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"Begin anywhere."

- John Cage

I have this written on one of those awesome square cards and pinned to a bulletin board (my tangible pinterest) in my office, and as I sip my coffee this morning waiting for the caffeine to spark - well... anything please - I'm staring at that card waiting for inspiration to osmos (is that even a word?) into me - and TOTALLY ignoring the message right in front of me.

But this is also what I'm looking at...

I was away for a week and had to jump into two more days of work when I returned - and I'm not kvetching here, well - yeah I am, but ANYWAY...my office is just the tippy-top of the rest of the house.  My suitcases have 'sploded on my bedroom floor.  For some reason I also decided I needed to change out spring/summer clothes for fall/winter without even unpacking yet - so those containers from the basement are also 'sploded on the floor, the contents of the boxes with Halloween stuff have 'sploded on the basement floor - I could go on and on around each room of the house - but you get the idea...

For some reason, my home often outwardly reflects what is going on inside of me...and right now there is a lot going on and the many facets are overlapping. 

Last week I had a lovely conversation with MeRa Koh about balance.  I won't go into the specifics of what she said because those beautiful ideas belong to her and I'm certain she will share them (click on her name to check her out - she is an amazing artist/teacher/person with a special heart for women - seriously, check her out).  

The gist of it was that balance is possible even in the midst of many "pulls".

It's not THAT daunting, right?...I mean, I've been here before.

If I tackle one thing at a time, eventually it will all get done.

Right?

Lisa