Love Thursday: messages for your heart

Over the last few months, I've been going through a bit of a transformation -- and it culminated yesterday, when I formally turned in my resignation at my job:  I'm going to be leaving the practice of law to pursue a more artistic and creative living.

As you can imagine, it's been a bit of a tumultuous ride -- it still is, and likely will be for a while, until I get my groove on.  That said, it gets better every day:  a few months ago, while I was still formulating my plan, I was in a pretty emotional state.  But as it happened, I decided to take a few days vacation from my life:  I went to a place I'd never been, with a bunch of women many of whom I didn't know, and rested and reflected.

It was there that my decision to leave law, a career about which I was never particularly passionate, was solidified.  It was also there that I wandered into a little shop, and found the tiny silver pendant you see in the image above.  I bought it on the spot, and made the decision that I would wear it every day until I submitted my resignation, as a reminder to stay true to my heart, and to my soul.  And I have, too:  because sometimes, even while we take care of our partners, our children, our friends and our families, it's good to take a little time to show yourself a little love, too.  For me, it was good to have this little token on me to remind me to do just that.

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Happy Love Thursday, all.  Please leave your links to your images of love in the comments below -- and if you have them, images of the little messages you've come across that help remind you to show yourself a little love.  The images uploaded by she saw things and barilynn8 into the Shutter Sisters Flickr Pool are great examples.

And try to remember to show yourself a little love today.

Comments

[Aia]

what an amazing journey & story...congrats! i have an image for love thursday here:

http://liveforthosewholoveyou.blogspot.com/

[Shalet]

Great photo! My love Thursday is bittersweet. I hope everyone has a super day!

http://peculiarmomma.blogspot.com/2008/10/love-thursday.html

[sperlygirl]

a journey of love is certainly found on the path of motherhood - each and every day.
http://sperlygirl.typepad.com/sperlygirl/2008/10/the-journey-of-love.html
happy love thursday!

[tangobaby]

Karen, that's amazing news! Congratulations on following your heart. You will never look back, I'm sure. We are all so happy for you.

[bridge]

http://ridethewavesoflife.blogspot.com/2008/10/love-thursday-easy-as-pie.html

congrats on your life change...wishing you happiness.

[jessica]

I remembered, yesterday. it was very conscious and i think it changed today for me. i have written about it, along with my photo for LT on my blog, and in part I make reference to your site, because it fits as a piece of the puzzle of change this past week...
http://www.insearchofdessert.com/?p=646
congratulations on this new adventure you are choosing.

[Kirsten]

Congrats! That so inspiring!
Here's an ode to my love of surprises...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/somethingcheeky/2905800597/

[nicky thomas]

Hello shuttersisters,

firstly ... congratulations Karen. Carpe Diem and all that jazz!

secondly ... love thursday. hmmm. well i had my first official wedding shoot recently, albeit for a couple of friends of mine. I have just posted the photos that they chose up on flickr for their friends and family to see. One of them popped right out at me and yelled 'love thursday' and lo and behold it was thursday so....

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nickythomasphotography/2908352768

Have a lovely evening folks.

Nicky x

ps any constructive criticism on the photos would be very welcome. I'm still very new at all this stuff!

[Rachel Parton]

Happy Love Thursday!

http://partonpics.blogspot.com/2008/10/uplifting-downtrodden.html

[psumommy]

A bit late, but a message for my heart, written 8 years ago...

http://nittanymommy.blogspot.com/2008/10/shutter-sisters-love-thursday.html

[Robin]

It's hard to imagine doing what I love for a living, it's beyond something I can even comprehend. At least I still have my muse:

http://www.accidentalbeauty.net/index.php?showimage=423

[Maya]

Infinite goodness has such wide arms- Dante

Congrats on your new adventures and looks like your planets are aligned (which creates a "syzygy"). I can still see your happy face when you bought that charm in or. Thanks for the inspiration.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mayangsari/2235895584/

[Lizabeth]

Awesome and I love your post. deep breath... I hope this makes sense to you. I thought of it when I read about your decision:
"The majority of men in every generation, even those who, as it is described, devote themselves to thinking, live and die under the impression that life is simply a matter of understanding more and more, and that if it were granted to them to live longer, then life would continue to be one long continuous growth in understanding. How many o fthem ever experience the maturity of discovering that there comes a critical mment when everything is reversed, after which the point becomes to understand more and more that there is something which cannot be understood. This is Socratic ignorance and that is what philisophy of our time requires as a corrective."
---Kierkegaard

Again, Congrats! and how True

[queen zucchini]

i'm on a marriage-themed kick and forgot to leave comments the last couple of weeks. So here's a whole lotta love...
http://dailydroool.blogspot.com/2008/09/love-thursdays.html
http://dailydroool.blogspot.com/2008/09/more-love.html
http://dailydroool.blogspot.com/2008/10/love-thursday-arranged-marriage.html

[Christie]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3038/2908006531_6be5255f81_o.jpg

[kristyk]

http://kristyk.org/blog/?p=220

[m. heart]

love sometimes demands you follow an unknowable path. good luck on yours!

http://secretnotebookswildpages.blogspot.com/2008/10/love-thursday.html

[laura - dolcepics]

Wow! I haven't posted here in weeks! Totally missed all you sistas!

Here's one from me I took while on vacay:

http://www.dolcepics.com/dailypic/found-heart-2/

[Julie Alvarez]

My late night talk with her (my husbands daughter) made me focus on love again:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/juliealvarez/2910429120/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/juliealvarez/2909584271/in/photostream/

[Jodyangel]

Karen,
Do what your heart tells you to do. If the heart ain't happy, then nobody's happy.

Hugs! This was a hard decision, but we'll all be watching you succeed!

[tonya]

I just saw a little message last week:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonyadoughty/2890032373/

[kat]

Wow. I admire your courage. Even though I have a job I love, there are times that I would love to hang up the high tech coat and head off to delve into more creative passions. I wish you the very, very best. Will be watching your blog to see how you make out.

http://pixels2picture.typepad.com/pixels2picture/2008/02/photo-of-the-we.html

[Michelle S]

Yay for following your heart, Karen! You are brave and I admire that very much. I wish you much joy on your "true" path.

[Melissa]

Karen - I am doing the exact same thing tomorrow. I alternately can't wait and can't imagine how I'll keep from puking on my boss's desk.

Thanks for being a beacon and touchstone for me in this process, whether you knew it or not.

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