Last night my friend and I hosted a holiday bazaar. She used to own an art gallery and I make jewelry, so together we set up two rooms full of one-of-a-kind and unique gifts. I used to love helping her merchandise her gallery, arranging and re-arranging objects d'art until they were displayed just so ~ beautiful things need to be shown beautifully. We had a lot of fun collaborating and I was fortunate to sell quite a bit of my jewelry through her gallery.
Fast forward to today and life has certainly changed. My friend closed her gallery as the economy hit people's wallets and beauty became a want not a necessity. I think it's sad to think of beauty that way. It's so important to surround ourselves with soul food ~ things and people that make our lives fuller, richer, more rewarding and even gentler, softer and more peaceful. That doesn't mean we have to fill our houses with stuff, but it does mean we should stop, view, smell and even touch the proverbial roses. It fills us up and gives us a soft spot to land when life gets tough, as it surely will.
I am grateful for the beauty in my life. I seek it out on a regular basis because my life would be poorer without it.
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