Hope
Sunday, March 13, 2011 at 10:23AM 
Hello crickets! How are you today?
I had a little bit of time to myself during the day yesterday...that hardly ever happens on the weekend, so I felt like I needed to do something, you know, for me. It's too bad I was in a crappy mood. What to do when you're in a crappy mood, except try to get out of it I guess?
I have hope that things will get better. I always have hope! But, sometimes when that crappy mood takes over, hope seems more of an enemy than a friend. I've often wondered if hope wasn't the last thing left in Pandora's Box, because it's actually the greatest of all evils. I mean, what was hope doing in that jar of evils anyway, if it wasn't evil itself?
But, like Pandora, I keep hope trapped tightly in my jar too, and I try really hard not to let it go.
So, yesterday, I went to the craft store and bought some paint for some of the projects I'm working on. Then, I went to this store in town. Everything is out of my price range, but it's a great place to look around and get some inspiration. The jewelry was drawing me in yesterday...
I'm not much of a jewelry wearer, but I do like things that are simple and comfortable. When I was in high school, I wore a piece of knotted rawhide around my neck (cause I was cool :)) and, really, that style is still good enough for me.
So, anyway, as I stood there in the store examining their wares, I did in fact get inspired. I went home...turned up the music, and made some jewelry! Goodbye, crappy mood.
I bought some of those lettered metal stamps last summer with a specific purpose for using them in mind. Now I just might bust them out, and use them for another purpose...FUN!
I would love to be more of a pessimist...really. It seems like it would be much less painful, but I can't do it. So, I will continue to have hope even if it kills me, which it might...
So, that about sums it up for today, crickets. I hope you're having a nice weekend, and maybe even finding yourself some unexpected fun.
Reader Comments (3)
Hope is good :)
I'll take the pain of optimism any day over the grim of pessimism...
Love that you're creating.
Kelly-I love that quote..one of my faves. Yes! we have to have hope!!! Can't throw that away!! I love your necklace too BTW...I used to wear one just like it back in the day and ...I still do!!! xxx
Hope is good! Scary but good. I have a wall hanging with that quote on it...but I haven't put it up yet. I should! I don't think it is as lovely as that bird pic you have there tho. :) love your creations.