the art of living gently - a full year at the new cottage
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- the art of living gently - 1 year at the cottage
Celebrating one year at the cottage! I just wanted to make a video simply about spring and the rhythm of mindfulness that I have been adopting. I also want to mention the key to enjoying mindful and slow living (in my personal experience, it is different for everyone) is to completely let go of what you cannot control (while, of course, recognizing what you can), and embrace that life needs to be enjoyed today, as well as for tomorrow.
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So lovely. Barefoot outside reminds me of a quote from my forest-raised mother: “I find God with my feet in the mud.” 👣
"I find God with my feet in the mud".... I like that!
It's a second language to me, but it touches me well with that quote. Thank you for sharing!
I love that!
I remember as a child walking in the cool soft mud by our river. I miss those days.
That is a deep quote if you think about it. Since we are the dust of the earth. 🥺❤
Celebrating one year at the cottage! I just wanted to make a video simply about spring and the rhythm of mindfulness that I have been adopting. I also want to mention the key to enjoying mindful and slow living (in my personal experience, it is different for everyone) is to completely let go of what you cannot control (while, of course, recognizing what you can), and embrace that life needs to be enjoyed today, as well as for tomorrow. Hope your week is wonderful!
Mavi wants to speak. I want to hear him end your video with a "life is good and I am blessed" purr.
Living with cancer I have learned to let go of what I cannot control, and to enjoy the moment and the small things in life🩷 Thank you for this calming video, spring is the time for renewal and hope 🍃🌱
you are an amazing painter.
Where has that 12 months gone and did you find any pixes in your amazing garden love it and I love you and your amazing channel please stay safe and healthy and praying 🙏 for you love your Aussie family friend John ❤❤
I like your calm and calming voice
Would love to see an animated short story series featuring the characters from your stories and art. I could see you creating a whole new world for children through animation. Respect and love...
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Oh my gosh yes! That would be wonderful!
I always look forward to your videos. I'm deep in a very hard time in my life right now, and there's no resolution anywhere in the near future. I'm watching my beloved husband struggle for his life on a ventilator. He's only 45. Bright spots are very few and far between, but, your videos are one of them. Thank you and God bless you, Paola 🌱⚘️💛
I think of you in this hard time! ❤
Dear Devan Carpenter,
Just knowing that joy comes in all moments and sizes makes feeling it all the more special.
May God and the Angels watch over your husband with love and comfort.
I just love your videos.
Sending you love and strength through these challenges ❤
Any updates on your husband? Sending you so much love during this very hard time
I LOVED the look you gave your pup when he was being Rude!😅🥰
me too! It was too cute!
There is no need for apologies! 😀
Your videos bring such a sense of calm and peace to me. Your voice, your content , the surroundings....all of it is an oasis for the mind. Thank you.
I am just glad this channel exists. Your voice is meditative ❤..
Watching this late at night. I have nights that sleep doesn't come easily. Your videos are always peaceful and relaxing. Thank you so much 💓
Paola, you are such an inspiration!
Your calm demeanor gives me such a good feeling!
Thank you!
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You are a gift to so many Paola. A year since you moved to your cottage, how quickly time has passed. I think you look, sound, and present as happier, stronger, and so settled. What strength a happy life brings. I wish you happiness and contentment always 💛 from Australia 😌
Hello! I'm a new viewer of yours, and your videos helped me more than you think! I sometimes used to cry for hours, because of stress, and fear. Every time I wanted to calm myself, I couldn't. You have suck a calm, beautiful voice, it reminds me of how my mother used to talk to me... It always helps me calm down, take a deep breath. I thank you for all the help you gave me through your videos!
Luscious forest green dress!
Your lovely kitty wants more screen time 💛 thanks for helping us all remember to be mindful!
Your life is inspiring! Thanks for always sharing the cozy!
Witaj Paola wiosna to najpiękniejsza pora roku gdy wszystko budzi się do życia po długiej zimie ten zapach świeżości, kwiatów, trawy...po prostu jest przepięknie 🌷🌿.A dziś jest święto ziemi naszej pięknej planety... 🌱 🌸Pozdrawiam Ewa z Polski ❤
Nothing like the Spring sensations all around you and feeling the energy of the flowers, soil and warmth of the sun. New beginnings and memories. Wishing all a pleasant day! Thank you Paola for a wonderful video.
