…Today I am sharing with you my mess!
Aren’t you happy?
Come on ladies!
I am sharing with you the pictures we never take…
The images before the after…
The truth behind each project…
The process… the way… the journey to the final WOW!
Originally I took these shots thinking about sharing one or two of them on Facebook.
{ Looking for your pity and support }
As I was going through the pictures however a bunch of thoughts crossed my mind while looking at them…
as if the images were talking to me.
” Hey you!
You behind the lens… What do you see?”
Honestly sometimes when we are in the middle of a mess all we can see is the clutter…
the unwanted items, the chaos around us, the things that are falling apart.
Messes come to us in every single shape and form…
some messes are so personal and deep that we may think that there is not a way out!
Boo to that thought!
There is ALWAYS a way OUT!
At times standing in the middle of our messes the “glitter of life” can take part of the background,
really… back there, out of focus as we choose just to see the glitter that had being lost, waisted or spilled.
…Focusing in such a waste sometimes we are in danger to miss those sweet hands around us.
Those people that kindly are trying to help us pick the glitter up and bring back the sparkle that belong to us.
{ I love the label of this tiny glass capsule… pure gold }
The thing is that no matter how hard we try life offers us messes… many of them.
Why?
Because they make us cleaner, stronger and determined
{ Don’t let any type of mess take you down, beat you or overwhelm you. NEVER! }
In the middle of my mess, sitting on the floor I reached as fast as I could for my camera and just in time I was able to capture this magical moment.
Magic?
What is the magic on a dirty floor, a piece of tape and ugly ladder and the stinky feet?
Boo… again if you are thinking that!
Well… there is magic.
You see… no matter what stage of life we are in…
{ perhaps for some in college, some on the verge of getting married, some on the verge of starting a family, some in the middle of a loss, some of us broken, some of us healed, some with wrinkled faces and some with wrinkled hearts }
no matter how deep into a mess we are, we have been or will be in, we can arise from it and go to a higher ground.
Here comes the magic…
Having the faith to let go from it and take that first step that puts us in charge.
She did it!
…one step at a time.
…one foot after the other
until we reach that higher place from where we can see more clearly
what we need to do next.
From there we may see our true colors.
Those that we perhaps lost somewhere in the middle of the mess and we could not find.
From there we may be reminded of those little things that give us simple joy…
For me a cup of Hot chocolate…
…a good magazine
… the innocence in my daugter’s eyes.
and her messy smile.
When I focus in the final “WOW” instead of the present mess
my life just becomes better and little hidden messages of encouragement start popping out from all over the place…
So today in the middle of the chaos, in the room that looks worse than yesterday,
with my hands covered in paint and with furniture half painted…
I am going to enjoy my mess!
And Mimi is too!
{ Check out her own fashion style! So darn CUTE! }
No wonder I could not find my Sharpies…
What a mess!
Love it!
Only you could take pictures of a makeover in progress and completely inspire me…not to create, but to see life in a different light! You truly have a gift, Desiree, and I am so happy that you share it with us. God bless! 🙂
What a great post! Few understand how the process is revealed one step at a time. To have the courage to take that first step and become aware enough to see the encouragement all around you. Your Mimi is so precious, that smile is adorable! Thank you for sharing your wisdom and talent.
We all have those messes and a lot of us have those cute kids helping us to make them too! Real life. Real fun. Great post and thanks for sharing.
So sweet, Desiree! I always forget to look beyond the mess to how it came to be in the first place. Its usually the result of something fun. 🙂 One of my goals this year is to purposely “get messy” with my little boys!
Mimi is adorable! Glad you are sharing your mess – I will soon be sharing the mother load of all messes – my dark, dingy, dreary basement! Don’t want to scare anyone but I will shame myself anyway!
Kelly
I can not even WALK into my playroom right now!!! I was going to tackle it but it is supposed to be 70 Degrees here today so we are going to take FULL ADVANTAGE of the nice weather before the snow starts!! 😉
Your newest CHAOTIC follower!!
70 degrees!
Do you live in Heaven? That sounds great!
Anyways, thank you for stopping by and welcome to The 36th Avenue my love!
Great Post! You are so right! There is never a mess so big that we cannot handle.
I am with you Ginger… one mess at a time 😉
Wishing you a fun weekend!
Besos!
You are just plain old precious! I absolutely love the way you deliver these inspirational pep talks/sermonettes wrapped up in a big old hug! You have fast become one of my all time fav bloggers! I pray your weekend is loaded to popping with blessings!
Good Morning Kelly!
Thank you so much for your comment… You made my day!
Have an incredible weekend my love!
So many days I get upset at myself for letting my house go because I’m sewing something or crocheting something. You see people who seem to have it all together with their clean houses and clean cars…. My house might not be clean, and we might have to search for clean laundry, and my car MIGHT just look like I fold my laundry in there…. I realize that amongst all these clothes and dishes, I am happy! I love what I do, I love my family, and I love creating moments with them! Don’t get me wrong, I clean my house… nobody wants a dirty toilet… but it is generally messy. BUT I prefer to enjoy my days and not stress about the toys on the couch and let my kids run around and be HAPPY, otherwise you just live for stress, and that’s no way to LIVE LIFE! : ) Great post : ) I love the pictures of your daughter!
That is one CUTE smile!
I’ll just bet, these end up being some of your fav photos ever. The real deal 😉 Life it messy. Live it!