Wow. It has been awhile since my last post. Shame on me. I came up with a million and one excuses and reasons why I have not had time to blog. But guess what? I am not going to do that anymore. I am not going to give excuses for why I don’t do things or haven’t got to things. The simple fact is that I have not been on top of blogging. Shame on me, and I will work at being better about it.
I was reading “The Happieness Project” last week and there was a chapter about spending. In this chapter they touched on the fact that it is okay to spend money on yourself without feeling guilty. It is okay to buy yourself the things you want. Just not to go overboard. It transitioned into talking about all the things that we buy and have, but we save them for special occasions. I, too, find myself with a lot of items that have gone unused because they are too special or amazing to use for everyday life or any ordinary occasion.
In the book, there was a blurb about a lady who had received this amazing art set when she was younger. She treasured it so much that she had never used it. It was too precious to use on any old project. So it sat around for years. Years later, she went to retrieve it and her mother had gotten rid of it because her daughter had never used it. She assumed that she did not want it.
Well guess who has an art set/kit like that? Yep, I DO! I have had said art set for at least 17+ years. Everything looks so nice, neat and lovely in the kit. I did not want to disturb it, mess it up and “ruin” it for any old art project. So it has sat nicely for all of these years, on shelves, in closets, in garages, and who knows where else. It currently resides in my home office on a shelf. The case is a lovely dark wood and matches my furniture in there. I realized I have been using it as a decorative piece instead of what it is intended for because I wanted to save it for a special occasion.
Had I not read this book, I probably would have gone my whole life without using my sacred art kit. This led me to discover and use things that I had not used before, or had used only on special occasions. Those lovely note cards I got as part of a bridesmaids gift package? I have only used one because they were so pretty; I wanted to use them for special occasions. Our wedding china has only been used once in the last five years! I even have undies that I do not wear that often because I save them for special occasions. Guess who is having a painting party on china in her undies this weekend? This girl!
Seriously though, we forget or overlook these moments that are happening right here, right now. These moments are just as special. Just as memorable. What if there is no tomorrow, or we do not make it to have that “special occasion” we have been waiting for. What then? I encourage each of you to get out those items that are wasting away because they are too precious. Use them. Enjoy them. Savor every moment while doing so. That is why you got them in the first place.
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