...from Beliefnet

"Change Demons Are a Healthy Part of Change

Change Demons are disempowering feelings that arise during any change. These emotions--fear, doubt, impatience, shame, blame, and guilt--can wreak havoc with your self-esteem and destroy hope. But they also remind you how you don't want to feel during change so you can return to how you do want to feel.

When Change Demons visit, remember: 1) they are temporary; 2) they encourage you to make a choice--you can choose to feel better or worse than the emotion you are currently experiencing; and 3) they can be replaced with better, brighter emotions that will help you move through change with ease and grace. Faith, patience, endurance, and honesty are some positive emotions that can replace Change Demons."

I choose to empower my feet, heart, hands, and the voice that carries my intent into the world with faith in a Big Picture. I dreamt last night of tiles, something the size of dominoes...each one a miniature piece of art, figurative in black and white, reminiscent of my early work, very Matisse-ish. Somehow the message was, not only can one be 'chosen' at any time, being completely unique, but they also stood in for both people and the potentialities of people, as well as my own perceptions and imaginations. They were beautiful, and endless. Within each small rectangle, a perfect composition of elements created the figure.

May mornings...the most beautiful of weather, heat and breezes, a long 8+ miles....easy and fluid....