Clearwater Bead Store

Philosophy has taken a back seat to the practicalities of business. We have been busy opening our fourth bead store, in Clearwater, Florida. If any beaders happen by, please post. I will try to be more faithful to my blogging. It's just like journaling - at least for me, because nobody reads my blog anyway (so far)!

My daughter gave me a very nice journal for my birthday. My first entry was about the following question - is it possible to be fully at peace about something and yet to be completely without joy at the same time? I think it is possible, and that is where hope comes in. Accepting things as they are is all well and good, but it is still ok to fervently desire a different state, isn't it (while not expecting that I can control this outcome myself)? I have a situation with my children that I feel I have accepted and am at peace with. But it destroys much joy in my life. So am I really at peace? I think so, because I still have hope. Even if I have no joy (and it would be too extreme to say I have no joy whatsoever) I allow for the possibility of having joy tomorrow or another day.

One plants, another waters, but God provides the growth. I am not the teacher. The Word is the teacher. I am only a seed planter or a waterer where someone else has planted. Intensity will not make the plant grow faster.