And Up… And Down… Life Is A Swing I’m Excited To Ride.
We may all be living in different realities, working in different fields, passionate about different things, but one thing is the same for all of us: Every day we live emotions and feelings that are triggered by what happens around us and in us. This past week I lived plenty of different emotions! First, it’s kind of special and funny to wake up to the sound of a hungry horse! Lol!! Queen, our pony, is definitely adding to the happiness of my surreal life! She’s proof on four legs that the most unexpected little dream is possible and can take life in a way I couldn’t even imagine!
But my days are far from hanging around all day and playing with the pony… We’re working on seeing our dream go further. We’re spending countless hours in the studio and even though we are very careful about keeping a positive attitude and ambiance, we still live frustrations when we don’t seem to find the sound, the music, the direction we are looking for the songs of the album. I have to admit I do feel disappointed when we leave the studio late at night and realize we will not keep anything of what we recorded that day…yeah… it happens… I know we build so much more than music and that we don’t waste our time, but I know too that “time” is running fast and I struggle between wanting to do things fast enough to deliver an amazing album as soon as possible, and taking the time we need to deliver an album with no compromise, a real album we will be proud of and ready to die for, as it will be so true and represent exactly what is in our hearts.
We all have different ways to handle that stress. Sometimes we do make mistakes and hurt each other by not being sensitive to the others or by being too self-absorbed. The good thing is, if we don’t see our own mistakes and reach out to apologize, covering each other with healing love, someone else will step in and help us realize what is going on and encourage us to take care of what’s most precious: our relationships.
These relationships are life giving. It’s so exciting to share with my family, with all of you what we are creating! In only a few days/hours, we’ll be living together the Bla Bla Bla: The Live Show. We’ll be performing LIVE, giving you exciting news and I’ll be launching my very first jewelry collection…Such an adventure! So meaningful to me…another proof that we can live the unexpected through hard work, strong passion and open hands.
And Up… And Down… Emotions and moods are influenced by the good and bad things happening, but what helps me, helps all of us is our commitment to push through all the challenges together… our desire to live to the fullest and savor each moment for what it is, living the amazing moments and the struggles equally, with the same honesty as they both create a bond between us… In Ups and Downs, we can be confident that we grow, that we don’t need to control everything, but as we let go, we are free… We’re not giving up… We’re not quitting when it’s difficult or sad or frustrating…but we’re letting go with the faith that difficult times won’t destroy us but will bring us further and allow us to enjoy even more the joys and happy moments.
Next Sunday will definitely be a big UP! The Bla Bla Bla is always a happy moment we share and where the unexpected ALWAYS shows up! I love this guest: “The Unexpected”. I know I need that kind of up and I want to live it with you! See you Sunday my dear family…
-Miss Isabel
Tags: Bla Bla Bla The Live Show, Red Crown Crane Jewelry Collection, Studio
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Chris
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I love it so much when you talk about the ups and downs of relationships…
At some point, we need to get a little dirty if we want to truly be involved…
No one’s perfect and we can’t always play safe…
Love builds itself from each and every decisions we take to let it go and put it on top of our anger and pain whether it’s justified or not…
I love this ” not playing safe” vision of relationships that’s when true love can really get rooted…
The last Bla Bla Bla : The Live Show was a perfect example of it cause without these relationships that you have built through time, I am sure that the song that you performed live would have never been so fluid and intimate…
Let’s keep on going through that motion!!
Chris
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Elizabeth
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hi dearest Isa!
I thought about waiting to comment until after the Bla Bla Bla tomorrow, but i had a little time this afternoon, and it seemed maybe the perfect moment – since the “unexpected” that we will all live together then is still a mystery. I always love the imagery you use so aptly in your blogs, and this week is no exception! I can just see all of us on the “giant swing set” of life – swinging at the same pace with some around us, and maybe at the opposite pace with others. it is wonderful to share the emotional ups and downs of life together – as Vanessa says, a unified swing often helps us support and uplift each other. It can be good to be around others who are on the opposite place in the arc of the swing too, especially when we are down at the bottom and need a hand up. To be a “hand up” and to be able to receive a “hand up”, we all need to be able to pull out of our own self-focus and awaken our sensitivity to others on some level, just as you say dear Isa, and it is indeed a wonderful gift when others around us help show us our lacks in this area (even if we don’t want to hear it at the time! It’s very painful to have our blind-spots illuminated….) Relationships truly are the most precious treasure and the most superbly challenging and transforming aspect of our lives. That truth keeps pounding me on deeper and deeper levels every day. Thank you again dear Isa for the courageous way you share your open hands and open heart with us all…what a gift…
much love and prayers always! mom e
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Marcel B.