What a serene video. Loved seeing the spring flowers & your fur babies 🩷 It is so easy to obsess over matters which we have no control. Getting out of your own head is the best thing you can do. Nature & my kitties help me with that. Who can think of anything bad when you have 5 one month old kittens tripping over each other, playing, sleeping? So adorable & sweet & good for distraction. Take care sweet fairy 💚
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So serene, so soft, and such serendipity! 🙏
I absolutely love how you give yourself permission to let the "child" in you out in the Forrest, barefoot, curious, content, and unapologetically free!!!....
I have a cold right now, despite my best efforts, so your words and video were comforting. Thanks, Paola, Bunny & Cat for some charming reverie and daydreaming time.
Get well soon! 😊
You're such a brave young woman. Thank you for the time you put into this and for the peace and inspiration you share with us. I feel more related to you than you would think and that is helping me in my own journey to a new life. I admire you and wish you the best in yours. Greetings from Argentina.
My favorite part of this video was your enchanted dance in the forest with the fairies and elves. 🍄🦋🌼
What a sweet thing to see you 'dancing on the beam'. Your imperfect cards will be bought with joy. Thankyou for continuing to impart (teach) the art of gentle acceptance of oneself. Hugs and love ❤ Thankyou. T.🇭🇲🐞
That green dress is beautiful.
Love your gentle collecting of wildflowers.💕🌸
I love your way of living. So gentle. So peaceful. Also LOVE your boots! If you’d like to share what kind they are, that would be fabulous! 🙏❤️
Beautiful video. I love the sounds like the crunching of your boots and crisp audio. Your voice would make a great audible narrator.
This video is very Anne Green Gables meets Secret Garden.
Oh gosh, that is so true! That the best part of drinking tea is holding the cup in your hands❤❤❤
Two thoughts inspired by this video that I wrote down as a reminder for myself ...
* My personal power lies within my freedom and ability to make life enhancing choices.
* Wisdom, experience, and sometimes pain teach me to let go of the things that do not nurture me.
I am glad you didn't hurt yourself in that tumbling from the tree, it feels more connected with you the way you share all those everyday up and downs hehe thanks for such a great spring tour. Lots of love for you, take care
Your story telling is awesome and mild background music is pleasing and stress relief.Thanks dear
Your videos are better than movies.
Your creations are so soft and gentle, very inspiring.
Happy one year house-versary! Spring is the most wonderful time of year. A time to immerse oneself in the smallest things and get lost in wonder. You represent it so beautifully. Have a great week Paola 🌱💛
Dear Precious Paola, I am so thrilled to have received some of your magical artworks over this past year. Thank you so much. Your channel helps bring out the slow gentleness within me and I thank you sincerely. Many blessings for the coming spring. May your life be abundant in all great things. With peace and ease, from Australia
Yes!! Spring! My daffodils have been blooming, and my tulips made their beautiful presence known. We had almost 80 degree weather last week and today a snowshower! Spring.. you just never know! 🌷
I feel comfortable and relaxed while watching your video thank you so much.
I love when your bunnies hop around curiously your videos!! They are so sweet. I hope to one day have bunnies hoping around our home too (my little ones are quite sure it's a good idea but our cats are not convinced).
Early spring is also my favorite time of year. 🌷 🧚♂️ 🌸
Paola, I wondered if you pray. I've heard you say that you meditate, which I feel is a sort of "cousin" to prayer.
I do, and it brings comfort. 🙏
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Very gentle vídeo, girl. 💚💚 Very relaxing to be watching It.
Love the video. As one who struggles with some anxiety, it is always good to hear a voice about being in nature/mindfulness/etc.
I love your art. Every time I receive an envelope I feel the peace and calmness from each print. They are beautiful Paola. ❤️🙏 thank you for sharing.
I wanna live a life like this😊😊 Thank you for making this video. It helps me to lighten the burden inside😔
I got your Cottage Fairy Companion book this winter, but since the chapters begin with Spring, I had been holding off on starting so I can read each section with the seasons. From the first page, it's been magical, and I love "hearing" your voice when I read your words. I already know it's going be a treasured tome that I will re-read each year. 🙂
I'm the same! I received it for Christmas, and am reading it "seasonally". :)
Dear Paola, you are a great beauty, inside and out! Thank you for sharing so many lovely visions and images of the sweetness you find in the world and in your heart. Love!
Your videos feel like the cup of tea in my hand. Thank you for sharing your wonderful perspective with us.
