Last minute gift ideas…
To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To yourself, respect. ~ Oren Arnold
I just wanted to take this opportunity to wish all you you a beautiful and peaceful
Christmas time.
May your hearts be light and full of love.
Thank you for all the joy you bring to my world.
Big Love !
Monday and today have been bitterly cold in NH.
The sun was out yesterday though, and the light was spectacular.
Today’s high is only 13 degrees Fahrenheit.
The clouds have moved in as of noon today, and the snow has started again.
Another 4 to 8 inches.
It is really feeling wintery and Christmasy now.
I am surprisingly feeling quite at peace with it all.
I am cozy in my house, with twinkle lights and a gorgeous poinsettia serving as Christmas décor.
David is working from home and
tomorrow, we will be babysitting our 1 month old great nephew,
Baby Jayden, for the day !!!
Yay !
I am happily making some handmade Christmas gifties and
with a sweet reminder from my friend Laura Svencner,
I found some time to update and renew my Etsy listing for
The Word of the Year Rock in a Box.
For those of you who choose a Word of the Year to work with instead of resolutions that are never kept, I can custom paint a small beach stone with your chosen word and custom decorate your little white porcelain box in your favorite colors. You can have a sweet keepsake to keep your word in focus all year long !
These little boxes will be available for order in my Etsy shop through the end of January.
I am still waiting to come up with my Word of the Year 2014.
My word for 2013 was “Live”, as in “Live in the moment”, and I am working really hard on doing just that. The right word will be waiting for me when the new calendar year starts !
Off to enjoy a cup of chai tea with maple syrup and milk, and watch the snow fall.
Stay cozy, Beautiful Ones !
I’m checking the list.
Doing only what feels right.
Love, joy, season’s bright.
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I think the perfectionist of old in me has finally truly got it.
There is no such thing as a perfect Christmas.
No amount of decorating, baking or fretting will make it so.
And there is no way to make someone else’s Christmas perfect either.
What there is is joy in giving wherever you can and without expectations.
Little things that make someone smile.
And not expecting everyone to smile, either.
Just giving because your heart feels open to do so, and because you know that it is part of your purpose on this Earth.
And loving what is.
And fiercely loving the people who are in that close circle around your heart,
not with the packages under the tree,
but in the kindness,
the loving gestures,
the real Love giving
that lets them know they are deeply loved by you.
This is what Christmas means to me now.
If it brings my heart joy, I will do it.
If it brings me stress or worry, it will be off the list.
I am making my season merry and bright !
Big Love to all of you, Beautiful Ones !
Be kind to your awesome self today !
for more haiku love, visit rebecca at recuerda mi corazon.
It has been snowy and very grey since Sunday.
Not the most cheerful weather for me.
I definitely feel the lack of light and how it effects my mood.
I am trying hard to use some of the tricks I know to keep me from sinking.
One is painting with bright colors.
I am so in love with my new “Fruits of my Labor” piece.
(11X14” acrylic on canvas)
I have to say that Golden Acrylics are such a joy to paint with when you need that vibrancy and saturation of color. Expensive yes, but they really are worth the money !
I haven’t done any Christmas decorating yet.
David and I always travel for Christmas,
and sometimes,
the decorating seems like more work than pleasure.
Maybe my Christmasy mood will increase this weekend.
But I have started lighting my sweet twinkle lights in the living room, my studio and our bedroom every day.
That is a light that makes me smile.
Another thing that is really good for me is to focus on giving.
Getting out of my own head and sharing my gifts with others in a genuine, no expectations way.
I did that at meditation class this week.
I brought my rocks with me and offered each of the 10 or so people in the class
to reach into my bag and choose three or four rocks for themselves.
The magic happened as always !
A couple of women were amazed,
and received just the message from the Universe that they needed
and I received loving hugs in return.
I am so grateful for those rocks and my Rock Fairy job.
I am working on other little gifties to bring smiles to some others in my life as well.
All so good for keeping Kimbo in a shiny place.
Today is sunshiny, even if it is cold.
I promise myself to get this head out into the sun and soak in some of those rays.
I hope you find your shinies today too, Beautiful Ones !
Big winter time love !
A Haiku for Joe
A weaver of tales
He made deep marks on this world
With his heart story.
Man of Peace, my Friend,
Now makes his journey onward
Flies on wings of love.
My friend, Joe Spado, died on Monday, December 2nd, 2013.
We connected through Haiku My Heart, lovingly hosted each Friday by Rebecca of recuerda mi corazon.
We never met in person but I know him by heart.
A beautiful work of art by him hangs in my bedroom window, catching dreams and shining with love and care.
I feel as though I have a new guardian spirit hovering in that gentle space beyond.
I know your new travels on the wind will be gentle and peaceful, Man.
I am sending love and comfort to the hearts of those you have left on this side.
Thanks for what your Beautiful Spirit brought to my world.
Love & Peace, Man.
xo
