New Years Day 2014 plus my word

Happy New Year everyone! Also Happy Anniversary to my precious blog. The lifeline for my random mind. 2013 is finally OVER. I thought 2012 was rough...it can get much worse, trust me.

I'm ready to start 2014 with the beautiful souls I surround myself with. Over the past year I have cut  several people out; my health and happiness has improved tremendously as a result. I plan on focusing on what is most important to me this year...my friends, boyfriend, writing and photography.

If you've read previous New Year posts you know I pick one word to describe what I want to feel/accomplish/change during the year. My first word (in 2012) was "Blossom". My art and writing did exactly that. 2013's word(s) "Move Forward" it literally took the entire damn year, but it happened. I'm happy to announce my word for 2014 is "Abundance"Cited

I have an abundance of love and creativity within me - all too often I take it for granted. When I look at my life right now, I'm thankful and humble at the abundance of positive influence everywhere I turn. I take nothing for granted, as I have just crawled out of Hell.









I love you all and I hope 2014 is your BEST year yet!

xoxox

Mika.

Random act of self-kindness

Today I committed what can only be called a random act of self-kindness. I bought myself a bouquet of daisies. We all deserve to treat ourselves with the same kindness we grant others. I practice self-love (yes, failing is part of practice...you practice to get better at it) we must first love ourselves before we can whole-heartily love others.

I have something amazingly fantastic in the works but I'm keeping it under wraps for now. Just know you'll see these photos again soon.

Love,

Mika

PS: I was also inspired to do a mini photo shoot with my Tiny Buddha today. Shameless advertising - buy the print here!

30 Days to Fill Your Cup

I realize I spend most of my time banging away at the letters on the keyboard but never really accomplish anything useful in the end. Tonight I manged to pull inspiration down from the Heavens and let my soul pour out in words. I'm always in awe of how something simple can change your perspective.

 I'll be honest. I'm not making a dime from sharing this link...that's not why I'm doing it. I discovered  "30 Days to Fill Your Cup" through the gentle soul of Amanda Fall - Sprout Magazine. She shared the link and I knew coming from Amanda it was worth my time! After reading all you receive in 30 days I had to join immediately. The best part is it's free. Amy Lee Czadzeck is a wonderful person to do this! Quoted from the site:

Fill Your Cup is a 30 day practice.  Each day you will receive one loving email to your inbox.  Each email will invite you to DO something for yourself as well as a practice to just BE.

Needless to say I was sold! I encourage anyone who realizes it's time to take care of YOU to join! 

Again, providing the link/background is not paying me anything - but to know I believe in this so strong that I want to share it with my beautiful readers and possibly make a difference in your life is more rewarding than money could ever be.

This was my introduction to the group. The entire reason for this blog post. I made great strides tonight in my journey just by writing this:

My intention is to continue moving forward with loving the person I am/will become. It's a long difficult road, but I know I will go above and beyond - which makes me push even harder. I could not pass up a chance to fill my cup for 30 days. There has never been a better time in my life to do so and I'm thankful to be here with all of your beautiful souls. ♥

For more info/sign up - click here

With much love,

Mika 

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