Family. I'm not talking about husband, kids, dog - I mean extended family - nieces, nephews, cousins, the whole sha-bang! I have plenty of family. What I love most about my family is the connectivity. I want to talk to you about one of my cousins. She lives far from the home where she grew up, but recently travelled home to mom and dad. My cousin has a special talent and that is what I am going to tell you about.
She does so many things to help you re-decorate your home - for me she was going to paint. The secret of this gift is her vision. I am of modest means and my home is a "cozy" place. When she arrived here to help me and paint my walls I really didn't imagine it would bring about anything great change to my life, after all it wasn't my first time. I figured my house would look nice and that would be great. Let me tell you, she is like the house whisperer. After the first day, when I came home and saw her work I actually cried. Sounds silly or made up, but, I assure you it is 100% true. I cried. Why?
Well, I thought about this for a few months now and I think I finally figured it out - I cried because she made my home beautiful. She didn't judge me too harshly for not having the vision to bring about the change - she just guided me there. After she left the changes continued. She was the tipping point to what is now a pretty great looking home. I didn't really like my house, but, she saw the potential for a beautiful house and helped me see it too. This is the kind of gift that is remarkable, memorable and very special. Touching someone's life - their heart.
You may not realize that you are doing it. You may be just going over to someone's house to paint it. Inadvertently you touch their lives in multiple ways. The rippling effect of human contact is amazing. Someone touches you and you inspire others... slowly there is more good in the world. I remember a quote that went something like this..."If a man goes through life and touches but one life - his life has had meaning."
Be kind, follow your bliss and you will bring joy to those around you and if you don't feel good - don't stress it, just find the next best feeling. Keep moving up the feeling list until you forgot what feeling bad felt like. Remember the e.e. cummings poem, "i carry your heart"
i carry your heart with me(i carry it in
my heart)i am never without it(anywhere
i go you go,my dear; and whatever is done
by only me is your doing,my darling)
i fear
no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want
no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true)
and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you
here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows
higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart
i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)
We can be this for each other. My painter cousin was this for me!
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