You Make My Day Awards
Recently Sue O’Kieffe of Sacred Circle Mandalas surprised me by honoring me with this very special award. You Make My Day.
What a nice thing to say to anybody. The question is, how often do we do it?
A special kindness , a smile, a laugh, an unexpected compliment, a hug…all these gestures come and go. Do we tell those who add an extra lightness the joy it brought? I do not mean to be preachy here. It’s just, well, I hope you do. We need to let those people know, even if it is just a passing acquaintance in a line at the store, the extra ease they bring to us, if and when they do. Light and love gets passed this way. Moments of the day are brighter for everyone involved. (These ways of making people’s day are copied from Sue’s blog … I thought it was part of the award … I think she has done a wonderful job elaborating on how to share joy!!! And why try to improve on perfection.)
Midnight Purple, Digital © Diane Clancy
So here are the rules: “Give the award to up to 10 people whose blogs bring you happiness and inspiration and make you feel so happy about blogland! Beware! You may get the award several times!”
Sue’s blog, Sacred Circle Mandalas, is a wonderful blog! It is one of the first art blogs in the blogosphere that I could find - it was sure a relief to find someone who valued art. Now, of course, I know many people - but she was the first. Se has gorgeous mandalas that just make my heart sing. Day after day she puts out beautiful, spiritual images. Lately she has expanded her repertoire … but still uplifting!! We are also both artists who are working at marketing our art and have had a great time supporting each other on many levels. Sue also commented almost every day back when almost no one else knew about this blog!! Sue, You Make My Day!
Tomorrow you will get to find out who I am passing this award on to. There are so many deserving people and today I need to rest … so thank you for witnessing my award and tomorrow I hope you will check back - after I have chosen among all you wonderful readers! No easy feat!
~ Diane Clancy
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Diane Clancy creates vibrant paintings that feature color and vision to inspire and uplift people. Says Diane, "I feel very blessed to have this opportunity to express myself through painting. I love that people say my artwork enhances their lives."
January 23rd, 2008 at 8:04 pm
What a lovely random act of kindness! Rest well tonight, Diane. You have beautiful drama in “Midnight Purple”
January 24th, 2008 at 4:57 am
You surely deserve this award. You art is always so inspiring and beautiful. Although not a regular visitor to Sue’s blog I know she has inspired many people to mandala mania. In fact, some people seem to be quite addicted! I didn’t know anything about mandalas before I started blogging but I have now seen many beautiful and totally original ones, made out of all sorts of things under the sun. It always amazes me how the everyday can be made so beautiful. I now know a lot about them, even am something of an expert, although, sadly, my computer skills do not run to me making them myself. However, I consider myself something of an expert on the subject. Like a lot of experts, I haven’t actually got round to doing it myself lol
January 24th, 2008 at 10:42 am
thank you for your very kind words, diane. they made my day. and now…off to work!
be well.
~sue okieffe
January 24th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
That is a great idea and a very nice thing to do. You are right, there is not enough of that stuff going around.
January 27th, 2008 at 1:47 am
How awfully sweet of you! You are a complete doll - thank you for making MY DAY!
March 3rd, 2008 at 6:02 pm
Very nice reading … I do oil painting from photo… another way of making people around us feel appreciated…