realizing

Hey y’all!

What’s good? Thanks for keeping up with me. Today was a little crazy. Had to set up my art booth at Bayanihan Fest in Uptown Atlanta. Maraming salamat, GSU FSA, for helping me run it! Diana, you are a saving grace. And thank you to Ate Jamaica for letting me have a stall during your wonderful event! I am so grateful to find Kababayan here in Georgia.

I got to lock in at the Emporium and help Andrew with his sold out watercolor class. It’s such a beautiful thing to see so many people get in touch with their artistic voice and fearlessly dive into a new technique and skill!

Now, at the end of my day, I just want to be grateful for where I am, who I am, and where I am headed. As a society, we are constantly on go. Always on, always grinding. It’s honestly exhausting. I remember hearing “stop to smell the roses” when I was little and growing up. I was like, “Obviously. Why wouldn’t you?”. And now I think about my reaction fondly. How silly to think it is so obvious. How childish to think that it’s a simple thing. When honestly, stopping to smell the roses is the most difficult thing you can do.

Stopping. Stillness. Inaction. Peace. One of the hardest practices. Especially with everything we are surrounded by. All the people around us seemingly achieving more. All the things around us we for some reason have to have. The time we are constantly chasing, as if we even know what we would do with it if we had it.

I want to stop running. I want to enjoy what is happening right now. I want to look around and be grateful. Constantly. And if I forget to do that… I want to remember and continue enjoying. Who am I to be so ungrateful for what God is gifting to me every second?

Anyway, I have an evening ahead of me. Cheers to all of you and your individual moments. Mine is here and I’m so glad to realize it.

Peace and Love,

Perlizbeth