This morning I feel like I’ve come home, back to a space that I haven’t been in for a while, a wide-open, welcoming, warm, loving and creative space.

Earlier this week, I decided I was going to be the Me who has a magical life. From there, I came easily and effortlessly back to BelleEnchanted. And I haven’t looked back since. It’s like opening up a treasure trove of unexpected and delightful discoveries.

This, then, is the magic of uncertainty. I’m getting this on a far deeper level than ever before. The magic, the synchronicity, the thrill of the unexpected - they all come from uncertainty. And so I am here, heart wide open, resting as consistently as possible in this identity.

This week’s links to treasure, visit, enjoy, delve in:

• Jessie’s post was such a great reminder for me that my work, even though it’s not yet what I want to be doing with my life, is so very good to me. I am filled with gratitude for the lifestyle it brings me, the enormous chunks of time I can spend not-working, and these days, even the very interesting things I discover as I work. I’ve spent far too long pushing against it. I can (and do) accept it now while knowing at the same time that in my acceptance I am shifting towards something different and so wonderful.
• Rowena has such a lovely post on intention, and it seems to me that my online browsing is starting to feel like a part of Dreamwalking, too. Intention is never far from my thoughts, and it was wonderful to see her painting and read her words:
  

  Being an artist is about committing to art. Just like being a writer is about committing to writing. You are an artist if you make art. You are a writer if you write. Period, really, no matter if you never get a cent from it or no one ever likes your work or even sees it.

• I found this beautiful video, The Artist’s Creed, at Mixed Grill Favorites:

  Again, more Dreamwalking. The me I’m choosing to be is constantly expanding and evolving, with the grace of uncertainty.

• Shayne is Grateful: a gorgeous gratitude journal in the form of a photoblog. Very inspiring.
• Porn for Women. I had to laugh (Ward, are you reading this?). It’s another reminder of all that’s wonderful in my life. I don’t think there’s a single thing in the list that isn’t a part of my relationship right now - well, okay, maybe not the shoe shopping one, but I have everything else!

This week, one question that I will keep asking myself is, “where am I putting my faith”? The following quote from Realities is a perfect way to end this post:

How ready we seem to believe and fear the worst, to have faith in unwanted rather than fulfilling outcomes. In such cases, uncertainty is a giant step toward alignment; it loosens the grip of the daunting conclusion and opens us to believing and receiving something better.

how easily I can while away my time online. So I’ve been sitting here, waiting for my camera battery to get charged so that I can take a picture of Dylan’s Christmas ornaments that he painted today (yes, Christmas ornaments. It’s October already! And I might not be very Martha-ish but when it comes to Christmas, three months doesn’t seem quite long enough.)

And now I look up and I see that 90 minutes have passed by. The camera battery has charged. And I’ve been sitting here the entire time, not getting much done but it’s been a whole lot of fun.

I’m addicted to adding feeds to my Google Reader. I just adore finding blogs that I think I’ll like. This particular Google Reader account is now absolutely fat and bloated with tons of good reads.

Speaking of Martha-ish, I even found Martha Stewart’s blog! Found myself wondering if she actually blogs there herself. Ooh, and another thought. Does Oprah have a blog?

Now 94.5 minutes have passed. The battery should be charged by now.

Just some random thoughts and bits and pieces that have been floating around in my head this Friday evening:

• It’s interesting how difficult it is to pick a book to read when you have stacks and stacks of unread, to-be-read books all around you.
• Same goes for magazines.
• After five years of an incomplete house, I am finally settling into the version of me that’s unwilling to settle for less than a completed house.
• Field Center rocks. AND the course is now available as an MP3 download.
• Choosing to be the authentic me, I’m seeing all these judgments pop up. Test? I think so.
• It’s time to move the living room furniture around again.
• Lately I’ve been really loving the sound of my husband’s voice - there’s a special something to it that I’ve really been noticing.
• I love my life.
• I am truly blessed when it comes to friends. Also, my online friends now outnumber my within-physical-reach friends.
• Still waiting to hear from high school friends I found via Facebook. It’s very exciting, and brings back a ton of memories.
• I live a vacation life. Took me a while to see this, a while more to fully accept it. It’s nice.

And some links:

• Bethie posted the most beautiful description of Dreamwalking.
• I haven’t seen the Dark Knight yet, but I liked this post about the Dark Knight plot failure.