Home Sweet Home…is wherever the heart resides.~Ani Po

Just getting back from a family trip to Tennessee. While the trip was amazing, with its waterfalls, spelunking and nature hikes through some beautiful country, the return was just as amazing. It is a strange feeling one gets upon arrival home, anticipating sleeping in their own bed…or whatever joys await.

Why is that? Not quite sure, nevertheless it is a good feeling.

Maybe it is where the heart resides? The safety of ones own home, filled with memories and love?! For me, it is a feeling paralleled with anticipation of going on a trip. Like a little child awaiting that great adventure! This same child returns happily where the heart resides.

Stepping into the Canvas with a Heart filled with Joy. With every step, every breath, anticipation of a new adventure into the great Canvas before us. Wherever we may go, the feeling follows us…and upon our return it happily tags along…

Within our family there are those who paint a brighter picture and those who splatter upon our Canvas.~Ani Po

Whether immediate family or global family, we learn valuable lessons. Directly and indirectly we come to an understanding of the self and others. We choose which to follow and those we choose to excuse…both valuable in our personal growth.

There have been countless lessons in my own life which I chose to follow my own heart. While some lessons impact my life in a positive way, the others…not so positive… also played an impacting part in my growth. Through indirect lessons of truth, I am given opportunities to stay true to my heart. If something does not resonate, I simply say ‘no thank you.’

We all have these in our own families, but we have them on a global canvas of life. We can choose to follow the lead of destruction or we can create a better place for the self. Creating a blissful place within, we emanate outward into the world.

Stepping into the Canvas embracing direct and indirect lessons of life. Giving thanks for this who make a positive impact on our lives, we give thanks to those who oppose our happiness. In the end it is our own destiny to find peace within…loving and accepting all as a beautiful addition to this place within the Canvas.