#Inktober2019 • Day 31

Ripe

Whenever I feel like rushing things, I listen to this song (Link to You Tube, Empty Hands Music) and again return to trusting that all is well and happens in divine timing.

Everything becomes more effortless when you stop pushing. Aaand fruits always taste better when they are ripe anyway.

This was the last drawing for #Inktober2019 Ta-Dah!

I hope you enjoyed the challenge as much as I did. It has been easier to follow through every year. When in 2017 I was worried if I even make it through, this year I knew that following the prompts daily will bring me more energy, so giving myself the time and space each day to draw, made everything else in my life flow too. Magical!!

Thank you for sharing this journey with me!

Feel free to leave a comment below and tell me how you liked it!

#Inktober2019 • Day 30

Catch

Once again Mira has fallen and Love caught her in the air.

To have this kind of trust in the Universe, is to relax in the flow of life. That’s when you try and you fail, but you rise up again for another try.

All the failures add up to lessons learnt in life, and when you look back, those are all beautiful lessons that brought you here, to be the best version of yourself that you are!

Here’s to trying again and
trusting that the Universe has your back!

#Inktober2019 • Day 29

Injured

What you give your attention to grows. The only way to quiet down your ego is to love it to pieces.

So accept it as a part of you and concentrate on your strengths, gifts and skills instead.

Focus on what you do want to grow instead!

#Inktober2019 • Day 28

Ride

Life is quite a ride! I find great comfort in an idea like this, no matter what’s going on in my life, I can rest in thinking that it will all make sense in the end, the big picture is much bigger than I can imagine.

Ego finds this idea as an emergency exit, but that’s not what it truly is. There’s no need to rush it.

Every step counts, every challenge we face and every triumph we gain are neutral, like photos in that album your soul gets to take with her when all is over.

Let’s enjoy the ride – Now!

#Inktober2019 • Day 27

Coat

Haha! Ego’s a smartpants… I drew this to emphasis on how often we are challenged with others by simple misunderstandings… 

If the ego had just been willing to listen, stepped into Mira’s shoes for a bit (seen how she’s shivering because she’s cold for example) and hadn’t jumped into quick conclusions, he would have understood that Mira may have made a little mistake in pronunciation. 

(Which btw I do aaaalll the time when I read English out loud. LOL!)

Or maybe Mira could have just relaxed and laughed and gave that cute little goat a pat.

#Inktober2019 • Day 26

Dark

This idea dates back to 2015 when I was doodling daily for the first time for the whole year. I illustrated some of my favorite quotes as I studied life and Love. 

Mira looks at her shadow with gratitude. It shows her that she’s whole. There’s light and there’s darkness in all of us. And she chooses to concentrate on appreciating the light side of her more. Because what you appreciate, appreciates. 

Click here to see the old doodle.

#Inktober2019 • Day 25

Tasty

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Dizzy

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Ancient

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Ghost

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Treasure

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Tread

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Sling

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Misfit

#Inktober2019 • Day 17

Ornament

Here’s a little detail of the doodle, so that you can see the shine on that golden bauble too.

#Inktober2019 • Day 16

Wild

These nights during the Full Moon time can cause restlessness. Mind races around when your body just wanted to get some sleep… 

The cure for the racing mind for me is acceptance. I simply just accept that some nights I soar the starry skies with my mind. The next day I accept that I can be a bit more tired, but actually after a night of accepting yourself the way you are, I most often end up having the time of my life. I guess acceptance also recharges your batteries (like sleep). Nice!

#Inktober2019 • Day 15

Legend

Did the people who turned into legends ever think they were going to become one? I doubt. They just followed their hearts, one step at a time. (Or then people just made up those stories so that we would be inspired to do so in our own life.) 

Half-way through the #inktober and this has been so much fun, being inspired each day with a different prompt. This morning I didn’t have an idea so I asked my son. Before he could say a word, I exclaimed: “Oh, never mind, there it came!” & then I drew this.

#Inktober2019 • Day 14

Overgrown

What do you think, can Love ever be overgrown? 

Sometimes when my ego overgrows or swells up to sizes that I am not proud of, it makes my world smaller and smaller, colors dimmer and dimmer until there’s only black and white left and my life feels grey. It is no fun to live in a world where my ego is so huge. But when my heart expands and reaches out to others, when it envelops them in her warm embrace and shines light, that’s when the whole world finally seems to make sense.

