How timely to read Marelle Taylor’s post this morning … Marelle took some time to make cards for people having special occasions in their lives rather than just making a card to share for her Stampin’ Up! business. Her comment was that it felt wonderful to just make a card for that someone special, to write on it, then post it, knowing you’d given them a little bit of yourself and your love through a handmade card.
Yesterday, I spent my stamping time creating a birthday card for a lovely friend. It was a welcome change to the intensity of Christmas Stamping, and the stimulation of all those fabulous UStamp ideas! And, I really enJOYed the creative process. Like Marelle shared, I felt that I really was giving a little something of ME ~ Marelle calls it “Love Language” ~ as I created a specific card for a specific person.
Friendship works the same way. I spent a lovely couple of hours, lamenting about life, with a very special friend, yesterday, and she gave me the greatest gifts of friendship: active listening, empathy, and follow up support. Ahh.
I think the thing I notice the most about the ‘Giving a Little Something of Self’ is that it takes TIME. Most folks around me are so busy doing other things and being somewhere else that they haven’t remembered to Take the Time to just BE.
Simple Abundance ~ Day 12 ~ is all about GRATITUDE … taking the time to really Be Aware of what we have; taking the time to Be Aware of what really makes us happy.
Giving a Little Something of Myself to Someone I Care About makes me Happy.
Receiving a Little Something of Someone Else makes me Happy, too.
I am Grateful for the Moments in Time where I am reminded about just how Abundant my life is.
Just so you know, to be there for a dear friend and to listen is as theraputic as if it were yourself unbudening those frustratons. We often forget that women all share the same daily frustrations, and to be able to be yourself and vent is a blessing. True friends are indeed a blessing.
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