Rainy Day, painting by betsisanders

Title:  Rainy Day

Size:  8 x 11 inches

Medium:  Watercolor

Artist:  betsisanders 2013

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My favorite author, Paulo Coelho, posted this photo 

on his FB timeline about two weeks ago. 

So that's what writing does to his mind and his heart. 

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Hemingway says, "..  that there is nothing to writing.
All you do is sit down on a typewriter and bleed."
I can never  really write as good, 
but I try to do what I can.  

Son says,  "Mom, it takes practice." That's easy for him to say.

 He was educated at the ADMU, graduated with honors 

and now a university scholar at the UP. 

Thanks Son, I try to do my best.

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Today is the second day of September 2013.

It's been raining non-stop for days and

we almost missed our trip to Palawan 

due to the storm and the monsoon rains.  

I love the rain. .. and that rainy days on Monday 

never get me down. I even like songs about the rain,

"raindrops keep falling on my head..."

"... sa tuwing umuulan at kapiling ka..."

I know I have blogged about the rain many times. 

http://betsisanders.blogspot.com/2012/08/rainy-monday.html

(That's a blog entry about a Rainy Monday.

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... and this quote was posted in the blog. So true.

I have had lots of lessons in my life!

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This is another photo from the FB timeline of Iyanla Vanzant.

Iyanla says, “We all have somebody in our lives who has the uncanny ability to push our buttons. We think it is the other person. Surprise, surprise! The problem doesn't lie in the other person, it lies in us! No one can push our buttons unless the buttons are connected. Detach whatever fear, guilt, shame, or anger we have attached to the issue and people will be unable to push us.”

The only way to happiness and peace is to detach one's thoughts and feelings from people, things, issues, events. Focus on the self. Focus on healing. I know how to heal myself. I've done it before.

Detach. Cut the Cords. Close the doors. Turn away.  Don't look back. Ignore.

Love yourself. Love  those who love you back.

Just have to remind myself all the time!

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I paint, I write then I blog. These activities silence my mind,

fill the empty holes in my heart and nurture my soul.

/ betsisanders 2013