White Wednesday...the bracelet that taught me how to live.

This Wednesday I think I will stray a little from my typical white post
to share a little bracelet that I have had for a few years now.

 A bracelet that gave me a gift.

A lesson in how I view my life now.

Every time I wear this, I am taught anew about the how

 to continue to view life and how I choose to live it.

I am a bracelet person. When I saw this piece, I instantly fell in love with it. I wore it for about a year and then one day looked down at it on my wrist and realized that I had lost one of the little stones  from it's place.

I kept meaning to take it to Twin Falls to a jeweler to have the little stone replaced,
but would never remember to take it with me when I left town.

I would put it on to wear it and then remember, "gosh, I would really like to have this thing fixed'.

This was an aggravation for another couple of months.

 One day however, as I was cleaning it, I looked at it and thought how much I loved it and appreciated it's prettiness.

And then the thought hit me...good grief June, this bracelet has so many pretty stones,

 how is it that you can only see the fact that the one is missing and not in it's place. 

So I counted...it has 50 of the 51 intended stones. 

They are all there and continue to adorn the bracelet and make it a joy to wear.

I started to think about this, and realized that this little bracelet had just taught me a new way to think about the trials or 'bumps' in my life.

How many times do I let a few wrongs things in my life, steal the joy from the right things in my life? How many ways had I managed to focus on the missing stones and neglect the ones that are right before me everyday, making my path beautiful?

I no longer have the desire to have my little piece of prettiness fixed.

It is beautiful just the way it is. 

It reminds me not to dwell on the few things that make my life hard,

but to be content with the many things that make my life the blessed journey that it is.

Thank you to Kathleen at Faded Charm for hosting White Wednesday, week after week.