I want to speak in a positive way. The truth is the time we are living in is uncharted water for me and I must assume most people. I have never seen anything like it and my only point of reference are stories my father would share with me about when he was a little boy and how times were hard as he was growing up at the end of the Great Depression.
I am choosing to not be in fear and I am choosing to focus on gratitude and love. I have chosen to take this time and find joy in little things. Before anyone gets their tail in a knot let me tell you I am a grandmother and a mother and I have concerns for all people everywhere but I choose to focus on what i can do in a positive way.
I wanted to upload a video of this candle because it makes me smile because it crackles just like a fireplace and smells wonderful, but alas navigating this blog has been a challenge and it seems the old ways of just allowing one to upload a video are gone without paying $$$ Ugh!
Once I knew I would be off work for a while I bought some air dry clay and created some little bead faces. I want to do more little projects with the clay. The brand I bought was $10 Amaco Air Dry Clay for 10 pounds at Hobby Lobby. It is moist but dries relatively quick. I made 30 of these little faces.
In between being creative and life in general I have been organizing things that have been neglected for a really long time and I will continue to do so, also taking short walks outside.
It snowed last night and this morning there was sunshine and snow on the ground and I breathed in the cool air and thanked God for another day.
(Not a very clear picture) but this little 12 pound guy is such a joy for me. He is my constant companion when I am home.
Lastly I wanted to share something I found on instagram……
“And the people stayed home. And read books and listened, and rested, and exercised, and made art, and played games, and learned a new way of being, and were still. And listened more deeply. Some meditated, some prayed, some danced. Some met their shadows. And the people began to think differently.
“And the people instead healed. And, in the absence of people living in ignorant, dangerous, mindless, and heartless ways, the earth began to heal.
“And when the danger passed, and the people joined together again, they grieved their losses, and made new choices, and dreamed new images, and created new ways to live and heal the earth fully, as they had been healed”
—–Kitty O’Mears
I think this says it all……
I am wishing you all brightest blessings.
❤
the pilgrimmage 