This or something better

  "This or something better is now manifesting for me in my life, in totally satisfying ways for the highest good of all concerned."

~Shakti Gawain~

                                                    This affirmation has served me well throughout the years, and continues to do so. Whenever I am falling into survival mode, it is time to pause and reflect on those times where people that have been there for me. These events haven't always been positive experiences, that is for certain. Most of my personal growth, both emotionally and psychologically have come slowly. Several oppurtunities and lessons that my Higher Power had in store for me, were easily overlooked and missed as a result of my own self-centered behavior. However, things can turn around.

    The Spirit Rocks that I sell have been an example of this. Being out of a job and having no foreseeable future, I found myself looking out over the Pacific Ocean from a remote beach. Perhaps I will end up as a drifter, skipping rocks along the shore. Or perhaps an artist living in my own pad like a bohemian. Then it occured to me looking at these smooth shaped rocks. That's it ! I can paint on these small little canvases and maybe generate an income doing this!

    Today I have a life I've hoped for, living in a town that is equivalent to Mayberry, and countless friends who have always been there for me. I have everything I need, and need everything I have. Materially, settling for less has served a better purpose, although it hasn't been without a bigger price to pay. I just wanted to grow up to be hip, and to be loved.

    Having achieved this dubious and yet illusive goal, it is obvious to me now, that change is the rule and not the exception in life.Whether to go forth willingly or unwillingly is always the question to be addressed. Just for today, I won't hold back.Thy will, not mine, be done.

    Below is a sample of what has been called "The Rock of the Week" even if this hasn't always been the case.I have been a bit lazy as I've grown older. 

         Enjoy!

Not a goner

 Last week at the Market, a local Latina lady came by the booth with a friend. She showed me this glass sun ornament with a dark blue color. She expressed that she wanted to have a nylon chord attached to the item so that it could be hung from a kitchen window. I figured that to be an easy enough challenge, so I said that I would have it done in a matter of minutes. All this while she and her friend went on to purchase some vegetables.

    During their absence, I clumsily dropped this pretty sun ornament and it broke into pieces. Luckily, it was a clean break, but still, it was going to be hard to explain this accident to her and her friend Carmen.When both returned to see if the chord I supposedly and successfully had attached to the glass piece was not ready, it was going to be painful to explain how it just fell out of my hands and crashed on the ground.

    To my surprise, she graciously forgave me and said that I shouldn't worry about it. This response was not anticipated,nor was it how I wanted the story to end. 

    After some profuse apologies, She was told that it would be repaired as best as it could be, and to come back the next Saturday to pick it up.Naturally, I began to envision the possible difficulties that could occur when putting a project like this back together.

    It turned out to be a lot easier than first expected. I used a quick, one-step resin to bind the pieces together, and it worked! Then the next step got my creative juices pumping, so the decorating began to evolve. The pictures below show the finished project and the glowing face for what would then come to be another satisfied Rock Star.