Full of Forgiveness and Features

Thank you dear sweet friends and fellow dA travelers for all of your kind attention to my gallery. You give me inspiration, confidence, and motivation, and I love joining with you in this shared endeavor. I love you!

I am led to share one core aspect about myself. A friend just reminded me of how simply an idea can be expressed through this single sentence: "You who want peace can find it only by complete forgiveness." (A Course in Miracles) This represents my complete devotion! Forgiveness offers everything I could possibly want - freedom and love and joy... and yet is something I cannot do by myself alone. From my separate perspective there are so many situations where forgiveness simply isn't justified - and so I can find myself imprisoned for a very long time by a very painful past memory or grievance. But through the  perspective of a power greater than myself, I am suddenly transported to a vision far beyond my limited perspective - and in this glorious viewpoint I recognize that we are all joined as one and forgiveness is not only justified but absolutely necessary because I am only forgiving myself! This is my experience, and it stands at the core of anything I would ever want to offer anyone - because it is our only chance at real happiness. It is the answer.

And now to include this idea in with our shared purpose here on dA - the act of forgiveness will open the mind to a much greater capacity for creativity - releasing the mind from judgments that keep it within a very limited perspective. Thank you for listening, and thank you for being here!

On to Features!</em> I have been particularly enamored with the portrayal of birds here on dA – they are full of beauty, humor, tenderness, joie de vivre, passion, character, and perhaps in the utmost, freedom. Enjoy the gifts of these wonderful artists!

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I have discovered that the routine act of thanking everyone individually for every one of their comments, or for choosing my work as a favorite, is too time consuming. I much prefer to spend my time visiting your galleries and discovering your gifts - and so it will be my joy to regularly visit those who visit me, and that will be my expression of gratitude.

Oh, and btw, I am a "no-tag" person please...

From my gallery...
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With deep gratitude for all their hard work, I am a member of these wonderful clubs: