Making Time & Perspective

"Make time for everyone in your life. Make time for the walk in the park, the cup of coffee, the glass of wine, the phone conversation." - a post from Mary Schmidt.

I came across an article last week that was mentioned in another blog I read, the article is basically notes from various people the writer knows giving her advice of ways to live life at 25 years old. Some of the "notes" I loved, others I didn't care for-but the quote mentioned above stuck with me. We are now at an age that we are mature enough to know what really matters. We may not have it all together, but we are starting to get the right ideas. People in your life are the greatest gifts we are given. Making time for others, carving out time, is really what makes life worthwhile. It's all about perspective!

I was recently working on a list of fall essentials/shopping list for the change of seasons. The list began to overwhelm me, so I decided to make a "need" & "want" column to help me re-focus.  The funny thing is, once I did this I began to realize that there was not one item that I needed, but many things that I wanted. The stress that I felt came from this list began to melt away when I realized that the items on the list wouldn't change my life-
People and how we impact them is what really matters, time spend with family and friends is what makes our lives beautiful. All the "glitter" makes things fun, enjoyable, and memorable-and I enjoy things. You know I really do, or I wouldn't write about clothes and décor and stuff in general. I just thought today was a good day to remind us to put things into perspective! Enjoy the small things-because the rest is just "fluff" - fun and enjoyable-but just fluff. ;)