EVERYDAY ARTIST

I know this might sound crazy, but it only dawned on me this year that I am an artist. No, I didn’t look up the definition and make that decision. Nobody tapped me on the shoulder and proclaimed it for me. I only had to look around my house to see the evidence everywhere.

You, too, may have a talent or skill that it’s time to acknowledge. It’s time to do a complete self-analysis and embrace everything that makes us unique.

I’ve been painting, drawing, writing, journaling, and creating since I could hold a pencil. But only recently have I accepted that even my doddle counts as art if I want them to. So, I’m choosing to embrace all my creative outlets, which include more than my writing.

I will include more in my Newsletter than just my writing side. I want to publicize the other things that wake up my muse and get the creative juices flowing. Now I accept the word ‘artist’ is broader than I ever imagined, and by not seeing the whole picture, I lived in constraints that hampered my creativity.

 

Along with this newfound knowledge came the realization that I fuel my creativity in several ways connected in one form or another. I can’t recognize one and ignore all the others because, on most days, I do more of the other stuff than I do writing. In the past, I never gave myself an atta-boy for the different outlets, which has hampered my growth, happiness, and success.

The Everyday Artist is my way of recognizing the activities that stir my soul, bring me joy, and lead to all kinds of happy doodles, manuscripts, paintings, planner spreads, and journals.

 

So please travel with me on this creative road while I honor all the things that make me, me and share them on all my platforms.