Challenge #126--Anything Goes POSITIVE with the Opt. Twist of: Power of Words…FAITH/HOPE...Midway

 

Hey folks! Welcome back to the Path of Positivity Challenge Blog! It is the third Monday of the month and that means that it is time to present the midway for Challenge #126. It is my fond hope that each of you and your own families continue to stay happy, safe, and well, wherever it is you live in this big wide world of ours. 

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Right now, it is time to continue with our midway. Here is a refresher of the details for our current twist:

 

 

Challenge #126

Anything Goes POSITIVE with the Opt. Twist of 

The Power of Words:

FAITH/HOPE

 

This year's goal has been to look at how WORDS can influence our artistic endeavours. To help inspire you on this journey, each month we have focused on different quotes. I provide five quotes to inspire your creative projects. If none provide any inspiration, you can pick a quote or phrase of your own choosing to explore. You can use the quote/phrase/sentiment as the focal point of your creation OR you can embrace an aspect of the quote to focus on. As always, following our twists are optional.

 

If you do want to follow the optional twist this month, here are the quotes I've chosen for Dec.:

 

“Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.

“The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able to do it.” — J. M. Barrie

“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.” — Albert Einstein

“To live without hope is to cease to live.” — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

 

“Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.” — Helen Keller

 

As you can see, the overall theme for Dec. is FAITH/HOPE. If you want to follow the optional theme, you can simply use one of the quotes literally and type it out and add it to your project. However, you could also create a project with one of the quotes in mind. For example, you could create a faith journal using the first quote as inspiration for your cover. Do you know someone who is struggling with some doubts in their abilities? You could create a card to inspire them using quote 2. There are lots of ways you could approach the quotes. And of course, if none of these inspires you, you can always find your own quote or sentiment expressing the concept of FAITH/HOPE.

Remember, the twist is completely optional and you don't need to follow it in order to win. However, in order to be considered eligible for this month's goodies, remember that general types of projects/posts will not qualify for the honours and prize UNLESS they are also positive, inspirational, motivational or encouraging in some nature. Additionally, even if a project may qualify as positive, if your post promotes negativity, hatred or anything of an abhorrent nature, your project will be disqualified. Honours and Prize include:

• $6 worth of images from Scribbles Designs, for a person chosen in a random draw based on all qualifying entrants.
• A badge for the following honours: Top Pick, Voter's Choice, Most Inspirational, Random Winner, DT Delight.

To help inspire you further down the path of The Power of Words…FAITH/HOPE, check out the wonderful projects my Design Team had the opportunity to create. Clicking on each team member's name will take you to their blog where you can check out the details for their inspirational creations.

 

 

 

 

Thanks again to my astounding design team! As always, each of them have their own unique avenues of creation which I thoroughly admire. Each of these designs has demonstrated the theme of The Power of Words…FAITH/HOPE splendidly, and I hope we have motivated you throughout this challenge to come up with your own work of handicraft. Be sure to go and visit these accomplished ladies so you can see just how their projects tie in to the twist.

 

Why not join us, if you haven't entered already? Create a project and/or post that is positive, inspirational, motivational or encouraging in some nature and join our link up. How about stretching yourself by also opting to follow the twist?! While it isn't mandatory, we'd also love to find out how this month's twist affects your own life. How often do you rely on words to inspire your creative endeavours? This month our quotes all focus on FAITH/HOPE. Are you doing anything special this month to promote FAITH/HOPE? Faith and hope often go hand in hand when we are reflecting on our creativity. We need to have faith in our abilities but also hope that we can improve our skills or take on new directions in our work. Doubt is a paralyzer. Like the quote from J. M. Barrie says, “The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able to do it.” Therefore, continue to have faith in your abilities. Is there someone you know that could use some inspiration in this area? This month would be a great opportunity to send them some encouragement. You can write a sentence or two in the body of your post, write a sentence at the bottom of your post next to the link up for this challenge, or simply leave a comment on this post if you'd like.

Also, I know that the participants would love for you to go and pay them a visit. Remember we're creating a Path of Positivity to follow one project at a time and we'd love to see you somewhere on that route even if it is just by leaving a comment on an entry from someone who has touched you somehow with their project and/or post! You can find our list of participants and enter our latest challenge yourself by clicking HERE and scrolling down to the bottom of the post.

 

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Don't Forget...

Winners for challenge #125 will be posted next Monday if everything goes according to plan. You can find the Top Picks post HERE.

 

If you ever have any questions be sure to leave me a comment.

 

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We look forward to seeing you participate!