Stewardship Sunday: Day of Mental Rest, What’s Your “Garland”?
Designing and Living a Custom Life is a process
The spaces & places we inhabit contribute a great deal to who we are, who we want to be and how we develop
Inscribed in Grandmother’s cursive “First Book, Christmas 1916” this Annual rests near an Antique Petit Bench. It reminds me life is process & doesn’t have to be perfect. Confession? I like it perfect…especially during the Holiday Season but daily let it go…
December = everything & every design on display
It can be hard to “be the real you” when there are a billion “decorating demands” surrounding family traditions, community expectations & our own self imposed Martha Moments
There is no mental time to figure out what we really want for our Custom Life!
Do I even want a Holiday Rug at my front door?
Holiday Rug at Front Door? For some reason each year I think…oh, I should have one made. If I don’t take time to mentally rest, I can’t make a clear headed design decision!
Am I sure I need my custom snowflakes hanging from every beam in my house?
The snowflake prototypes on the fence’s garland……if I use them on the entire fence I will need over 100…practical? Without mental rest, I can’t decide…
We attempt to get our homes in order and keep them in order in case a friend (or even UPS) stops by. God forbid we don’t have the wreath up & the bows all tied…
Mental Rest. Need it. Crave it.
My Example: garland
Hanging the rest of it. Yup. Clogs, muddy from the rain, but cute beanie & scarf trudging…
Plaid Banana Republic Scarf – why does it matter what we wear when we decorate?? It just does!!
Something about the process works for me.
Enough effort = accomplishment
Not so much that I start flipping out over some other Custom Design Element that should be added
Today, what’s your “garland”?
Make sure it’s something that will move you one step closer to living out the next 30 days in peace.
Sunday Stewardship = You
Your creative self will be thrilled to have some actual thinking time
A clear brain = YOU decide if you want a Holiday Rug
Because it’s YOUR home & YOUR life
🙂
“Live a custom life. There is only one you.”â„¢
xo Ann
Argh…I know there is a “lesson” there…for “some reason” I work better under pressure guess that’s when my “creative juices” kick in. I am making a list though… franki