Rising Tide
Ever feel the rising tide.
You know its coming.
You hold on tight.
You take a deep breath.
You pray for a boat.
Then it does come and nothing can prepare you for the inevitability of the flood of whatever except the fact that you know that the same wave that drowns you now will lift you up on the next cycle.
Elyse Wasile Bahama Sloop Print
1987
print is about 7″ by 8 1/2″
shows some signs of age but in good condition
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Sewing pattern Women’s McCall’s
5459
size misses 18
bust 40
6 different blouse styles
1977
4.99 plus shipping
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I had a customer come in this morning and we had a wonderful conversation and she is joining our support group we are trying to form.
As she left… she said “I am leaving here feeling so much better than when I came in” …
What more could I want? What more could I ask for?
I have a kinship with the Koala.
Maybe it’s my medicine animal. I have read a lot about the significance of the Koala and it revolves around survival and also paying attention to diet… this makes perfect sense to me. This is a snippit I found on www.mysticsoulreader.com
Many of you who may need the assistance of Koala energies, may experience stomach ailments and digestive problems. Koala medicine can help with these issues by helping us to balance not only our diet, but our emotional, mental and spiritual diet as well. Stress is the main culprit in manifesting disease, Koala’s disposition can teach us to slow down. The Koala is a slow moving animal, compared to the tree slough, the Koala is not in a hurry to do anything. It is not lazy by any means, but is a beautiful creature that goes at a pace that promotes peace and tranquility.
Wow.. that is so dead on it’s not even funny.
Random Thoughts Download the Book Now
I have noticed something touching in the store this week.
We have a really huge selection of books.. old books, new books, inspirational, funny, children’s, cookbooks…
I have noticed a tenderness and sweetness in how our customers are looking at, touching, and handling our books. It’s like they all know collectively that the end of books as we know them is looming on the horizon. Electronic data and information are flooding us with options that don’t involve the book as we know it.
I love the smell, the touch, the physical sensation of a book, a newspaper, a magazine. I will miss those things and I am glad Down South Sisters can be at least one small part of keeping these precious treasures intact and in the right hands.
Our customers will hold and cherish the books they purchase in our store.
They love them as much as we do.
I have come to the conclusion that at the end of my days when I am looking at that last setting sun….
The following WILL NOT matter:
The leaves in the yard
The full gutters
The bathroom that needs remodeling
The shoes in the hall
The dishes in the sink
The clothes in the hamper
The car that won’t start
The keys I can’t find
The job, the house, the ‘stuff’ I had
And on, and on, and on, and on
And the following WILL matter:
Who I loved and who loved me.
I am sorry for not paying attention.
I am sorry you were last on my list.
I am sorry you gave and I took but I didn’t say thank you.
I am sorry for all the times you talked and I didn’t listen.
AND I am thankful that you paid attention,
that I was always first on your list.
that you gave, that you listened.
Going forward, I want to be less sorry and more thankful.
This morning I found grace, in the smiling face and bright eyes of an elderly customer. She had lived. She had loved. She was at peace with her path.
She had grace shining out of every part of her being.
If you look, Grace can be found.
Have you ever met someone who did not seem to have the capacity to stop, to chill, to be quiet, to be still?
I am not sure God can speak to us and we can hear him clearly until we are still.
Completely still.
Not just our bodies, but our minds.
It is in that one perfect moment of quiet stillness that is so hard to obtain that God whispers and we hear. The more we are able to reach those moments the more we will hear.
What would happen if the world was still collectively for one moment, just to listen.
I think the world would change.
So since that is not an option at the moment.. we as believers have to do it one still and quiet moment at a time. We have to start right here with ourselves.
Be still.
Be still.
Be still.