Earrings

Good Day Everyone! It's Mother's Day 2013. Are you excited? Some of us may be excited...some of us not so excited. For those of you not so excited for whatever reason, just know that love is yours today.

As I was getting ready for church this morning, I thought of the pair of earrings I wanted to wear with my outfit. It is a pair of cute gold crystal strand dangle posts I made. I was excited and then I felt dread. I knew where these earrings were-caught in a tangled mess of other earrings of the like. I knew that the only way I would get these earrings in my ear was to get them untangled. I had tried before and gave up. But this morning, I decided to go for it! I took my time to untangle these earrings I wanted to wear and lo and behold, I got them untangled. How so?

Well, it's strange but I was actually thinking about how I was gaining ground with untangling the earrings. I focused on the earring I wanted untangled. I didn't try to untangle other earrings while working to free the earring I desired. I stayed focused on working on the one I wanted. As a result, the other earrings loosened helping me to free the earring I wanted.

Lesson? Stay focused on what you want and everything else will fall into place.

Lesson? Work on one "issue" at a time. When you work to be freed from so many chains, you will get overwhelmed, discouraged, and eventually give up.

Lesson? The one thing you want freed will unlock chains of other things you want free.

Lesson? ...

You tell me. What is a "Aha-moment" you glean from earring project?

We all want to free and/or be freed from something in our life. It may be a goal or it may be a burden. See from my lesson how you might actually achieve that which you truly desire.

Have a wonderful day and Bless a Mother you know.

Blessings,
Aurellia
www.HiddenGemCo.com

Saturday Mornings...

Good Morning Everyone!

Once again, I greet you with "It's been a while..." but I think that is the story of my life. Other than go to work and take care of my son, I'm not sure what I consistently attend to. I chuckle as I reread that last line. There are other things I'm consistent doing, but blogging is not one. But this morning, here I am.

I'm sitting in Starbucks waiting to begin another season of Non-Competitive Basketball for my KinderKid. This morning I listened to a song sung by Bethel Church in Redding, CA. My Sister-Friend sent it to me. It had me in tears (what's new). The song was "Nothing I Hold On To". It was a song about giving everything to God and trusting that God will "make something beautiful out of me." The song spoke to the sacrifice of Isaac, Abraham's long awaited for son. He had to climb the mountain knowing that he did NOT want to give up what he knew was God's gift to him to love and protect from all harm. But he did...

I think of my own life and all that God has been asking me to hand over. My son, my career, my heart. And I will have to trust that all this craziness that has been my life is making "something beautiful out of me."

Happy Saturday!
Aurellia