” Nature is the Living , Visible Garment of God”

**The title quote by Goethe was best expressed visibly… by a Georgia tourist who came across this slamming car brakes** **spectacular spectacle** **moment!**

Dear Reader:

Did you ever wonder, like me as a child, what God was picking out to wear the next day, as I had to do every school night?

It wasn’t until years later that I realized the answer had been right in front of me the whole time. God dresses in garments of nature… garments of His own design and creativity. Ocean blue, magnolia green, gray Spanish Moss, yellow sunflowers, or brown earthy mountain tones.

Breathnach metaphorically uses six threads that can create abundant living by producing a tapestry of contentment that wraps us in inner peace, well-being, happiness, and a sense of security.

They are:

Gratitude: For our mental and spiritual inventory of all we have in life -makes us very rich indeed.

Simplicity: Responding to the desire to clear out, pare down, and understand the basic essentials we need to live ” abundantly “

Order: Replacing the earlier chaos in our lives

Harmony: Allowing harmony to provide us inner peace and developing a deep appreciation of the beauty surrounding us

Beauty: The kind of beauty that opens us up to JOY

JOY: The highest elation of sheer wonder and awe of life itself and our Creator

So until tomorrow… Start your check-off list to see how far you have come to bringing joy back in your lives!

Today is my favorite day-Winnie the Pooh

Sometimes God gets a little help from His creations when it comes to forming tapestries… Honey and Mike sent me this picture a long time ago … a spider tapestry they found on their mountain balcony!

**Don’t you love these stair steps leading to an university in Lebanon?**

About Becky Dingle

I was born a Tarheel but ended up a Sandlapper. My grandparents were cotton farmers in Laurens, South Carolina and it was in my grandmother’s house that my love of storytelling began beside an old Franklin stove. When I graduated from Laurens High School, I attended Erskine College (Due West of what?) and would later get my Masters Degree in Education/Social Studies from Charleston Southern. I am presently an adjunct professor/clinical supervisor at CSU and have also taught at the College of Charleston. For 28 years I taught Social Studies through storytelling. My philosophy matched Rudyard Kipling’s quote: “If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.” Today I still spread this message through workshops and presentations throughout the state. The secret of success in teaching social studies is always in the story. I want to keep learning and being surprised by life…it is the greatest teacher. Like Kermit said, “When you’re green you grow, when you’re ripe you rot.”

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