The Love Gift series: Through the eyes of Love

Last year about this time, I sat down to discover my intentions for the coming year. I was in a place of frustration, and feeling stuck. What did I need to do to become unstuck? What was my plan going to be? What steps would I take to move forward and change the circumstances that pulled me down? What action could I take?

These were my questions. And, much to my surprise, the quiet voice inside me said. “Do none of those things. And actually, you need to do nothing this year.” 

What? 

I am a doer. A planner. A goal setter. This is crazy-making advice. How could I do nothing? No annual goals? No plan? No action steps? Impossible!

Luckily, the little voice was mighty strong. And for some silly reason, I paid attention.

So. I tried again. Okay then. If I am to do nothing, can I still set some intentions? It seemed to go against the advice of that inner voice. But I was met with a resounding “YES! Of course you can still have intentions. But get creative.”

Get creative.

I took that figuratively and literally. So I started painting, more than I ever had before. And I listened, I really listened to what my heart needed to tell me. And I found that while painting? That was the easiest time to really listen. Painting is my meditation. My spiritual path. My connection to Source. Who knew?

So for the year, my intentions revealed themselves to me ~ just be, cultivate sisterhood, give, and love. So different for me. So simple. Really? Okay. I was determined to not figure out how they would come about. Trusting this!

What I started to notice, was that Love, clearly above and beyond the other intentions, had a huge role to play for me. I started to see life through the eyes of Love. And we are not talking the gooey-sappy pollyanna kind of Love, but a Love divine and deep. Almost impossible to explain, but so readily noticeable when it is present. 

I started to feel Love seeping into my life in little trickles, and in huge waves. I noticed in places I hadn’t before. I chose it in places I hadn’t before. 

And that became my mantra for the year. Choose Love.

And this painting? This is my Devotion to Love. My super hero cape of Love. 

By choosing Love, by seeing through the eyes of Love, I have witnessed profound change for myself, and in my relationships with others. By choosing Love, my creativity has flourished. 

My life has expanded in ways I never knew possible.

And I am so grateful.

Thank you Margot, for this chance to share here, this is one of the beautiful gifts of this year. Connecting through art and Love with Sisters around the world. Thank you for such a wonderful chance to be here. 

Indigo is a truly amazing risk taker artist (as she describes herself) and an expressive soul you can find at

www.expressive-souls.blogspot.com