"Memory Lane"
Greetings to you all! Remember me . . .
Wow! I can't believe that it is October 4, 2012. It seems I had big dreams that I would blog daily, maybe even weekly but to my disappointment my art seemed to pull me away to a place where I was lost in my creations. However, I am back and am committed to being much more consistent with my blogging.
So much has happened in the past while. But I am reminded that it is important to live in the present, to make every moment count, and to have every thing that you are a part of to be about adding to family, to community and to bettering humanity.
I am blessed to be able to use my art as one of the ways that I can contribute. And as this time of year approaches, with Thanksgiving just a few days a way it leads my mind and heart to a place of gratitude.
I challenge each of you to look around you, to list the things you are thankful for and then to ask yourself how can I use my own gift to bless others.
I am thankful for many things: my faith, my family, my ability to paint, the gift of music and yes even for my challenges.
For it is in these challenges that the opportunity for growth happens!!!
I was reminded of the true goodness of humanity everyday. It only takes a moment to pause, take a breath and truly appreciate the beauty around us. It may be in a walk of nature, it may be in our laughter at the family table, it may be in my art or it may even be watching people rally together to make the most of the life of a terminally ill child. Wherever you find your goodness, your beauty I ask that you celebrate it this Thanksgiving . . . I thank God that I am alive and well to be able to celebrate through my art. I invite you to follow my blog and my journey this year. I promise I will do a better job than I did last year.
Happy Thanksgiving! God Bless!
Saeed
