Author: Anne

Thoughts... wishes, mementos...what to leave behind along the Portuguese Camino Swinging with the windFighting the shadowI walk towards the sunI gain a new life! Swinging with the windFighting the shadowI am guided by the sunIn the search for meaningOn the journey that is life. Swinging with the windFighting the shadowI walk towards the sunI decide my life Swinging with the windFighting the shadowI walk towards the sunSearching for a meaning.Poem by Diogo Macedo - found on the Portuguese Camino in the town of Macieira de RatesREFLECTION:I had the good fortune to walk the Portuguese Caminho de Santiago.  While walking I found this poem.  It provided me an opportunity to reflect on my life, it's meaning and purpose.Have you given yourself permission to explore your life... your life's meaning... a possible new life for yourself?Maybe a long walk is overdue....

"The perfectionist is never satisfied.  The perfectionist never says,'This is pretty good.  I think I'll just keep going.'  To the perfectionist, there is always room for improvement.  The perfectionist call this humility.  In reality, it is egotism.  It is pride that makes us want to write a perfect script, paint a perfect painting, perform a perfect audition monologue.  Perfectionism is not a quest for the best.  It is a pursuit of the worst in ourselves, the part that tells us that nothing we do will ever be good enough - that we should try again. No. We should not."Quote by Julia Cameron - The Artist's WayREFLECTION:Do you have perfectionist tendencies?Can you see how those could be viewed as egotism?... pursuing the worst of ourselves?Do you feel you are good enough?How can you let go of perfectionism?

"Do things for your own satisfaction.  Consider praise from others to be a bonus.  If you don't work for their validation in the first place, you won't need it to feel satisfied once it's done."Quote by James Clear and his blog- Thursdays 3-2-1REFLECTION:Do you seek the approval of others to feel validated?What if you could believe in yourself without others approval?  How would that shift your life?Acknowledge your gifts and talents today.  Validate yourself!