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Monday, November 14, 2011
Fog of Gratitude
Sometimes,
Gratitude comes in
like a fog
and gratefully smothers all my worries.
I'm having one of those moments, as I sit in my office.
My new (ish) office.
I wish I could bottle this moment, a moment full of optimism. It makes me so happy to be in here, and to be working on two of my projects. To have an office space that's both cheerful and calming (as some of my friends have noted) really buoys my spirit not matter what I'm tackling. Even better, I finally have a space I can actually share with others, visitors or my writing/creative partners, Kellie and Elissa. :)
I've read many times about how the space you're in can either support or hinder.
I'm so fortunate to have an office I that supports.
The frames on the wall... Pottery Barn Teen... each glass frame pops forward, so you can easily slide in or out the photo that's in it. I can change them as often as I please! I'm using them for playbill covers at the moment. The colored paper between (astrobrite) is actually what I took with me when Ruth and I went searching for the couch fabric. Matched it exactly.
Bamboo floors. Lacquer cabinet and desk and shutters.
Looking back toward my desk, a daylight photo, that shows the rest of the space, and also how much the color of my sofa changes with the light (and my messy desk)....
Yes. That's a real rotary telephone. In aqua. Refurbished. Found in a fab retro shop.
Above, you can see the actual colors of the glass globes on the lamps.
The funky aqua object on the coffee table... is full of candy. :) For guests.
(right, Shephard).
* * *
Another friend is moving away.
Unreal. But. It's likely temporary.
I'm okay, maybe because my other friend in the hospital is finally coming round and healing from the head trauma. So scary. In light of that, everything is so minor.
So today, I have too much gratitude to worry about the future. If I could bottle this, I would, and I'd send it to each of you. But I think that's the trick really... whenever you are sidetracked by worries, finding a gratitude moment or memory is the beacon in the fog.
Thank you all for the comments on the last post. So kind.
I'm fast at work with Kellie on our fun project that we'll be pitching to a very fun and creative movie studio (not the Mouse) very soon. It's a fun adventure for me, and I find that it's liberating in ways I didn't expect. I will likely share those perspectives.... soon.
~Shephard :)
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