If you neglect 

your good qualities and virtues, 

you will cease to be of value 

to your friends and neighbors.  

Soon,

no one will seek you out 

or bother about you. 

~ I Ching

Those things in our psychic body 

later manifest 

in our physical body.

~ I Ching

Dear Friend,

The above quotes are my two favorites.  I try and remind myself everyday of them.  

The first one creates a stability in valuing the art that I make.  Sometimes I question and doubt my good qualities and I shouldn't.  Also, this quote reminds me to live in moments of my moral beliefs.  I have these beliefs of who I am and who I want to be.  Life is full of challenges that poke at your beliefs to see if you are capable of living up to them.  Of course, everyone makes mistakes. 

The second quote really hits home for me.  I am a constant thinker, thinking about my worries, analyzing if I made the right choices and festering over uncontrollable happenings.  My thoughts have manifested themselves in my neck and shoulders and it feels like I am holding my world on them.  I always struggle with letting go of my thoughts.  I do think of happy things as well that include writing, reading, hanging out with people I love, doing things for my friends and eating food.  My body language and my being is completely different when I think of happy things.  I do think that both negative and positive thoughts are there to push your forward into action.

Being observant,

My-Linh

P.S. I am making carrot cake for Thanksgiving.  I have yet to perfect this recipe.  Exercising has really helped in releasing my tension that I carry.