Sunday, July 31, 2011

Tracks and those who follow your tracks...

"We will be known forever by the tracks we leave."~Native American proverb

    Walking along the dirt road I see the tracks of other walkers.  I notice the tracks of dogs beside a few..  Some tracks are large, others petite...All are walking for a reason:  To exercise something--sometimes the brain, the body, the dog, the heart, and even the soul. Even tears have tracks--the ones they leave on the face and in the heart.


     I wonder who left the tracks on the road and wonder about their owners.  I wonder if they wonder about my own tracks...


     There is one figure who follows me and who leaves no tracks.  I will post a picture.  She changes with the seasons.  Sometimes she looks sporty, and sometimes she looks ominous. Sometimes she seems to be a muse for me, sometimes she chastises me.  I hope she is not the grim reaper.....because I cannot stop for that!

     Walking the road is giving me a perspective that is different than I had before.  I believe it is making me more sensitive to nature, birds and animals, and to myself...

    


  

Saturday, July 9, 2011

The Blessing of Giving More Than Expected...

Sometimes I am asked why I am doing what I am doing - and especially since it has not been a money maker....


There is a part of my soul that yearns for expression and sharing.  I created 6 milagro bracelets for a bride recently and went to very much extra work creating special cards for their presentation.  I will share with you what she wrote to me:


 " The items I received were so far beyond what I expected...I ordered the milagros for my bridesmaids and not only were they even more perfect in person, she made me beautiful cards to give my girls and even included a bracelet for me as a gift for my wedding. I was literally brought to tears when I opened my package."


For me this was well worth it on so many levels!  No, I don't know this lady and likely never will.  But to make someone happy like that and know that she connected with what I am trying to do gives me something money can't!




There is a quote I want to share: 


"We are all God's instruments who do our little bit and pass by. I believe that the way in which an act of kindness is done is as important as the action itself." ~ Mother Teresa


I am no Mother Teresa by any stretch, but I have known, really known, the joy of giving more than expected.  Sometimes it can seem thankless, but in that case it gives one a chance to remember why you are doing a thing - not for reward, but for the intrinsic blessing of it.