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The Story Of "A Blank Canvas"

(from an email I shared with my friends, early in the creation of this gift idea) ... I'm in Love and, in that place of inspiration and opportunity, an idea came to me. One day I heard a beautiful metaphor, one that empowers our life's choices if we start with the choice to see our lives as a blank canvas. Onto a blank canvas, we can paint our life, exuberantly - abundantly - freely. The blank canvas calls us to truly let go of the past and proactively and with inspiration to create our future, in each and every moment.   Soon after that metaphor sunk in, I made a gift to my new love. I found each of us a small painters canvas and a small table-top easel, for each of us to have as a reminder that our relationship too is like A Blank Canvas - we can make it what we want, what we choose every day. Our respective past hurts and fears don't impact the love we are creating together. Hers sits at her bedside; mine sits on my fireplace mantle. Many a time I've caught a glimpse of it - in its simplicity reminding me to come back into the moment and focus on what I want to create.   I love the idea - so much that I'm trying something with it. I want to share it's power with others - and to see how it might "get out there" into the world. First up, I've made it into a Valentine's Day gift, complete with a small card which offers the vision behind the gift. Next, comes "all occasions." Brian Batson, December 2004

Please share the inspiration with others.

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