Just Breathe.

Breathing- a natural phenomenon of taking in air and nourishing our cells which our bodies do it without us even thinking about it... and yet sometimes in this world we live in, with the hustle and bustle, we still forget to just breathe.

We hold our breath when we are nervous, we hold our breath when we are frustrated, we breathe shallow breaths instead of deep nourishing breaths...

Breathing deeply can change your body and your mind. Take a moment, even though it may not seem like there are enough moments in the day, take one, just one and make a conscious effort to stop, now take one long deep breath. Take a moment to look around your world and breathe in gratitude and breathe out thanksgiving.

Gratitude and thanksgiving will change your heart, change your mind and ultimately change your world. I know this to be true. I am living proof that gratitude can change everything.  I make a decision daily, a conscious -albeit sometimes difficult- effort, every-single-day, to look around me and be thankful.

What are you thankful for today?
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M.

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Live Your Life On Purpose!

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Africa Update! We are so excited to tell you that we have been accepted to go and work in the orphanage. It has been a long journey of back and forth, lots of conversations, applications, letters of reference, etc. But since August 2014 we have been living our life on purpose.   (If you'd like to read about the beginnings of our journey, click this link: Living Live On Purpose AFRICA 2015 )

Financial Update: Oh!!! I am so excited to tell you that we are halfway to our financial goal. Thank you to all who have given, those who have ordered family portraits,  those who have told me they believe in what we are doing and have just given towards our journey, those who have clicked the donation button to the right and gave, those who have bought from Etsy. Thank you, We are so honoured.

Everything little thing counts and we are so honoured. I will continue to create in order to raise funds, please keep checking into the Etsy Shop ~ Everything purchased on my Etsy shop-Affectionately known as LostBumblebee Ink., any special requests I do,  and all funds from my art are going directly to this journey! 

Side Note: I just about bought our tickets last night- I am only slightly worried that a 2 hour layover in Brussels isn't quite enough time, but it is the same airline, so I'm hoping that it is, because we are looking for the least expensive prices so that we can leave as much financial blessing at the orphanage as possible for these children. (anyone been to the Brussel's Airport? how big is it? is the Lufthansa pavilion HUGE??) 

I wanted to create this little reminder for you to- Live Your Life On Purpose. It changes your perspective. Our hearts are so full, our gratitude is at its highest, we are working so hard towards something that is outside of ourselves and way outside of our comfort zone. Even with being so far outside of our comfort zone, I have never felt more peace, knowing that all of the work we are doing is going to impact a these little lives. 

Remember to live your life on purpose... choose something outside of yourself to focus on. Trust me, your thighs won't seem nearly as wiggly or dimply, the size of your butt won't take up so much space in your head, you know those crows feet happening around your eyes, well if you look outside of yourself, you will smile more, and your wrinkles (which are inevitable) will all end up in the right place and you will be gorgeous.  Look outside of yourself towards things much bigger than our own insecurities, go beyond thinking about you- trust me, it does the heart good.

It may not mean Africa for you, it could be the local food bank, it could be reading stories to sick kids at the hospital, it could be buying the homeless guy you see everyday a nice hot coffee, it could be smiling at your fellow human, making eye contact, it could be shovelling your neighbours walkway, it could be taking the time to stop in and visit your Nan at the seniors home and paint her nails... sometimes the simplest acts of kindness can change your world.

Live your Life on Purpose
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M.

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iOs7 Valentine's Wallpaper for your iPad!

Some Valentine's Day wallpaper for your iOs7 devices :)
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M.

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More iOs7 WallPaper Files!

A few more positive and fun iOs7 Wallpaper files of you to use and enjoy!
I hope you are having a wonderful hump day! as we so affectionately call it here :)

Happy Wednesday!
If you love these wallpaper files, please pin them, tweet them and share them on Facebook!
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M.

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iPad. Oy!

iOS7. Tricky stuff when you want to add photo wallpaper to your iPad. It decides itself (geez this technology is getting closer to having a brain than I like. Remember Hal? from Space Odyssey 2001- I've asked Siri if she knows him, or is in any way related- her words: 'No comment, Missie'. This made me even more nervous- lol) I digress- The iPad decides where it should go and how it should look. Oy!

Because all of my photo were wonky and weird and HUGE, I decided to figure out exactly what I needed to create the perfect iPad wallpaper. It took me longer than I thought it would, but here is what I am going to call, The Ever Growing Collection, of iPad iOS7 wallpaper :)

These are not printables, these are downloadable for your iPad, they are LARGE- but they ought to work perfectly if you've updated your iOS.

A little coffee, a little love, a little holiday spirit: 

Keep Checking back!

I've noticed that for me- I love an image for my Lock Screen page, but for my Home page with all of my apps on it, I prefer something a little less busy- I will be adding to this collection!

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M.

Maggie Taylor, this one is for you! I believe the request was:
A coffee mug of Christmas cheer
with a spray of hearts coming out the top like sparkly love!
Challenge accepted? Go! I went. LOL