{"id":203,"date":"2008-05-24T11:20:30","date_gmt":"2008-05-24T16:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angelsdesk.com\/angel\/blog\/?p=203"},"modified":"2008-05-25T07:09:49","modified_gmt":"2008-05-25T12:09:49","slug":"the-intrinsic-power-of-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.angelsdesk.com\/?p=203","title":{"rendered":"The Intrinsic Power of Words"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"photo_v\">Daddy and the kids made ginger oatmeal cookies yesterday.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelsdesk.com\/photos\/2008\/05\/cooking_22May2008_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"photo_h\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelsdesk.com\/photos\/2008\/05\/cooking_22May2008_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My stepmom, Donna, and I have very different design aesthetics when it comes to colors.\u00c2\u00a0 She prefers the deep, rich Mexican\u00c2\u00a0palette and I prefer the bright, soft pastel palette.\u00c2\u00a0 So, even though her house is painted very different colors than I would choose to paint my house, her home is still my primary source of inspiration when creating my own\u00c2\u00a0home.<\/p>\n<p>And this is for several reasons:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Her home is always clean and tidy.<\/li>\n<li>Even though they have three dogs that live in the house, her home always smells fresh which immediately relaxes the visitor when they come in from a long drive.<\/li>\n<li>Her home is not cluttered.\u00c2\u00a0 She follows a clean, open design and puts out only a few knick knacks that she cherishes.<\/li>\n<li>She keeps what I call &#8220;happy books&#8221; in the bathroom. \u00c2\u00a0These would be books that you would find in the self-help section of the bookstore.\u00c2\u00a0 They are full of self-affirmations and self-introspection essays.\u00c2\u00a0 Whenever you come out of the bathroom, you feel just a little happier than when you went in because of reading the happy essays.<\/li>\n<li>Her home, decorated with all its Mexican colors, is very pretty and enjoyable to be in.<\/li>\n<li>She uses subtle, bright, lifting smells everywhere &#8212; the hand soaps, the body soaps, shampoos, the air fresheners throughout the house. It seems like such a small thing to have a lovely-scented handsoap, but it makes such a difference.<\/li>\n<li>And finally, the topic of this blog, she has &#8220;happy signs&#8221; everywhere in her house.\u00c2\u00a0 Signs like &#8220;Live well. Laugh often. Love much.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I was reading the Lifetime Fitness magazine today, and everytime I read it, I feel motivated and empowered &#8212; ready to make positive, healthy\u00c2\u00a0change in my life. \u00c2\u00a0And then I go do the dishes and the laundry and tend to the needs of small children, and that feeling slowly ebbs away into the hard and repetitive\u00c2\u00a0work of the day.\u00c2\u00a0 And that is why I like that particularly design feature of Donna&#8217;s home so much.\u00c2\u00a0 Her plaques on the wall remind you of what is important while you are feeding children and vacuuming and folding the laundry.<\/p>\n<p>Words are thoughts, and thoughts are actions.\u00c2\u00a0 I like the idea of self-programming my thoughts with beautiful wall decor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daddy and the kids made ginger oatmeal cookies yesterday. 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