Once a dear friend of mine from Brown said to me, “You are an odd duck. I love you so much - and you are an odd duck.“ I was and still am flattered by this statement. 😊
I have never been like everyone else. And I have always been not only OK with it - but proud of it. 💫 I am into being proud of who you are, no matter who you are - or are not. 👊🏻
I don’t enjoy shopping. It’s not my thing. I know there are one or two of you reading this who share this sentiment. 🤔😉 We can have coffee sometime. ☕️
My family and friends know that I don’t shop and we laugh about it together. When my Fab Five and I went to Martha’s Vineyard last spring for a girls getaway they would plant me on a bench outside of said store and go inside to shop till they dropped. I would happily work and/or write on my phone until they were done. I have zero desire to shop and I only do what I love.❤️🙏🏻💫
I also prefer to give gifts than receive them. So much so that my big sister has always said immediately upon giving me something, “Don’t give it away!” If you think about it, if I love to give more than receive and I don’t like to shop then this is the path of least resistance. 🙏🏻 Someone gives something to me - I enjoy it for a minute - and then I give it to someone else. I’ve done it all my life.*
*This does not mean that if you have given me a gift I have re-gifted it; however, there is a chance that I have. 😉 Just being honest. 🙏🏻 And if said gift was re-gifted, it is not because I did not love it, it’s because I love to give more than receive and so your gift really gave me even more than you had hoped for. 💝
Yesterday on Christmas my 17 year old daughter Sage gave me a gift that blew my mind. As I was opening it she said, “It’s just a little thing mom.“ And this - see photo - was what I opened. 🎁
This gift blew my mind because:
A. She actually wanted to take that photo with me the day after Thanksgiving on Nantucket and asked her brother Phoenix to take it. 😯
B. She thought about it 🤔and came up with the idea of printing it and framing it. 🔥
C. She knows how much I love love love photos. 💕
D. She actually went to Walgreens and printed it.😳
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E. She blows my mind with how thoughtful she is and what a fantastic gift giver she is. And always has been since she was 4.💫
I admire and respect my girl Sagey for these gifts that she has - the gifts of thoughtfulness, wisdom, generosity and being an amazing shopper. 🛍
A long time ago I felt a tweak in my energy about shopping. There was a moment when I wished I could love shopping and be good at it. It was only a minute my friends because I am a master and expert at the law of attraction and I know better. I care about how I feel too much to allow a thought like that to get hold of me and gain momentum.
I chose a way back then to find a better feeling thought and let that thought gain momentum.
On this day after Christmas that chosen thought has a lot of momentum. I admire those who love to shop and give to others and I admire and relate to those who don’t love to shop and love to give to others.
The best gift you can give yourself in this moment? Choose your focus. Choose your perspective. Choose your thoughts. And choose wisely. 🙏🏻💫What you focus on grows - and you get what you think about.
Merry day after Christmas!! 💕🎄💕🎄💕