Hello Cosmos!
A Peaceful Place is now officially up and running!
The creation of this blog has been very interesting for me. It has challenged me, frustrated me, and tried my patience in more ways than I ever could have imagined.
My intention in creating this space is to carve out a portal of conscious information, that can support my clients, myself and the planet. A place where ideas can be shared that assist us in living healthy, fun, vibrant lives.
That being said, I am only human. The frustration levels of a fairly non-technological being can rise to astronomical proportions very quickly, especially when confronted with things as dreadful as headers, themes, and the dreaded words of easy downloads. Ack….
Many times through out this process I had to listen to the innate wisdom within me that spoke quite clearly in a firm and demanding tone,” Anne, step away from the computer. Slowly back away from the keyboard.” At which point I would walk off in frustration, mumbling things like, “who needs a dumb blog anyway” and “easy, my butt”….along with other words that are not, well, let’s just say are not so peaceful.
But I persevered, continually working (in short bursts to keep the stress manageable) until I managed to create things as foreign to me as a name for this thing, as well as a theme. There the wheels of the Universe came to a complete halt, as I stared at a theme that was not the beautiful blog that I had envisioned. Never mind I can barely use the computer, but I wanted a blog with style, that was pretty and peaceful. Because, Dear Universe, how can I ever write if I don’t like how it looks???
This is when I had to realize I have more knowledge within me than I realized, or gave myself credit for. When I used the power of the great Google God to assist me in finding beautiful images, and trusted that somehow, with alot of faith and ibuprofen, I too could enter the blogoshpere with of all things a Custom Header.
The moral of this story, is that if I can create a custom header without professional intervention, anyone can do it. I doubted myself and from that place of self doubt I couldn’t create what I wanted. My doubt blocked the way for my wisdom to come through. Once I released the doubt, and the expectations that the blog had to look a certain way it all flowed…nearly effortlessly. I am so proud that I have created the look and feel that I wanted too. This blog has already taught me many lessons and I look forward to many more to come.
