Thérèse de Lisieux

 « Il faut toujours prier comme si l'action était inutile et agir comme si la prière était insuffisante.» 

  Sainte Thérèse de Lisieux.

 I've always felt close to this uncompromising, passionate young woman who slowly but strongly understood that trust and reliance were thousand times more powerful than mortification and sacrifice.

New beginning : The Swan

Nouveau tableau en cours : Le Cygne.

Trust

“You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible.”

 Anton Chekhov

Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.”

Golda Meir

My model for this very special painting (which is still not achieved) is my dog (a crossbreed wire haired podenco who was rescued from a pereira in Ceuta, Spain). His name is Dartagnan, and his story is very special too. At the beginning he was so afraid that one couldn't touch and go near to him, and he has improved so, so much :)

Dartagnan

When he came at home, sad and skinny :

And now :

 

And 

  

And here's his "fiancee", my beautiful princess Doris :)  (also rescued ;)

My inner child