It may no longer be the season of holidays, nor 2001, but this post by the coolest man I've ever met rings true even as the glove of winter slips from the slender hand of the year of our lord 2014.
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Happy 2012 box (many thanks to Abby @ Following God)
I made a Happy 2012 "jar" (it's actually a box) last Thursday, and since I'm feeling down right now, I figured I might as well share it with you today.
I put this box together immediately after reading the guest post on Lucia etcetera. The funny thing is, everything I used to decorate the box was, well, picked up from my floor. The box has been floating around my room for a while too, waiting for some sort of purpose to manifest itself. So I guess you could say the whole thing was upcycled :)
I've been recording the small events and occurrences that have made me happy at the end of each day, often times that's the best . I write them with my favorite pen on small, ripped scraps of scratch paper, it makes the little bits of happiness seem all the more spur-of-the-moment and raw, I think. Something I've spoken about with R a few times.
(I'm going to randomly select a few slips of paper from the box and write their contents underneath each photo.)
The baked beans mom made, so sweet, so savory, so short lived ~5/11/12
Daddy getting home after being at the Troubled Youth conference for two days. ~5/11/12
The cottonwood seeds blowing across town, like warm, spring snow. ~5/10/12
Anyway, I know I made this with the year already half over, but I encourage you to do the same anyway :)
I think it's important to remember the small things in life; and it's important to have some way to remind yourself that you have lots of things to be happy about.
I put this box together immediately after reading the guest post on Lucia etcetera. The funny thing is, everything I used to decorate the box was, well, picked up from my floor. The box has been floating around my room for a while too, waiting for some sort of purpose to manifest itself. So I guess you could say the whole thing was upcycled :)
I've been recording the small events and occurrences that have made me happy at the end of each day, often times that's the best . I write them with my favorite pen on small, ripped scraps of scratch paper, it makes the little bits of happiness seem all the more spur-of-the-moment and raw, I think. Something I've spoken about with R a few times.
(I'm going to randomly select a few slips of paper from the box and write their contents underneath each photo.)
The light shining through the trees as I lay on the tramp while I babysat the Ws. The sun was setting. ~5/11/12
Flying down the street on T's bike after going to an interview thing. The sun shone bright yellow, it was late afternoon, and I was thoroughly exhilarated. ~5/14/12
The clouds at the end of the day as we were driving home from Spanish class. ~5/10/12
And a couple of hastily taken photo from today to show how full it is:
Sending J and K an email with a link and a photo of my happy 2012 box :) ~5/10/12
Anyway, I know I made this with the year already half over, but I encourage you to do the same anyway :)
I think it's important to remember the small things in life; and it's important to have some way to remind yourself that you have lots of things to be happy about.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
A Maker's Blog
A second blog I created awhile ago,
http://dailycreativeprayer.blogspot.com/
For to post the things I make, in the hopes of inspiring a few people :)
http://dailycreativeprayer.blogspot.com/
For to post the things I make, in the hopes of inspiring a few people :)
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