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4/17/2020 6 Comments if you can celebrate it...if you can celebrate it, celebrate it! -- Hymn. ~ tess guinery a few tuesdays ago i scratched up a long mental list of my goals + expectations for the day. you know, all the per usual tuesday expectations : + figure out career + deep clean entire house + read three books + catch up with friends + make a healthy & impressive dinner + write a book + & some poems + bake some bread + learn something new + read & respond to all emails + oh & find some time to really rest & refresh yourself, ok? the hours came & went & after realizing how little i managed to accomplish by noon (shocking, truly), i sat myself down in a chair, devastated, & wrote up a second draft with a single goal : be kind at the grocery store. granted, that’s a pretty good one to highlight for the day as we’re all a bit on edge & the grocery store is probably the last place we’re storing up all our good vibes & positive energy to pour into. but i couldn’t help myself from thinking i should’ve accomplished hm - maybe 120x that. anyways, i returned from the grocery store & realized that i wasn’t actually spectacularly kind while i shopped & probably came across as a bit of grump as i pushed my cart down each aisle. blame it on the overpriced produce. kidding. that’s no excuse. regardless, the day ended & a new one began the next day. isn’t that always the most beautiful thing? & i got to thinking about this quote i wrote at the beginning of this post & yes, most days the world feels like it’s spinning out of control & people are less than lovely at the grocery store (not me, of course) & the unknown is truly terrifying & we may feel like we’re losing our footing & control on our plans so we clean a few extra closets & strive to gain some kind of grip on the areas we can, yet, we can celebrate. heck - if you can celebrate it, celebrate it. thank you, tess guinery. so, allow me to take a moment & toss up three cheers for : the books we’ve read, the hard conversations we’ve had, the dinners we’ve prepped, the pictures we’ve sent, the hobbies we’ve tried, the films we’ve watched, the apps our parents — i mean we’ve figured out how to work, the connections we’ve made, & all the things we’ve learned. i’d like to celebrate how, even now, we’re seeking & understanding, almost or almost always breaking down (both are ok, i do them frequently), paying attention & actually slowing down. for now, that’s enough. if i do more than celebrate in a day, it’s a good day. but if all we get done in a day is celebrating the moments in a hundred different ways, by waving to our neighbor across the street, writing a letter, painting a picture, hugging our kids, it’s a really good day. & at the end of the day, it’s the spirit behind it that matters. we’re slowing down & we’re paying attention & we’re trying to be kind & that’s a prayer. a hymn. a life. a swarm of moments worth celebrating.
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Mads ?
4/17/2020 07:07:56 am
Gosh, your words inspire me e v e r y single time. you, your words - all a gift to meeee.
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Mandy
4/17/2020 07:11:08 am
LOVE THIS!! Gorgeously & courageously written, as always. Never stop blessing the world with the spirit behind your voice.
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Tess (not guinery) Bub
4/17/2020 07:18:51 am
Beautiful reminder by a beautiful person
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Margaret Kuiken
4/17/2020 07:57:16 am
Bethany...this is beautiful and vulnerable and honest and true... Calms me down just reading it! Thanks for sharing your gift of writing with us. 💕
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Ky’Asia
4/18/2020 06:52:29 am
Wonderful work befitting this time! Thank you for the beautiful reminder ❤️
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Sue Gaechter
4/18/2020 11:14:00 am
Bethany, once again beautifully said. Thanks for the reminder to celebrate the moments!
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