One is NOT Only

My dear friend, Sara ,took me out today for our annual lunch/shopping trip to celebrate my birthday.  I can’t think of anyone who exemplifies this attitude more than Sara. I am working on a vision board and she showed up for our lunch date with a folder of beautiful pictures and quotes to support my project. We originally started the birthday lunch and shopping tradition because Sara wanted to help teach my children to think about me on my birthday. When they were young she would take them out to choose a present for me-sometimes a challenging endeavor because they each had a different idea of what I would love.

Sometimes I get so busy with my “stuff”- work , groceries , hopes, dreams, laundry that I miss love when it is right in front of me.  I had two artist friends over to my house one night and we had a lovely evening catching up and drinking red wine. As they were leaving I said, “look at these beautiful rocks I got on my camping trip to Oregon-I know they are trying to tell me something but I just can’t figure out what it is yet”.

They agreed with me how unique and lovely the rocks were. Doris looked at me and said,  “You do see it don’t you?”  I looked puzzled at Pat and she also said ,” you really don’t see it??” I replied “NO – what am I supposed to see??”  as it was obvious they both clearly saw a message in the rocks. Doris said,” Do you want me to show you?” and I pleadingly said “Yes – PLEASE!” Doris bent over where the rocks were arranged on my coffee table and made a few changes and I gasped to read the message the rocks had for me.

L-O-V-E-D…I teared up as they both smiled at what had been so obvious to them- I am loved.

So this year I will look for all the ways to see and do small things  with great love and celebrate friends and even strangers who help me see it.

©  Michelle Campanis April 2016