Thankful for our connections

 When I think about what I am thankful for, there is the obvious, family n' friends.  I sincerely want to thank bloggers, for all they have shared, offered and exchanged this year~ Your voice, your comments, your ideas, emails, all mean the world to me!  

I recently did a String challenge for Somerset Life. I loved the thoughts and memories that arrived as I  went through the process. I chose to submit three items. The first was a package to symbolize the beginnings of meeting my husband, what we endured. The second was a nest, to symbolize gathering items to form our foundation, our home. The third was when our children arrived and the joy and new challenges we faced. My art had one central theme, connections of the heart. All of these tugged at my heart strings.

I thought of how we are connected, sharing our passions, our hopes n' dreams, and our lives and voices. I thought of the web and how it has invisible strings that connect our hearts, minds and souls. I'm amazed everyday, by the kind words, the connections and the human condition.  I see it on my blog and others. Yes, you tug at my heart strings.  I want to thank all of you that blog and follow!  Thank you for sharing your soul, your comments and your compassion!  Thank you for listening to my view, the edge of my world. Thank you for sharing your lives with me; I truly feel blessed to know you!  For those who are on the fence about blogging, jump, lunge, and leap into it. It will change your life and you will never be the same.  You will be amazed!

 “Words form the thread on which we string our experiences.” Aldous Huxley 

 We cannot change our past. We can not change the fact that people act in a certain way. We can not change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude.
Charles R. Swindoll


The most perfect expression of human behavior is a string quartet.
Jeffrey Tate

I might have to disagree with Jeffery, I think the most perfect expression of human behavior is  the invisible strings of humanity, that tug at our heart and make voices sing!