reach for new heights~

 

 Christine Mason Miller's bejewelled wrist & graceful hand. Photo taken earlier this year in Petra, as part of Tara Bradford's Journey To Jordan photography trip.

These last couple of days my heart strings have been tugged on quite a bit.  I've welled up.  I've teared up.  I've sniffled a few times.  A few people have really cracked me open.  Wide open. I wish to thank them for that. They make me long to reach for new heights, stretch myself further, go the distance with my life. Read and see if you agree with me, I'm sure you will.

First, Relyn.  Relyn blogs at Come Sit By My Fire.  She posted a list of prudent advice for her daughter Sloane.  Go read it, you'll want to print it out and share it with your daughters, your sons, and your best friends.  Relyn has a warm heart and always blogs her personal truths.  She has been one of my biggest inspirations.

Second, a woman I don't even know.  At all.  But my mother knew her.  My friend Maithri knew her.  Here is her blog.  She recently passed on but left such a glowing legacy I had to share her with you.  She will gobsmack you with how richly she lived her life.  Go read, go cry.  Go be envious like I was.  Leave her space wanting to reach a little higher.  Thank you Tessa, for your inspirations.  I know your words will continue to ignite a living passion in others like wildfire.

Thirdly, and I say this with a lump in my throat.  Life is fleeting.  Life is beautiful.  Cherish those you love and hold them dear.  For it is but a blink in the twinkly night sky.  Blessed are we who have known the love of a most wonderful mother.  If you still have yours close, make sure you tell her how much she means to you today.

Okay, had to get that out there.  Life isn't always bowls of cherries ya know! If anyone has extra, or is feeling inspired to help, please check out my friend Maithri's organization to see where you fit in.  Who knows, I may bump into you in Swaziland one of these days.  Tessa donated proceeds from her art to PDI, it was a cause that touched her heart.

xoxo

Gillian

p.s. i love you :)

Comments

[Tanya]

I love coming here dear sweet soul. xo

[yoli]

I hope one day to meet you, that our travels somehow find us in the same spot. I want to know such a person as you. Sending you love dear girl to you and yours. Tessa's passing tore at my heart. Her legacy will continue for such a star like hers cannot be extinguished, it just lives on. Happy New Year Gillian!

[Tara Bradford]

What a legacy Tessa leaves behind. Thanks for sharing her story and Mathiri's work. And most of all, thank you for your big open heart and all you do for the world. I'm so lucky to have you in my life! Love you! Happy, happy, joy, joy for 2011 and meeting someplace exotic. xoxox

[stephanie]

so many people doing so many big things...

it is my wish that 2011 bring you everything you want and need.

x..x
steph

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love
how you reach out to the world
with
your Wide Open heart!

:-)

life IS beautiful
if only we look,
don't you think?

oh happy year 2 U!

[Marilyn]

I was so definitely touched by what Relyn wrote for her daughter, Sloane. I thought if all parents taught their children these truths the world would be a different place. Now I must go visiting your other link.