think the downside of blogs is that they can make us feel like we’re somehow less. So let’s squash that right here, right now. You are one in one million.
You are more than the Christmas presents you buy or receive this year. You are more than the gourmet meals you cook or don’t cook. You are more than all of those Pinterest-y crafts that you attempt or don’t even bother with.
Logically, I think we know that this stuff ultimately isn’t important. But then we hop on the computer, or walk into that holiday party, and we start to hyperventilate. I get it.
SO go shout this from your rooftop, or from your condo balcony, or from your tiny farm in Kentucky – whatever your situation is – “I am one in a million jillion! I am more!”
And print out and paste this little million dollar bill to your bathroom mirror if you need somebody else to tell you. He already let me know he’d be happy to oblige.
Happy Friday, friends! You are loved, you are adored.
Thanks, Grace! My little Kentucky farm heard me :)
Get all those goats and chickens to join along, too! :)
It’s nice to be loved. Thanks, Grace! And I love you, too. :)
You’re truly one in a billion, Mom!
Thanks for the reminder, cat whisperer! It’s so easy to get wrapped up in the ideal life that some blogs or things online show (or things in books, or anything for that matter that isn’t your ordinary, sometimes humdrum, life). I’ve always marveled at how my family or friends can idealize my life in Japan, while I idealize their life back home! I guess the grass is always greener on the otherside. (Or is it that the snow is white and fluffier?)
And with blogs, it can be especially easy to set up a photograph so you don’t see the mess on the other side of the room (so to speak). Of course, we want to frame our lives in the best light possible, and I think it’s great to aspire to be the better crafter, the better organizer, the better person we want to be, and at the same time inspire others to that ideal too. It has the potential to be such a lovely medium and start such great conversations, but it can also make us feel at times like we’re not measuring up. It is so good and so important to take a step back and get some perspective!
You are one in a million zillion bajillion! Stay happy and healthy, my favorite blogger!
Celeste, you encapsulated everything in that comment. I agree, I love that this medium allows for such beautiful, inspirational photos and thoughts but it’s SO true that it’s easy to crop out all of the mess in order to get that perfect shot. (Just did this today and I smiled and thought of your comment. :) You have to keep everything in perspective!
Keep watering that green grass that you’re on in Japan!
Dear Grace,
Your note idea is wonderful– so simple, yet so lovely. xoxo
Thanks Gini! I think simple ideas are the best ones because then you can actually keep up with them! Love you xoxo