Dear Reader:

Lately I have realized that before we begin any project or process in life we need to re-check to see if it is right side-up, or facing the front, not back, or even identified correctly before we begin a new passage in life. In other words, “Look before we leap.”

This way of thinking started with the Ya’s shadows sitting on the bench Thursday evening with the sun going down at our back elongating our silhouettes across the sandy beach at Edisto. At first glance everything looked the same, in the same order, and identity.

It was only with a second viewing that the truth revealed itself. The order from left to right was backwards and, at the last minute, we had switched seats. It was like staring at a negative off an old photo from a camera. Isn’t this a mistake we sometimes make in our zeal to jump into life with just a quick glance? We are looking at life upside down… and end up going round and round in circles?

From Simple Abundance… author,Sarah Breathnache, envisions how this common mistake, made by us mere mortals, is set into place.

...”Here’s what I think happens. Just before we come to earth to begin this life, we are given a photograph of our future of the Divine Plan- to get us excited about the great adventure ahead. As the photo pops out of the celestial camera, we’re in such a hurry to get on with our life, we grab the negative instead of the photograph.”  

“Now we’ve got the pattern of a fabulous life, but the perspective is reversed. What’s white looks black. What’s black appears white. We’ve got the big picture, but it’s backward.”

…”So we cry when we should be laughing, are envious when we should feel inspired, experience desperation instead of abundance, do it the hard way instead of the easy way, pull back instead of reaching out. and worst of all, we close our hearts so we won’t get hurt, when opening them is the only way we’ll ever know joy.”

So until tomorrow…“How many times have we waited for God to move for us, when in fact, God is waiting to work with us? Today, take the negative of your Divine Plan and let LOVE develop it so that you can begin living the life for which you were created.”

It’s time to move forward!

“Today is my favorite day”  Winnie the Pooh

*Delight of the Day: When I first got home Friday afternoon and glanced around at the garden I noticed some beautiful yellow day lilies….they seemed to all be standing so straight and tall. It wasn’t until that evening when I took the time to examine them a second time that I realized they were Lazy Susan’s that had just popped out! So beautiful! (Love my jar lantern Libby!)

*Eva Cate is reversing light and darkness dressing she and Jakie up in cool sunglasses. I get a feeling this is the beginning of many dress-ups for Jakie. Hang in there Jake! This, too, shall pass.

The two sets of cousins bumped into each other at the SC Aquarium, took a second look, and decided to have a spontaneous pool party! Loving on you my little darlings.