What NOW?
I had two more dreams! Great visual positive dreams that got me back in touch with "myself."
Beach and Sky: WHO AM I?
Years ago, a friend said to me:
"Artist
Healer
Teacher
Friend:
Thank you for coming into my life."
"Do you think of yourself in these ways?"
"No," I replied: "I only think of myself as artist."
THINK AGAIN~
Artist/Writer at play
Teacher
Tai Chi on a Mountain
Friend,
"The friend is here," Rumi
Healer?
The Flying Rainbow
Recently I came to realize I had lost most of my identity. Retiring after 22 years as a certified Tai Chi instructor is very difficult. Also, the painting that so nourishes me changed form and practice methods. Insights came in mysterious ways. Gradually I gently felt more like reconnecting and recharging my creative self.
How?
"I am calm, I am quiet, I am grateful, I am creative" positive self talk works.
Alone time in quiet is also constructive, so needed to clarify thoughts and feelings.
Keep connections thriving.
Listen: Ask a question then be quiet. Gentle Listening can so help someone. And someone can listen to you in return.
The Dreams I had?
One was a Tai Chi Teaching Dream! A room of younger people I did not know were practicing with me in a quiet room with soft lighting. So positive and calming.
The other dream on the same night was in a sunny sunporch setting with many green trees outside. Many people of all ages were there and smiling. There were framed paintings on the white walls of various styles, sizes, and colors.
Someone spoke, "Who painted the pictures?"
I was sitting quietly by myself (no surprises there) and I looked up, jumped up and exclaimed,
"I painted them!"
Next I went around the room, telling each painting's name and brief history! Viewers asked questions. WOW! The paintings glowed! They love showing off~
So much gentle energy here.
When I woke, I felt like myself again!
"Paint Your Dreams."
On the path of recovery/discovery "teacher" was a surprise. Friends/Students poured into my life and stayed true and honest, sharing and caring people "hear and now."
Healer?
"Creativity Blesses Your Soul." As you reach out with a painting, sketch, poem, story, idea, play, script, a song, a photo, a musical performance. Helping family, friend, neighbor or pets and so much more is here for us.
Furry Friends are Family Members!
Positive Shared Energy is a Form of Prayer:
Silent or Spoken, Sung, Written, Painted, Danced in Groups or Alone, sending and receiving all in balance.
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Wander and Ponder
Thin Ice
Tasks at Hands
Stopwatch and Listen
Silent Speaking
Dahlis Roy: Visionary Artist, Author, and Tai Chi Practitioner
Images by Dahlis except *
Beach and Sky, simplicity, oil painting
Cheetah Figure: "paws" for creativity
* Tai Chi on the Mountain, photo by Paul
Soul-full eyes of furry friend, detail of oil painting
The Flying Rainbow, in the shape of a crane she came