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I’m really excited already to see your jewelry collection!! =)
The picture in the Manifesto was beyond words!!
I think that it’s the relationships we have to the people around us that keep us going. And they help us to overcome all the downs. Especially when those relationships are true ones and not only “one-way relationships”.
I notice it again and again through the relationship to you and all the wonderful friends i found through you.
But alson through relatiionships i found on my own, like the ones in my class!!
Since this week i’m again in school and even though i didn’t see my class mates since november everything is still good.
And i noticed that still something is different, maybe only because i have a look from a different angle now.
We build a true communion there and this is something i never had in any of my classes before. We want to be together and enjoy our time. So we create opportunities to be together. Thursday we went out after school and went to a cafe and next week we want to do something like that as well. It’s so powerful and such it strengthen the bond between us. We build something that is way bigger then anything we imagined!!
Not everyone want to participate but we always invite them still to take part, so they can feel free if they want to be part of it or not =)
See you on sunday!!
I can’t wait for it!
Xxxx
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britt
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always love reading your blogs isabel! <3
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Heather
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Hey Sweet Sis!
I think that life is full of ups and downs, and I think that when we have a big dream and can see it before us, know that with perseverance, determination, faith, and hope, looking to God to pull us through those tough waters, that we will reach that dream, and goal that we hold in our hearts. I have been very thankful to God for brining us all together, and I love Alex very much,xoxoxox, and often reflect to verses that remind me to keep focused forward to the road ahead of me.
Jesus never said it was easy or would be smooth all the time, but if we kept in his command that it will come to pass. Life is interesting that way, that it puts obstacles in your path, to see how you navigate them. I heard that it was “how” you approach them on the way there, that matters, not “when” it comes true( not an exact quote Joyce Meyer )
Though, it is true. We must remain patient and hear his still small voice, to see us through these moments. I am very happy, and I appreciate that Alex,and each of my YFE family does challenge me.
It is when we communicate with one other, that we learn from each other, and it makes life so much fun! I don’t want us to lose one another, through the chaos of the world.
Thank you again sweet sis, for sharing your thoughts!
Heather
See you all this Sunday!
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Kosho
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Up and Down, That’s how our heart beats are going on. And then we’re simply living. Thank you for always being an extraordinary inspiration for my life. I can see the true beauty of you is coming from all what you see, feel and experience. Now it’s all becoming to the shape of the jewelry, your voice on the music melody, each notes on the piano, every single words on this blog. I can’t wait to see what’s blooming out from your beautiful soul and heart. Thank you for sharing!;)
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Mary
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I’m so thankful to know that the band is staying in assurance that they will find the right melodies, therefore keeping the standards so that the music can be real and honest. So it can have it’s true effect, the impact that music should have in our lives.
It’s a choice we are all confronted to make, to be confident that what we hope for will come true, even if it is out of our control on when and how it will happen… especially when we don’t see even a glimpse of it taking form in front of our eyes.
Your blog is a true inspiration… and a great reminder for me that we’re all living the same struggles and choices… The decision to stay in honesty and be confident that this is the right way to achieve a real goal, and that it will happen .. or trying to take control over things, and messing everything up in so many ways .. lol
Can’t wait to see what you have prepared for us for the upcoming Bla Bla Bla …and to hear the songs you will be sharing with us!! Thank you for your generosity.
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Vanessa
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Ups and downs… do I ever know how those feel like.. what’s difficult to remember is the possibility of an amazing Up when you are feeling the Down… and being alone in your Down only feeds those emotions that blinds your eyes to seeing any Up in sight. I hate to drag anyone with me in my Downs so half the time I live them alone and worsen my feelings. I will gladly share my Ups though lol I guess you can say I realised that living those emotions alone… especially the bad ones.. only is destructive to yourself…
This Sunday I want to live that Up with all of you and I can’t wait!! 🙂
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Marjo
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Miss Isabel, I want to thank you for sharing in such a simple and refreshing way…what life is all about, in your own perspective! You make it so easy!! So, you know what??? I’m up for the challenge of “living”…just like you!! Thanks for those blogs…and soon the music and jewels which will enable us to stay connected as well! Life is everywhere…I like that!! Thanks Miss Isabel! 🙂
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