Good morning 😃 it’s nice to wake up and the beautiful land where you live. It’s also pleasant to hear you speaking. Thanks for sharing the oil recipe. If you have anymore recipes and do not mind sharing please could you include them on your videos. Thanks for your nice videos 💐
I feel so relaxed and at ease after watching your videos.
Your voice is so calming Paola 😌, listening to you always makes my day. Let me get on with my day as it is 07h07 in the morning, I know your part of the world is asleep now it's around 01h07. Love and light
I've never seen the yellow bells! Very sweet. We have "Yellow rockets" here and they are the earliest blooming wildflower in our forest. They are also entirely edible so I always nibble on a few. I was afraid your bunny was going to nip your little plants! Now, still in April, I could never lay on the forest floor. The poison ivy is sprouting and ticks are abundant. What a lovely video. Thank you.❤
This video was like an ode to the serenity prayer. Lovely
I know how much you’ve been yearning to get outside, so to see you enjoying it so much brought GREAT joy to my own heart! And oh, may we all come to find joy in the PRIVILEGE of getting older (love that!). And the metaphor of locking ourselves in a room; such rich truths in what you shared there. Absolutely adore your dress too - glad it survived the little "forest snag." Send much love to you, Paola. ☺❤💙🍄🌷🐰
Thank you ever so much. Greetings and blessings from Greece.Yiota.🍒🍄🍀🌺
I could watch you paint flowers for hours.
Thank you.
Your soul is so beautiful.
The kind of peace your videos give me is incredible ❤ thank you ❤
I love your work! Are you familiar with Adam Trest? He is an artist who has illustrated children’s books as well as created wonderful world of art. Currently he has been creating tiles that are being used in homes.
His artwork is very similar to your style. He loves woodland creatures. He has done a lot with foxes and stags.
He is from Laurel Mississippi. He’s been on the television show Home Town several times.
He is the illustrator for the book The Lantern House written by another wonderful Laurel Mississippi artist Erin Napier, who is also a co- star of the show Home Town.
I’m sure you would enjoy their work.
They’re very sweet people and down to earth. I think you and they have a lot in common.
Erin also works a lot with the water color medium.
Thank you for your beautiful artwork and your lovely visits on your videos. I love the time you share with your viewers. It’s almost like pulling up a chair and sharing some cups of tea.
God bless you and have. Wonderful weekend 💞🦋🐇💞🐿️🦋🐝
Thank you so so much for uploading videos quite often. I always look forward to them and you have helped me so much to really look for the simple things in life that make me happy. I find myself smiling at something as simple as sunshine nowadays. I hope you're doing well. Thank you, sweet soul. ♡
Love how you showed the reality of the little mishap with the tree branch, but glad you didn’t get hurt. Another insightful video. So true what you say about fear. Thanks for sharing. Much love. 💕🌸
Beautiful...thank you. The tea sound wonderful, the flowers you found were a delight. Can hardly wait for the salve solution. Love you and God Bless!
I also love Spring, it is a season which brings joy, as nature open its beauty and our eyes can enjoy all its wonders. Thank you.
Bless you and your family ❤ May you all enjoy a quiet life for all the.coming years! Sending all my love too. 😊🤗
Your videos are always so beautiful❤ and your life is so cozy ☺️ thanks for sharing this with us all🤗
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❤thank you for gently reminding me of this calming feeling ❤
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Beautiful video! Your pets are gorgeous! 😍👍
What a beautiful spring time in your woods. I just adore that sweet little white Bunnie. Had to giggle at you cat batting your hand. I was starting to to wander if your pup was okay then as if he picked up on my thought there was a soft little bark. Please know what joy your fur babies bring to me. Have a blessed week
Thank you Paola for this lovely video. I love your videos, you are very special and wise beyond your years. As you said, there is so much beyond our control and it can be scary, but accepting that we cannot control everything is a move toward our inner truth....take care of yourself and have a good week!
Enjoyed another one of your videos this week Paola...God's Blessings
Have you ever done a little ritual of leaving some kind of offering to the pixies and the fairies of the land?
So lovely and comforting to watch. Thank you for sharing! 🧚♀️
Thank you Paola for taking us along on your walk. I needed that this morning. I am a animal lover also, so enjoy yours.
Thank you for being magical. We need that.
