aLTERED sTATE OF mIND

I have been doing a 21 day challenge about exploring habits ( good and bad ) and how you can change them ( or enhance a good habit ) through an art journal. I am really enjoying where this journey is taking me. I have been blessed to have reared my children to adulthood ( sometimes they bring me back to reality , and remind me I'm still mom ) and now I have lots of free time to really get to explore Cyndi. Its hard to believe its been a month since Marc surprised me with a trip to Hawaii. And so much has happened in that short period of time. Its as if a light went on inside of me and I am seeing the world in a whole new way. I have a friend named Maggie who has a zest for life. Even when she calls you on the phone she is already laughing, and it becomes contagious. Before you know it, your laughing also and don't even know why ! She finds the most unthinkable stuff to alter ( from a slide mount to a domino ). She shows her creativity in her work and she also shows it in the way she treats her friends and family. We call her the Target Queen, and at any given day she will call you, or send you a photo message showing you some item she picked up in the dollar spot at Target. Yesterday I spent the afternoon with her and another on-line friend name Pam. We met four or more years ago on-line and about two years ago we met in person. When Marc had to go away on business near Pam and Maggie I tagged along for the ride. The morning we planned to meet Maggie called me to tell me she had already been to a Target that morning and had brought me a key holder from the dollar spot at Target to alter ( see, in the 21 day challenge I made a goal to stop playing around with my art, use my stash and just "create" ). Now thanks to Maggie ( and several trips to Target ), I have lots of things waiting to alter. I also now look at everyday items in a new way. Anything can be altered in some form or another. You just have to imagine the potential. I'm realizing that I can be altered in the way I experience life each day. Instead of looking at myself as a has been mother who's job is done now that my children are grown , I am starting to get that in many ways my life is just beginning. So today I am looking at my life through a filter and I embracing an aLTERED sTATE OF mIND.