Ce n’est vraiment pas un moment facile pour moi, alors hop hop hop, je me bouge et je transforme ces émotions compliquées en quelque chose de positif: voici les 4 dernières cartes sur un même document, à imprimer et à utiliser comme bon vous semble. Les 2 challenges, sur 2 supports. A vos imprimantes!
It’s not an easy time for me these days… So I decided to shake all this negativity away and do something positive. Here are the last 4 cards of each challenge on 2 pages, to print and enjoy!
We all experiment difficult times, where everything seems to loose its meaning. We then feel lost, drown, while we only have to let go and just let it happen. Then, when it stops and life becomes more peaceful, we see life a different way, we are free of all this negativity.
Well, I have to admit that really depends on the kind of difficulty we have to go through. Most of the time, the cleansing is effective. But sometimes, we only feel empty. It’s up to us to being able to step back and see what these difficulties can bring us, and not what they took us. Not an easy task, but a task that can change everything.
Anyway, here is this week’s challenge:
quote: « Life sometimes takes you into troubled waters – not to drown you, but to cleanse you. »
pattern: warped eggs
Here are the rules of the challenge:
Here is my card :
Nous avons tous en nous cette étincelle qui fait que nous sommes qui nous sommes. Ce petit plus qui nous singularise. Ce peut être une capacité particulière, ou une façon d’être. Une qualité qui nous fait du bien.
Seulement voila, il arrive que nous nous oublions et que notre étincelle s’éteigne parce qu’on s’est oubliés. Cette semaine, on redresse la tête, et on s’affirme. On ne laisse personne, et surtout pas nous-même, éteindre notre étincelle!
Voici donc le challenge de cette semaine:
Citation: « Ne laisse personne éteindre ton étincelle »
Mot: étincelle
Motif: loop
Je vous rappelle les modalités du challenge:
Et voici ma carte:
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We often see articles or blog posts about finding your true self, or your path, or your space, or where you belong… Thing is, I don’t really think that life is about finding our self… We all are different, with a different stor, a different background, different dreams, and so on… so to me, trying to find myself following someone else’s path is a waste of time, of energy, of expectations… You will never find yourself trying to be someone else. It’s hopeless, as you are yourself already. Thing is, you don’t really know it, you don’t realize it.
To me, we don’t find ourselves (so it’s really useless to look for it!), we create ourselves. With each choice we make, each person we meet, each lesson we learn. We create who we are, who we want to be, who we need to be. We are responsible of who we are. We just need to acknoledge this responsability and the opportunity it gives us to be whoever we want. We create ourselves. So I focus on that, not on a neverending quest. One step at a time.
Quote: « Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”
Pattern: puffy 8s
Here are the rules of the challenge:
Here is my card :
On a parfois besoin de se souvenir de ce qui compte vraiment, ce qui donne un sens à notre vie. Pour moi, c’est une évidence: l’amour que je portais à ma fille et qui me porte à présent. Alors si j’ai perdu tous mes repères, si l’avenir est encore plus mystérieux qu’avant, je n’ai pas peur. Parce que si j’ai su traverser tout ce que j’ai vécu ces 12 dernières années, c’est grâce à l’amour que je portais à mon soleil, mon étoile.
Cet amour m’a donné la force de surmonter mes doutes, mes peurs, de prendre un chemin certes plus tortueux que prévu, mais tellement enrichissant. Et je me dis que quoi qu’il se passe désormais, ça ne peut être que moins compliqué. Et que si je dois encore affronter les orages de la vie, je serai à l’abri, protégée par la promesse que je lui ai faite.
Fort heureusement, tout le monde n’a pas à vivre la même chose pour ressentir ce sentiment. Mais lorsqu’on a la chance d’avoir une étoile dans sa vie, la nuit est apaisée.
Voici donc le challenge de cette semaine:
Citation: « J’ai aimé les étoiles trop profondément pour avoir peur de la nuit. » Galilée
Mot: nuit
Motif: stella
Je vous rappelle les modalités du challenge:
Et voici ma carte:
This month is a difficult one for me, as last year I was with my daughter while DIGP was taking her away. I had to watch her body surrender while her mind was fighting till the end. It was probably the worst month of my entire life. So painful. And I have to deal with all these feelings again a year later.
Thing is, even though it’s really painful, these memories are also great teachers. And this loss, the greatest loss of my whole life, as my daughter was everything to me, still hurt me but I also realise it changed me. It made me stronger, wiser, and more grateful for the little things. It made me more aware of what I wanted to do with this life experience. I found a will to go on, to share. It changed me as I now live for the both of us. And I love the idea that she gave me a bit of her way of seeing things, this little spark that adds a lot to my life.
