A Blog About Relaxing With Doodling
Uplifting creations that may contribute to having a more positive day.
This is vitally important time for the ME in You. It’s Time that gets crowded out in daily life by the “haftas” and “musts” that demand everything from us. It’s our time that is easily forgotten. Remember it NOW. Give it to yourself on a regular basis. Discover that part of you that is crying out for attention. It’s vital for personal peace and growth.
The healthy side of life is Humor. Focusing on the positive side for each day is pleasant and fun. Negative expectations produce grumpy outlooks. Give yourself and everyone around you a loving yes today.
Here, through color and heavy lines we have a visual expression of human bonding that holds us together. It’s important to reach out to a friend each day.
The dearest form of communication, hugs confirm our humanity in all kinds of ways. They express our personhood. That’s something they didn’t want us doing during the covid lock down. the mandate was six foot separation. Let’s hear it for hugs!
Here I encourage you to study the message carefully. Notice, as the letters read from left to right, they change from smile to grumpy. This says that, as you give in a positive way, you become a positive giver. On the other hand, if you give grudging, well . . .
Being aware of the things, events, persons in your life heightens your awareness of the positive parts of your daily life. Practicing gratitude every day, using every opportunity, summons your awareness. You may be surprised about how much that is positive in your daily life.
This is the wonderful prelude to a laugh which we need every day. Giggling is health giving.
It’s easy to get into, giving yourself negative messages of not being good enough or not being accepted. Especially in our competitive, high pressure, frenzied lives. This WordToons message raises awareness of possibly telling ourselves down-putting stuff. Awareness is important. Then you can begin stopping the negative message and changing it to a good message such as “I am fine the way I AM. Bravo!
Here is a wonderful mantra to practice daily. Simply repeat this phrase as you go about your work. Each time you day this to yourself, add a positive like good (I AM good), getting better, feeling good, healthy, happy, fun. But watch out. Be sure no negatives slip in. This mantra is designed to counter any negative messages you might say to yourself. You can stay with the positive in your daily life.
You can make a copy of I AM. Just click on the black WordToon title to get the toon on its own page. Then go to the File menu and down to the Print command and click. Cut out the print and put it up to remind you.
From my Book: I Do WordToons and You Can Too! I’ve doubled up HA and added color for this example from my book.
As you can see, color adds much to your word’s expressiveness. Sometimes after adding color, I want to go back in and strengthen the letter outlines to make sure each letter reads OK. It’s interesting to me how each doodling stage tells me what to do next. I wonder now, what the WordToon for “Doubled over with Laughter” might look like?