Sanctuary - Self

I love this quote.

 

Very wise and true!

 

 

 

 

Sanctuary - Self

We always hear that change is constant and this is very true. Sometimes change comes so silently that we barely notice until we look back some time later. However there are times when change smacks us right in the face and gets our attention immediately. Change is very much woven into the texture of life, whether it is by our own design or by outside forces.

In my own life over the years I've changed things when I've wanted to get another result out of life. Sometimes it has been on the surface changes like changing my hair color and other times it has been about changing something within my behavior. It's often good to shake things up I think and see what else life has to offer.

Sanctuary - Self

In today's Sanctuary post, I thought that I would share a favourite quote. I think of this quote often because it reminds me of how letting go can free us up so much in our lives. It's fine to have plans and goals in life but sometimes it's good to be fluid enough in order to be open to what life has to offer.

 

 

 

Sanctuary - Self

2014 is here...it's a new start and I'm doing my best to embrace it. After all of the hectic times during the holidays, it's nice to renew yourself with a bit of  "me time" if you can find the time. We all have busy lives these days and a lot of us say if we only had time we'd take more time for ourselves. I say this all the time, but I'm realizing lately that if I don't give "myself" any time then what's the use in doing anything. I'm the only me that I have. So in this new year I'm going to do my best to take a bit more "me time". Even if I only get a few minutes per day, those minutes are gonna be for me to take a breath and just be.

Sanctuary - Self

This Christmas season, I’m going to relax.  For the first time in four years, I don’t have to think about study or essay deadlines, and it’s going to be great.  I’m looking forward to spending quality time with my family and friends, catching up on films, TV and reading, and designing some new knitwear pieces.  I’m going to allow myself the time to appreciate how lucky I am.

I am fully aware, though, that the shadow side of Christmas can mean financial and family stress, and can amplify feelings of loss or loneliness for some.  I know something of loss because early this year my father passed away, having been in the grip of worsening dementia and heart disease for some time.  We lost him years ago, really – he became a lonely, and confused soul, and I miss him.  So, it means that this year there will be an empty chair at my mother’s house...  Something we’ve not dealt with before, and it’s heartbreaking, despite the festivity.

Every year at Christmas, we have a friend come and stay with us who might otherwise be lonely.  He’s expected now, almost part of the furniture (in a comfortable way!) and we think of him as part of our family.  It feels good to share what you have with someone else, even if you think you don’t have much to share.  Company, especially at this time of year, means so much more than material things.  Another friend of mine, who would be completely alone, has been invited to share Christmas with some kind friends of hers, which is wonderful.  During the last century, Norman MacEwan said, ‘Happiness is not so much in having as sharing.  We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.’  Perhaps you have something you can share with someone this Christmas...