Ecstatic Experience Necklace
Ecstatic Experience Necklace
Chunky square sea blues glass beaded, antique copper chain necklace; measures approx. 18 1/2 inches in length.
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The soul should always stand ajar. Ready to welcome the ecstatic experience.
~emily dickinson
My soul has been partially closed these days. but no more. I will write more later but i am off getting ready for what hopefully will lead to a new adventure.
Define Yourself Necklace
Define Yourself Necklace
10mm Leopard Jasper Stone beaded, antique copper chain necklace; measures approx. 18 1/2 inches in length.
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It’s up to each of us to get very still and say, “This is who I am.” No one else defines your life. Only you do.
~oprah winfrey
I am learning to much of what this means these past few weeks. It means everything.
Simple Things Green Necklace
A gentle word, like summer rain,
may soothe some heart
and banish pain.
What joy or sadness often springs
from just the simple little things.
~Willa Hoey
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So time goes by….this week has been a somewhat life changing one…although only time will tell what it all means and how it’s going to change me. I look to the simple things…the everyday things…to bring me some comfort now. Life goes on. Things and moments you give so much power to happen, and then nothing really seems to change….but you know that they are changing below the surface…..with words revealed and shared they mold you and the situation into something new….what once was can never be again….everything changes. and life becomes again about the simple things….the hot cup of coffee in the morning….the nice sweet text message from a friend saying ‘it will work out in the end…even if it’s not the way you wanted it to”…..feeling the crisp breeze coming through an open window….the reshaping of dreams and beginning to get your mind and your heart into balance with one another again. if that’s even possible to do.
so i move on. and let life lead me where it wants me to go. and i will try to realize the lessons that i need to learn in order to grow and be a better person to give life what it needs from me.
A New Page–just a girl
What are you left with if you sell everything? and you only leave what you can wear in a weeks time? or you only leave enough to pack in a car…
what will define you then? who do you become? how will you behave? what things and emotions will you have to face?
who are you to become when the pain of letting go wears off?
where will you go and what will you do??
a new day has begun for me.
Setting yourself Free…
“Develop an interest in life as you see it; in people, things, literature, music–the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls, and interesting people. Forget yourself.”
~Henry Miller
sometimes thinking about myself gets old. perhaps those that are married and have kids, especially earlier on in their lives, don’t get to experience this (instead they wish for more time for themselves). i have told friends before…more in this past year…that living just for yourself grows tiresome. the place i lived last year, and the place i live now, is surrounded by families; kids going off to school, dads cutting lawns, moms cooking dinners, kids running around outside, etc etc. it appears tedious yet safe and warm all at once. there is a safety there. this knowing of who you will come home to. what you will do. going to the grocery store to buy meals that provide nourishment for loved ones that share your everyday life with you.
anyway, i can look to my friends, my family, my creativity, for company…but yet it’s not the same. as days have gone by, i long for the company and chaos of a ‘family’ to experience life with. it doesn’t have to come in the form of what most people think it does…a husband, kids, pets. it’s more about the dynamic of folks to share your everyday moments with. friends getting together for potlucks, celebrating birthdays, playing music on a front porch with folks, being involved more deeply in the lives around you. it’s about sharing. i was never very good at that growing up. but i am to try harder now.
Quiet Girl
I just painted this canvas market tote bag yesterday, as well as uploaded it onto my Etsy shop….I wish I had bought smaller stencil letters….not many phrases i can write on the bags with these large letters.
Not many words lately…..just trying to pay bills, live life, get ready for some changes…
