I love quotes

I love quotes! The right little thought for the moment. I read one recently “he too serves a certain purpose who only stands and cheers.” Henry Adams.

I thought about that sentiment quite a bit. It applies to all of us in some ways. Some days we can step up and go the extra mile with our family or friends and other days we can cheer for them as they struggle by. Races wouldn’t be as fun without a cheering crowd. Sometimes it is that way with our scrapbooking. We get a few moments here or there to record moments with photos and journaling other times we get together with our friends and are inspired to get a whole bunch of pages done and love to look at our finished albums. So here is to you that are struggling along in their scrapbooking thinking to yourself “is this even worth the effort?” Yes! Keep up the great work! Recording your families history and so very important day to day events. Your families will love their finished albums and cherish them as well as the time and effort you put into them. An extraordinary gift, a one of a kind gift. No one has your talent or ability, no one knows just the right little touch to add to the page that will touch someones heart. ONLY YOU. Fantastic power and opportunity! So don’t give up or get discouraged you will get your albums done and enjoy the fruits of your labor. Scrapbooks are heartwarming family treasures that keep us in touch with our loved ones here and gone. Remember you make the difference!

When your zen garden is the cat box

You know how we get caught up in life and it just runs away with us? I read all these articles about “keeping it simple” and making our life’s more fulfilling and wondered to myself do we ever reach that point where life is simple? Who defines what simple is? Maybe for you, keeping it simple is living life in the moment. Concentrating on what is happening right now. I find myself thinking ahead and not always enjoying the moment. I think for me, as a business owner you have to think ahead, keep on your toes, stay current on the “happenings.” But some days I want to just play with all my fun creative things and not do laundry, make dinner, or iron. Eventually the daily grind makes us face the music and put down the colored pencils.

I set goals and evaluate where I am in life during my birthday month. Kind of unusual I guess, but that is how I do it. I was reflecting on where I am and where I would like to see myself and making the two a reality. That is when I realized that for me, my “zen” garden is the cat box. The daily grind of things that keep us grounded. It isn’t so bad. I have great friends, a family I love, I live in a beautiful state, I get to create almost everyday and meet talented and creative ladies who share the same passion about paper crafting that I do. I heard a funny saying about your glass being half filled-less to clean up when spilled. That made me just laugh. So you see, my zen garden really is the cat box. Overall not a bad place to be.

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