I'm a very black and white kind of person. As I've grown, I've added a few shades of grey (not 50, never 50!), but for the most part, I am pretty black and white.
Now this monochromatic way of seeing things affects how I do or love things. If I believe something...I BELIEVE it, and so act on it. For instance, a few years back I *believed* that our family needed to lower our toxin burden. I went...all..out. We changed our detergents for soaps, I went without shampoo and conditioner, and even began to make our own lotions. Even still those changes have remained, and I'm always working towards reducing unnatural chemical burden for us!
I don't usually moderately like something, I LOVE IT!...and will usually let you know.....again, with the toxic burden stuff - I couldn't keep quiet about it, and I drove my husband fairly batty, so I started a blog, so I could 'talk' my heart out. People could read it...or not.
And so in the last year, I've done a few things by jumping in both feet first. You've read about me making paper, making sauer kraut, practicing penmanship, and calligraphy. You've probably rolled your eyes or chuckled a little bit knowing how almost over-board I'm going. ....or you're all in with me, and I should have you over to write calligraphy in our new hand-made books while we munch of lacto-fermented foods!
Well, my newest endeavor is not a craft. It's not even really 'hands-on'. I've joined the ranks of the home-business world!
Crazy? Maybe. Thing is, I've needed something like this for quite some time. I've lost a bit of perspective and my world was becoming smaller and smaller by the week. My sensory world was collapsing in on itself, and I didn't really have a goal to work towards, in order to get myself back.
While I was taking the necessary steps to reclaim the world as my oyster, it seemed like I was sitting there spinning my wheels. Now, though, I feel like sand got poured under those wheels and I'm actually moving somewhere! Hooray!
It's really by God's grace that it has all worked out like this. Two weeks ago, I had never even known about the company I now work for! In His provision, He has given me the opportunity to not only jump with both feet, but hit the ground running!
Okay, so enough of the mixing of metaphors!
xo,
J
soli deo gloria!