So if it hurts so deeply to have lost her, it also gave me the strength and the will to fully live my life. It changed me.
So here is the challenge:
quote: « There are two types of pains, one that hurts you and the other that changes you.”
pattern: hi-cs
Here are the rules of the challenge:
And my card:
Ce n’est pas un mystère, le mois de mars est un mois difficile pour moi cette année. Il y a un an de cela, j’étais aux côté de ma fille alors que sa tumeur gagnait du terrain, jour après jour. Je l’ai accompagnée jusqu’au bout, tout en regardant les symptômes se développer, sans rien pouvoir faire. Elle a fait preuve d’une force incroyable, jusqu’au bout. Elle me manque chaque jour, et le fait de devoir revivre tout ça est très difficile pour moi. Parce que si on a traversé l’enfer toutes les deux, je suis la seule à en être ressortie. C’est douloureux, mais je lui ai fait la promesse que ça irait, donc je me dois, je lui dois de tenir, de continuer, et de faire face… Les jours plus compliqués, je m’accroche à ce moment où je lui ai fait cette promesse. Et je trouve la force dont j’ai besoin pour la journée. Je me souviens de son regard à ce moment là, de cette force qu’elle avait alors que son corps la lâchait.
Heureusement, tout le monde n’a pas à vivre ce genre d’expérience. Mais si on y pense, ce qui nous a blessé dans le passé est souvent l’origine d’une force dans notre vie actuelle. Les échecs que l’on a surmontés sont des forces sur lesquelles on peut s’appuyer dans notre vie de tous les jours.
Cette semaine, je vais donc m’accrocher à cette idée, et pour ce faire, j’ai trouvé la citation parfaite!
Voici donc votre challenge pour cette semaine:
Citation: « Ta douleur d’hier est ta force d’aujourd’hui. » Paulo Coelho
Mot: Force
Motif: Olé
Je vous rappelle les modalités du challenge:
Et voici ma carte:
We often get caught by the tsunami of our everyday lives, its routine… then we loose the sight of what really matters, all those little things that bring us confort, something to ponder, happiness, that are meaningfull, powerful.
So this week, pay attention to the little things. You will sure see your world as a complete different one. And it requires nothing but some attention. Open your eyes, open your heart. I sure will do, as I feel the need to focus on the little things.
Anyway, here is challenge #9!
Quote: « When you really pay attention, everything is your teacher. »
Pattern: sindoo
Here are the rules of the challenge:
Here is my card :
Deuxième étape des challenge! Voici donc les cartes des 8 premières semaines, regroupées sur des pages à imprimer. Avec plusieurs propositions: uniquement les citations, uniquement les motifs, et un mix des deux. Et ça concerne les deux challenges, donc al totalité des 16 premières cartes! A vos imprimantes!
Here is a new set of cards to print! You have several options: quotes only, patterns only, and a mix of both. You can find both the french and the english cards. All 16 cards! Have fun!
cartes 5 à 8:
cards 5 to 8:
les 8 premières citations:
les 8 premiers motifs:
first 8 quotes:
first 8 patterns:
Voila le dossier pdf les contenant toutes. They all are in this pdf file: cartes
When you know where you come from, who you are and what your values are, then no matter what happens, you are able to stand still. It’s not easy though to know yourself or even what you believe in. It’s not a matter of self esteem, not a matter of kindness, not even a matter of identity. It’s all about the strength of it. The depth of it…
I believe in a lot of things. I know who I am and where I come from. Life taught me so. I am lucky enough to have no real fear. Because I had to face all my deepest fears in the past. So I built myself strong roots, roots that define me as I am. And they are mine. My path is mine, my life is mine. I don’t need people to convince me I am wrong, or that I should try this or that to feel better, to be better. Because right now, I am enough. Self esteem? not really. I know my strengths, I also know too well my weaknesses. But it’s who I am. I had to accept myself as I was. I had to get rid of what I saw as useless thinking, beliefs, to go to the core of what I feel as my self. Anyway, I had the luck to go through all this process. And I still go through it, as we evolve each and every moment of our lifes. And I am ok with it. I keep on learning from everything, from everybody.
In life, we also have to face adversity, proselytism. But it shouldn’t matter that much if your roots are deep. You can also consider it as something to ponder, as another point of view on your situation… Or just see it as a soft breeze, or a wind refreshing your self…. thing is, when your roots are deep, there is no reason to fear the wind, because the core of who you are is firmly anchored. You may bend, you may even break a loose branch or two. But you will still stand there. Just be yourself, just be. Everything else is just a whisper.
So here is this week challenge:
Here are the rules of the challenge:
my card:
Césame et ses états d'âme 