Just a pretty little page to remind myself to get out there and take a chance. The title and journaling are inspired by my favorite empowering theme song, "Whole Wide World" by Mindy Gledhill. Life is full of opportunities just waiting for me! I'm gonna go and take a chance...
Products via American Crafts and Pink Paislee. (LOVE!)
I'm so excited! Mindy Gledhill's new video, "Whole Wide World" released today! Danny can tell you, I listen to her CD over and over, and than all over again. Her lyrics are positive and uplifting. Mindy's music has the power to make me sing and dance, and yet it has often brought me to tears with its sincerity.
"Whole Wide World" has been a theme song of sorts for my life over the last 6 months. I'm a nerd, but I totally set it to play when I got in the car to drive away from my job for the last time. I got to hear Mindy sing at Spark the Event last September, and her words spoke to my soul. I knew I needed to make a change and this song encouraged me to have the confidence to do it. She talks about running as far as it takes to find your dreams, taking chances, and finding meaning in the struggles. "Maybe I'm just a little girl, a little girl with great big plans." It's like she wrote it for me;)
Remember that time I left my job to de-stress, get healthy, and live my dreams... and than I got called as Young Women President two weeks later;) It's a lot of work and takes both a physical and emotional tole on me at times, but I've always felt that the Young Women program would be an important part of my life. I know despite the challenges, it's part of Heavenly Father's plan for me. Mindy's song has taken on more meaning for me while serving with the Young Women. I wish those girls could see their potential. I want them to know the great influence one virtuous girl can have in this great big world.
So, I keep listening to my theme song... Reminding myself to move forward, letting myself rest when I need to, and looking for the good in the world around me.
I am totally loving this album! It is my new happy music! It is so positive and uplifting. I was so impressed with Mindy Gledhill at the spark concert. She spoke about how many times she was told "no" when trying to begin her music career. I know what it feels like with my art and music to be told that it isn't right the way it is. It can be so discouraging! It's so refreshing to hear that other artists feel that way sometimes too! I've been loving the song "All About the Heart" so much! The lyrics just move me...
Last weekend I was able to attend the Spark Creative event. It was great to be surrounded by so many creative thinkers and to take some time out for myself. While practicing some of the photography skills we had learned in class I noticed something that made my heart so very happy! I looked at the ivy on the wall behind the SPARK logo and I saw something so simple and beautiful. As you'll see in the first photo, there was a large heart just waiting to be discovered in the climbing ivy. I happily hopped on a chair and adjusted the top corner of the ivy to expose a beautiful great big heart! It's moments like this that remind me of God's love. He is, after all the Master Creator. Despite all the beautiful displays and carefully placed decor at the event, this was a simple statement of beauty. "It is the sweet simple things of life which are the real ones after all" Laura Ingalls Wilder. Mindy Gledhill gave a lovely concert Friday night and sang a beautiful song entitled "All about
Your Heart." She wrote it for Stephanie Neilson, who suffered major burns in a plane crash last year. The song addresses the need to look beyond the superficial and to see the beauty of the heart. If I learned one thing at the event, it probably wasn't about scrapbooking or crafting...it was the value of true and simple beauty. The kind that can only be seen and appreciated with the heart. That was a lesson worth learning!
