Hello SuperForest!
Like many of you out here in cyberspace, I am on “the Twitter”. If you’d like to follow me, my handle is @aftertheharvest. I follow a lot of really amazing foodies, inspiring people, and talented musicians. One such musician is the beautiful Dawn Mitschele. If you have not heard her music yet, I highly suggest you have a listen.
One day Dawn posted a photo of what she called her “revolving tattoo of the week”. It looked like this:
Photo via @dawnmitschele
She explained, “Revolving tattoo of the week: Summon. I summon the deepest strength and knowing to give you my best.”
I don’t have any tattoos, probably because I’m one of those people who wants to decide on the perfect, most meaningful image before fully committing, but I liked this idea. On an extremely surface level, it would allow me to “try one on” but more importantly, these tattoos serve as daily or weekly affirmations!
I decided to go with weekly. Last week I started my little tattoo affirmation crusade, and I chose the word beauty. Perhaps this is not exactly how Dawn intended, but I decided to take this one step further and make it a weekly project.
Week one: the beauty project.
I decided to let this word be a reminder to me to notice all of the beautiful things I encounter on a daily basis. A gratitude project, if you will. Whenever I saw something that really spoke to me and was beautiful, I wrote it down.
By the end of the week I had this list, that almost reads like a poem:
Blue eyed baby on the bus
Stunning orange sunsets on crisp autumn evenings
Good hair days
Harmonic audience singalong at a concert
Sliver of a moon at dusk
Healthy bodies at the gym
Peaceful candlelight
And…when we’re talking about beauty, we can’t forget the lovely miss Dawn :) Thanks for the inspiration!
Now, you don’t need to write on yourself to remind yourself daily or weekly to notice beauty or summon strength, but it does serve as a great reminder, and it’s fun!
This week’s word is peace. The peace project. I like it!
What are you affirming, being grateful for or noticing this week?
Yours in love with beauty,
SuperForester Heather
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