The doggie sounded naughty that day. 😂
Congratulations! That year went by awfully fast! Such a calm and serene video. Thank you for being consistent with this in your content.
I’m always in awe of the plants you have available to see, take snippets from and enjoy and paint. That is great that you can harvest the cottonwood and make some oils. As a Christian I am thankful that God gave us so much in nature to heal us and enjoy. It is a gift for sure and when we can make something for ourselves that is even better. I understand about worries and fears and I’ve been working through a book by Dr Jim Berg called Quieting your Noisy Soul. Again it is focused on The Bible so I know not everyone here would find interest but I share it here in case someone might as I have found it very helpful to pinpoint my anxieties that I might not have recognized were causing stress. Enjoy your spring. I love watching your fur babies and your creations. Thank you for sharing a piece of your world with us. Oh I’m always amazed at your wonderful leather boots that hold up in all kinds of weather. 😊🌸
I'm a follower of Christ too, Nancy, and Trusting God by Jerry Bridges was a life-changing book for me and my walk with the Lord. God bless and keep you! 🙏
That’s a great book
So envious! We got more snow yesterday. So hungry for Spring! Enjoy!! 🌸🌸🌸
I love your freedom and natural wildness, when I walk bare foot in my park or lay on the grass to ground and do earthing people look at me like I'm nuts but I don't care, u made me smile 🌹
Another Info Another Worrds Of Wisdom.Your Awesome.Richard.
Starting my Saturday with your beautiful & calming presence is such a gift. Thank you & many blessings to you sweet Paola❤️
An enchanting ethereal video as usuual❤
Love the scolding of the dog😂❤ agree about holding tea☕️
That is too cute. When you were barefoot I pondered the outtakes and wondered if you stepped on poky things or had a mishap. I love that your bunny was helping you water your sprouts. 🐇🌳🪵❤
yeah! Watch out for the pixies! Hooray for hanging out in the meadow and dancing and sitting on logs. It is so nice. Congratulations on your year at your cottage. Love your water coloring! Very beautiful. Your cup is adorable that you are drinking your tea with. I used to tell my husband how If I had a collection of things, I would want them to be cute teacups, but I am a cocoa drinker and a minimalist who has little room for storing or displaying them anyway. I'll just enjoy seeing yours.
The thing you mentioned at the end of your video about getting your dress caught. . .this is why my husband has stopped letting me get white dresses and skirts. I get too muddy and dirty in the woods or climbing trees and such. I am not good at keeping light colors clean!
Simply peaceful.
So delighted to see the notice for your video appear! It’s always so lovely to watch you! 💕
❤ look so forward to your videos. They make me feel so calm and peaceful. Your have such a fairylike personality, sweetly magical. Take care and thank you!
I love my cards, bookmarks and stickers. Thank you 🌟
I`m so in love with your videos, your way of life and your art! ❤
Your dress is so pretty! I’m glad it didn’t leave you hanging!
Feels like you've been there longer than a year 😮 ! Blessed Spring Season, Paola ❤ 🌱 🌸 .
Watching your videos always makes me me calm and relieved.❤❤❤
Thank you for another beautiful and peaceful video.
Thank you for leaving in the animal friends' interactions.
The flowers are lovely!
Your TH-cam channel is the place where i can bring peace to my mind to get relaxed after hours of studying. thank you!!🌹
This looks like our Historical Lincoln family property on Spencer County. Coolest baby chicks running around freely- big ox. Copper underneath the Trails everywhere. It’s awesome. You can feel everything.
Another wonderful video. I spent 20 years doing portrait and wedding photography- and the composition of the shot at 1:13 would make a stunning portrait!
What lovely wildflowers you have to enjoy Paola. I'm sure within weeks they will be absolutely breaking.
Your water colors look beautiful. So talented indeed.
Your bunny is so adorable by the way.🤍
All the best to you and yours.
Be well, be blessed.
Your videos are such a balm for the soul. Wishing you a lovely and peaceful day.
I'm 25 and I still get scrapes and bruises from climbing, walking on little walls, skipping around and all those, generally considered childish, things. But I'd rather live with the scrapes and bruises than without the happiness all those things give me! Always find some time for your inner child!
Love all the wildflowers growing in your area!
I loved this video, I love spring, it’s just starting for us here in the UK. I love your green dress too, so elegant & feminine, even your cup & saucer is beautiful. You constantly surround yourself with beauty & nature, I’m trying to do the same x