I came upon a
delightful book in my travels this week. The author is Kelly Corrigan (http://kellycorrigan.com) and her new work
is entitled, Glitter and Glue. The
book is based on a comment her mother once made. It seems in their family her
father was the glitter and her mother was the glue. I knew I had to blog about
that.
What a
wonderful metaphor! Then I thought about Mardi Gras this week. Talk about
glitter! But have you ever seen Bourbon Street in New Orleans on Ash Wednesday
morning? It’s not pretty. It is, however, quite an affront to our olfactory and
visual abilities. Glitter can make quite the mess. Even on greeting cards, it’s
the glue that holds (most) of the glitter in place for our enjoyment.
Whether it’s
greeting cards or fantastic costumes at Mardi Gras in New Orleans and Carnival
in Rio, there’s an awful lot of structure, fasteners, stitching and, of course,
glue that allow us to enjoy the sparkle of pageantry and spectacle. The same is
true of our lives. We can’t have the freedom to express our personal glitter in
life if we don’t have a firm foundation gluing our consciousness to immutable
principles.
Perhaps you
can join me in noticing when you are the glitter and when you are the glue as
you move through the next few days. Let go of “trying” to be yourself and just
“be” your authentic self. Don’t know how to do that? Start with eliminating the
judgment you hold on your hopes and dreams. Add to that a willingness to give
up the desire to please everyone around you and begin to embrace
a higher level of self-care than you’ve experienced before now.
In Spirit,
Truth and Playfulness,
Terry
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