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“Tension is who you think you should be.
Relaxation is who you are.”
-Chinese Proverb

Regina Muses: As an artist, as a woman and as a human being I struggle to stay grounded and content with myself and not give way to the expectations crowding in on me. I hear the voice that tells me I am not good enough in every single aspect of my life. I compare my images to other photographers. I fantasize about how amazing life would be if I was thin and could wear all the clothes I pin on Pintrest. How freeing to simply let it all go and revel in the idea that I am perfect just as I am and whatever the world thinks and TELLS me I should be is none of my concern. And how many of those expectations are actually my projections? Sometimes I slip into this fear that Jay might be more in love with me if I was prettier or more adventurous or sexier, but really that’s all my projection of who I think he might want me to be when he adores me just as I am. “Confidence equals sexy”, he reminds me. 

“Cold words freeze people, and hot words scorch them, and bitter words make them bitter, and wrathful words make them wrathful.  Kind words also produce their image on people’s souls; and a beautiful image it is.  They smooth, and quiet, and comfort the hearer.”
-Blaise Pascal

“I have never been a millionaire. But I have enjoyed a great meal, a crackling fire, a glorious sunset, a walk with a friend, a hug from a child, a cup of soup, a kiss behind the ear. There are plenty of life’s tiny delights for all of us.”
-Jack Anthony