63 Days

Messages left on the line between January 24th, 11am CST - January 27th, 2am CST.

I would like to share my comfort and joy that I experienced. I do live in Florida, it has been chilly, but on my walk yesterday I walked by my neighbor’s house that had a beautiful front yard, beautiful flower garden and an older gentlemen walked up to me on the sidewalk and said, do you enjoy this? and I said yes, and I said is this yours and he answered yes and we stood there and talked and he shared his garden with me, his ideas, his plants and what he does and he just loves doing it as I do and I was able to take some of his little hints and file them in my brain for things that I’d like to do with my garden but it was just so comforting and really, joyous to have this conversation with this older man who has a lot of wisdom to give and I loved hearing all of it. So, to me that was joyful to me and it was just a great experience.

A good question- what has brought me joy? It was- I’m moving soon and I put together furniture that I bought just for me, specifically picked out, and I really liked putting it together. When I was younger we always bought used furniture and things like that and even now as an adult I usually lean towards buying used furniture first. But, this velvety green chair I bought - was one of the first new pieces of furniture I bought and it was such a struggle to put together, I was sweating and when I finally sat in it for the first time, I rubbed my hands over the arms of the chair - I had a friend over and she tried it out and did the same thing and it felt like yet another simple in this new life I’m making for myself - not only this beautiful chair and being able to buy nice things for myself but also to tap into my masculine energy to put together something with my hands that is sturdy and will hopefully be of use for the next couple of years. Thank you for this.