a little over a year ago was when i last posted on this blog.  my list of excuses include losing the wordpress password, being busy at work, starting new projects in the office, obsessing on plants vs zombies, being tired and sleepy, being irritable, being happy, blah, blah, blah…  and just as i often ask for second, third, fourth (and so on) chances, let me belt out “let me try again”, with due respect to Frank Sinatra.

another chance to more consistently blog, however, is not the only “try” i want to do again.  let me run down, way ahead of the coming new year, a to do list.  capturing my thoughts on canvass in oil.  communing with marine life by diving.  having my name on print. lazy overstretched lunch with friends.  out of town drive trips with my daughter.  getting lost in quiapo,  divisoria and dapitan.  read as if it is all that matters. laugh like crazy. dance.

why is it that day to day duties and obligations tend to get in the way of soul nurturing activities.  is there a way to marry day to day living with these necessary transformative breaks.  how does one address this seeming disjoint. finding the resolve to make time maybe the key.  the artist’s way by julia cameron suggests reserving an hour a day for such. finding that moment and making it your own. capturing that time and seizing it.

let me find my resolve.