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Sensitivity. I am a sensitive person. I can feel the ocean, the trees, the fish, birds and animals. I am a creature of this earth. I am a creature of the water, of emotion. I am loved and held. I am beautiful, whatever my colors, whatever my environment. I can find beauty. It is available at every curve. ~ Emily Moon

Annie Stegg Gerard (American, born

1982)

Rose Leaf, 2024

Oil on wooden panel

10 x 8 in (25.4 x 20.3 cm)

Private collection

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Let the path open before me as I put one foot in front of the other, one day, one moment at a time. Knowing I am surrounded by love, cherry blossoms and trees giving me a gentle loving hug as I walk this life. I can be tender. I can be sensitive. I can remain vulnerable. Nature will surely help. ~ Emily Moon

Ray Morimura

"Cherry Blossom at Yanaka" 1994

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Sometimes receiving feels like being an upside down blooming flower. I have to take it in from the ground up, or less I lose my connection to what is real. Why is it so hard for me to receive the good? Perhaps surrendering to my inner nature will help. I can let in the good, then send it back to the earth, the communal conscious. Love will multiply, and it is okay to accept love. I deserve it. You deserve it. ~ EM

Paul Jones (1921 - 1997) Australian

Datura arborea (Brugmansia arborea)

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How is it you suffer? Does practicing self-care help relieve your struggles? What are some of these practices and how do they help you?

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Sometimes sitting with grief is a doorway to finding joy. And we have a choice. We can be active participants in our lives and make the decisions we need to take care of ourselves, so that we have to room to choose joy.

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Mental health is a crucial issue. As a community we all are affected. Having hope for those who are suffering is a first step. If we ourselves are suffering, it is okay to ask for help. It is available if you know where to look, for ourselves and for our loved ones and community members.

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Glittering ocean, glittering sky, glittering moon. Find your shine, the jewels that are inside that just need a little illumination to shine like the stars. We are the stars, no matter how small, no matter how insignificant. Each and every sparkle matters. Find your inner sparkle! -EM

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In the dark deep halls of my inner being, there are shadows, there is dust, there are subtle hues and dimmed light. There are staircases that lead to empty halls, halls that are filled with ancient dreams long since forgotten. But I like my haunted house, and I can visit these inner dimensions at any time. I can wander into the depths of my consciousness and honor my grief. We all have grief and deep sadness for the parts of ourselves that have been lost. But they are not lost, they are still there, in my inner haunted house. - Emily Moon

Ludwig Rösch: Stephansdom, Pilgrim's Pulpit (1936)

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We can find fairy tales inside of us. Dream big, dream soft. It is okay to be your gentle self. Perhaps it is in our dreams we can connect with our fine inner power. A power that culls the gentle essence of our dreams and manifests as pure magic. - Emily Moon

'The Fairy of the Fountain' by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite, (1888 - 1960)

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Maya Angelou by Jos Sances

American memoirist, poet, and civil rights activist

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Amazingly beautiful. The moon never ceases to amaze me.

Red Moon Tree Dance

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What an inspiration and story of strength and overcoming great odds. I’ve always believed our art should say something, change something, break through barriers. Our voices are voices for a reason. Don’t paint in pastels, paint in bright vivid colors… and say something that evokes positive change and lifts up the oppressed and beaten down.

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In life it is really important to take care of ourselves first. For some of us more vanity and focus on self is good for us when we are prone to give of ourselves to excess. Know your limitations and set good boundaries with yourself and others. You first! - EM

“You can love them, forgive them, want good things for them… But still move on without them.”

— Mandy Hale

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In order to heal, we must acknowledge and let go of our past. We cannot live peacefully and happily if we are lost in the past or pinning our focus on the future. In reality, neither the past or future exists. Healing trauma and resentments, gets us out of the past, and accepting today just for today and living in the moment keeps us from being lost in a future that does not exist. Be here now, love yourself, find serenity. You deserve it. - Emily Moon

“Our suffering is caused by holding on to how things might have been, should have been, could have been.”

— Stephen Levine

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'Winter Angel' by Kinuko Y. Craft