#Inktober2019 • Day 13

Ash

Like a phoenix! I’ve heard the saying “You’re on fire!” or “I’m on fire!” a lot lately. That makes me think of phoenixes, those birds from stories that burst into flames to then rise from the ashes again.

The phrase “burn out” comes quite handy after being on fire for a while… If the being-on-fire was somewhat ego-driven and about over-achieving. Being on fire can be extremely energizing too of course, but in this story I refer to the one that leads to burning out. Remember to rest, even if you are a phoenix!

#Inktober2019 • Day 12

Dragon

#Inktober2019 • Day 11

Snow

Here’s the set I used for creating this Mira(cle)Doodle! 

When I wanted to figure out a way to paint a starry sky for the first time, I almost dropped from my seat laughing when I saw that it is done with a toothbrush!

It really works – Take an old toothbrush, dip the tip in white ink and then move the bristles with your finger and ink sprays everywhere! Aim it on your paper and ta-dah!

#Inktober2019 • Day 10

Pattern

#Inktober2019 • Day 9

Swing

Something fun and quick today! 

I’m currently working on illustrations for a client and one of the pictures has an animal swinging like this, so I wanted to give Mira a chance to give it a go too! 

Swinging is fun!

#Inktober2019 • Day 8

Frail

Love is the forward motion.

It’s the ego that gets the hits and can drown in the suffering, but that put aside you’ve got the power inside to move mountains.

If you are interested in finding more about the ego and love, check out the doodles I’ve drawn inspired by A Course in Miracles Workbook.

#Inktober2019 • Day 7

Enchanted

Do you really need a castle, Mira?

And can you really shape it solid from a cloud?

The ego makes you spend hours and hours occupied with planning for the future before you wake up and realize that you actually have all that you wanted already.

This was my first attempt to day 8 prompt FRAIL.

Ego’s illusions are fragile, and when they pop, it hurts. But the thing suffering is the ego.

In this picture you can’t see what is there instead of the castles build in clouds (A Finnish saying), because the ego is still hung up in the illusion. Maybe it invents something to replace that broken dream and hurries up to make Mira busy with that.

But there’s a whole another world outside the one dictated by the ego…

The world of Love.

#Inktober2019 • Day 6

Husky

I had this picture in my mind, but I had no idea what words would go with it, so I asked my 11 year old son what to write and I think this is just perfect – Keep choosing your own kind of journey. The way you want to travel through this journey called life is your own unique decision, keep going for it!

Mira typically chooses a horse to play with which represents the mind in Mira(cle)Doodles comic series, but I think these dogs represent pure joy this time – Let your joy pull you forward!

Mira(cle)Doodles are illustrations from a spiritual path, so each one I draw brings up messages when I look at them closer. Here even the little snowflakes carry the message of joy – I love winter, and we already got our first little attempt of snow yesterday here in Finland, yay!

#Inktober2019 • Day 5

Build

Whatever it is you build, be it your dream life, a business or a house, it is kinda comforting to know that 1/3 of a skyscraper is below the ground. 

The bigger the dream, the deeper it’s okay to dig so that the foundation will be sturdy and your thing will take any storm when it is built up.

Yay, so keep digging!

#Inktober2019 • Day 4

Freeze

The stress response was the first thing that came into my mind, it’s often referred as fight or flight, but those aren’t the only options – Freezing as a reaction to stressful situations is common too. 

Just the other day I got offended by something someone wrote to me on social media. I was puzzled. I couldn’t response. And still days later, I have no idea how to react to what she said. It could be about flight too, but I didn’t flee, I have seriously tried to figure it out and have tried to type an answer, but nothing just comes out. So I call that freezing.

If only my heart would be there, she would Know (…but I have a migraine so the ego just happens to be louder at the moment).

#Inktober2019 • Day 3

Bait

FOMO… What if that thought would get me where I wanted? What if that thought gave me peace? (You can replace the word “thought” with “a book/course/person/food, whatever your way of seeking for peace is).

And the heart just sits still and knows. Peace already is.

Where did you find peace the last time you felt it?

#Inktober2019 • Day 2

Mindless

#Inktober2019 • Day 1

Ring