Day 23 – 25: Acceptance, Community, & Belonging

There are times when I have a hard time accepting acceptance. Saying goodbye, letting go, walking away, moving on… I’m learning to accept these things. They feel like abandoments. Perhaps they are abandoments, but they are natural parts of life. They don’t happen “at” me.  They happen “to” me.  Big difference.

I took me a minute to process these bikes. When I saw them I wondered why there were so many vintage bikes on the rack, but they are the bikes of today on a college campus here in Texas. Then it clicked. Everything old is new again.

Right where they belong. Each morning at my side or feet. This morning Shorty didn’t seem the least bit phased that Freddie had his back leg across his throat. Shorty did, however, pop up to say hi to you.

xo,

~the mess

What’s the October Creativity Challenge?

My friend Michelle at Mused is running the October Creativity Challenge.  I love things like that and I’ve been missing clicking pics. The scenery around a woman laid up at home with a broken ankle doesn’t seem very stimulating, but with Michelle’s daily photo prompts I think I can make something happen here.  I’m “motivated” to get my IPhone’s shutter moving!

Tags: acceptance, belonging, community, Mused, The October 2012 Creativity Challenge