One day, I was rushing to get my me time “Get Out & Have Fun” activity done. I had made a commitment to my sons that I would get out my dwelling space (The Billionaire Bubble) to play. I took myself to:

Color Me Mine

pottery shop. I had 1.5 hours, so scrambled to find a piece to paint. The pottery piece that I selected was a serving dish. I had no game plan, but felt I needed to just get it done! It was an internal pressure I placed on myself, as I didn’t want to have multiple trips and wanted to tell my kids I completed my fun assignment. I picked some colors and painted.

I wasn’t really pleased with the rushed piece, yet I left the pottery so it could go into the fire. A week or so later, I received a call that the pottery piece had experienced shivering. The piece was no good as paint was flaking off. The shop offered to refund me or to give me a credit. I was happy that the piece was botched – because I wasn’t pleased with it anyway! I had no plan going in and was rushing.

I decided to take the credit!

When I returned to “Color Me Mine” I selected a utensil holder to paint. I came with a drawing book, snacks, and took my time to sketch my vision.

I didn’t expect it to take me so long, but I was okay with letting the journey unfold. I cared about the end result. I used one visit just to select the piece and draw out the vision. Others were painting in the shop while I was sketching and snacking. I was at peace with seeming “behind”, as my piece was on a unique to me timeline.

This tension of creating a vision and waiting for it’s fulfillment, reminds me of this scripture in Habbakuk:

Then the Lord answered me and said: “Write the vision And make it plain on tablets, That he may run who reads it. For the vision is yet for an appointed time; But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; Because it will surely come, It will not tarry.” – Habbakuk 2: 2-3

I actually had to hold the vision! LOL As in, when I ended the visit the unfinished piece had to go stay with me. The establishment didn’t have the capacity to hold what was mine! I had to store it with care, as it was fragile.

I painted with care over the span of 2 additional visits. Carrying the piece back and forth.

On one visit, I sat next to a mother – daughter duo. We talked about knitting and crotchet. The daughter expanded my world by telling me about Ravelry, a platform for connecting with fiber artists and tracking materials. I hope to use it in the future!

On my last visit, I painted with my daughter, using the rest of my credit to get her a pottery piece. It was our first time painting pottery together! She even helped paint the inside of my pottery piece.

Letting the pottery painting journey unfold led me to connecting with amazing humans and bonding with my daughter.

As I left this piece to go into the fire, I combatted thoughts of it being botched like the first attempt. I kept the faith that it would survive the fire and if not, that the next piece would be even better!

After 1 botched piece and 3 additional visits, here is the final masterpiece:

I’ll reveal the messages within this creation, in due time!

Just know it’s stirring up all the emotions, :

Giving Comedy!

And Tragedy!

After all, life is filled with both extremes. It can feel a lot like tragedy has hit your life when pieces of our life are falling off or when we are in waiting. If we flip our perspective, perhaps, we can laugh through the aftermath.

How are you holding the vision and life journey God has given you?

Love,