Today’s card isn’t a card. It’s a picture of some antique paperweights I won at an auction. They remind me that even functional things can (and should) have beauty.
These six items bring me a lot of joy. I got the egg shaped one first then the other five in a lot bid. I don’t know a thing about them. None of them are signed. I imagine all of them are just old things someone collected because they made them smile.
Today’s challenge is to find beauty in some common object. Maybe there is a pretty scroll work on the chapter heading of your text book. Or the color of your favorite blouse makes you happy. Take a moment to focus on your ordinary, everyday life.
What is beautiful there? What do you use every day? See the joy that is right there at your fingertips just waiting to be found.
Have a fabulous day, y’all. I just looked at the spoon I used to eat my breakfast. Gorgeous intricate pattern that someone, somewhere worked out in their head, then put on paper so someone could create this simple metal spoon that I use every day.
How amazing is that?
Seek joy, y’all. Pass it on!
Six Paperweights, personal collection, Arwen 2012
I love these too, Arwen. I don’t have any, but I have seen them now and again. I was looking for a birthday present for my friend’s mom’s 90th birthday, she was visiting from NFLD and so I didn’t want to get anything big, but I did want it to be special. I love peacocks and happened to find a display table with all things peacock. They had one of these, but square, with a peacock painted on one side. I found it was lacking because you could only enjoy that one side. So didn’t get it. I thought if they had one that had a little plastic peacock figure inside in the middle. Wow! But they didn’t, so I didn’t. 🙁
A lovely reminder to be mindful. As I sit here, I have a wooden pen next to me – yep, they made a pen, but with a wooden handle. It feels so much nicer than plastic to hold, even though it’s still just a regular biro 🙂