We don't have to be confined to a calendar to have a new beginning - everyday is New Year's Day - a fresh new start to live and flourish on purpose!? This year I encourage you to embrace your uniqueness and passions, to water and nourish those dreams you may have...
Savor the Little Moments in Life
Life is full of little moments of joy but sometimes we miss them in a rush or in pursuit of the “bigger and better.” Take time to appreciate and savor the little moments with your family and in the seemingly insignificant moments of life – when you relax and take the time to enjoy them you’ll be surprised at just how much more beautiful and sweeter those moments will be. – Julene Fleurmond, Founder of Envibrance, Dreamfleur.com and DreamerENT.com
This shirt is featured in my Envibrance Dream Creations Store and is inspired by my love for everyday celebrations that brighten life, cupcakes that are always so sweet and cute event decor and stationery (can you that’s one of my favorite things?)
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Envibrance DreamFood: Focus on Your Purpose
It’s easy to get distracted if you’re not sure where you’re going or are not passionate enough to keep going. It’s when we take the time to find out what our purpose is that life becomes more meaningful…
We tend to look at celebrities and those who are in the limelight as those who are significant in society, but in reality everyone on Earth was born with equal worth and the potential to do something amazing. The aim though is not to be amazing to merely impress but to enrich the lives of those around you.
When you’ve found that passion that makes your heart beat faster or that cause that makes you come alive, life becomes more then simply absorbing each experience as it comes along. Focusing on the questions “what moves me in life?” and “how can my talents make a difference?” is a better investment of time then asking “how I can get more, be helped or be entertained.”
When you know and are focused on your purpose you are more able to appreciate, help and encourage others living out theirs. When you’re just doing enough to get by or confused about your calling you’re more likely to compare, judge, envy, copy, compete for attention, or worry about others’ opinions. It can be easy to get distracted – so focused on finding out what others are doing that you are wasting time, or “overly inspired” – paralyzed into in-action or reasoning to yourself that what you are to do is insignificant.
The important thing to remember is that we’re all unique, and there’s enough success for everyone. What you have to offer is also unique and important, so if you keep it bottled up inside we all suffer. Get rooted in your purpose and give yourself the time to get grounded in what you were made to do that has the potential to help others. While your living out your purpose, you’re in a better position to be of benefit and inspire those who may be hesitant of doing what they were meant to do, and both you and the world will benefit.
Sweet 16 Party Ideas & Invitations
16 is a special year in any girl’s life, and you can make your birthday girl’s day memorable with simple steps and attention to detail. Here are a few tips for the party and creative invitation picks:
– When sending out invitations be sure to pick a design that expresses her personality and the theme and formality of the party – will it be a casual and laid back celebration or more dressy and formal? Be sure to note that on the invitation.
– Picking a theme or colors you can carry out throughout the invitations, response cards, thank you cards and decorations are the little details that make an event consistent and stand out. Have zebra stripes on the invitations? Maybe add similar accents to the napkins or another element of the decoration scheme.
Speaking of zebra stripes here are two bright animal print invitations by Envibrance, one of them which recently won a Zazzle Artist Award and is currently featured on Zazzle’s Sweet 16 Invitations page. You can click on a design to purchase and customize.
Sweet 16 Invitation Bright Butterfly & Zebra Print by envibrance
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Undeniably True
Have you ever felt the pressure of molding your actions – yourself – to the expectations of others?
The wrangling tension in you may be a signal as to what you should and should not be doing. When you’re not being yourself, or are molding your actions to the expectations of others, you might feel that squeezing, gnawing discomfort inside that signals you’re not following your heart.
There are times when we have to leave our comfort zones to reach higher heights and these may cause feelings of helplessness or ill feeling that are good and inevitable for our growth. Other times when we check with others for approval in our every move, or measure our efforts against those of others we are doing nothing but suffocating our true being.
There is a reason you were made the way you were, and have dreams that may not exactly “fit it.” When God created you, you were made to bring something unique to this world, to live out your purpose.
Imagine if you followed only the natural beat of your heart, the natural rhythm that flowed from within, the rhythm only God could orchestrate. Imagine if your actions only flowed from those rhythms the unique dreams and hopes that make you who you are, undefiled by expectations, stereotypes.
Strive today to start living your life for an audience of one. There’s a joy in being “different” if you are being you, the way God intended.
– Dreamfleur
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: Remembering the Legacy and the Dream
Let the Dream Live
A Special Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
He had a dream;
A dream of a world where people of all races, of all colors
Could join hands in unity to overcome injustice.
A dream – where one would
“Not be judged
By the color of his skin,
Buy by the content of his character.”
A dream of freedom,
Where a child did not have to fear the way he was made
Did not have to be ashamed of the hue of his face
But could live, play, learn, in peace.
Are you living that dream today?
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