“For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.”

I'm extremely proud (& consumed with bittersweet sadness) to be creating the last post I will write from my home office in my first house on Clevenger Drive. We are tentatively scheduled to move into our new home on Monday, July 18th, & as long as everything goes smoothly, (mortgages, etc.) that plan will remain, which is unfathomably exciting!! Below is a photo of our new humble abode, taken during our inspection two weeks ago!!

So, as I silently sit here trying to come up with something more profound than my usual daily dose of design or weekend updates, while listening to Dave Matthew's acoustic version of "Stay or leave", which compliments my whimsically poetic state of mind, I begin to trail off & look back once again on the concept of change & the evolution that we experience on our journey through life. Wise Ralph Waldo Emerson cleverly summed it up with the following statement, “For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.” 

In life, we make billions of choices that lead us down many different paths & bring us to experience amazing relationships with others while building awesome connections with places, passions, & things, & how interesting is it that we learn so much from each other & impact (& are impacted by) so many of these experiences?? Makes you wonder & (almost) anxiously await what lies ahead although sometimes, in order to gain new experiences, new relationships, a new lifestyle, we are forced to leave something behind...What's more significant is that we must learn to carry the important things with us. There are memories that cross our minds everyday that vividly remind us of who we are, who we've loved, who we've hurt, who we've lost, how we've gotten to where we are, mistakes we've made & how (hopefully) we've learned from them, & if we're lucky, we realize that we're in a good place...maybe not even a terrific place, but a good place, & that we're extremely thankful that our journey has lead us here (so far...) 

We also realize that life (for the most part) is definitely an open book, that we make the beds we lie in, we create the kind of life we wish to live (easier said than done huh?) or at least we are given the amazing freedom to try. That in itself is an exciting concept isn't it? (one that we often wish we had realized a lot earlier in life) Hypnotized by Jewel's acoustic version of "Satisfied", I'm beginning to doze off mid-sentence, then realize these wonderful song lyrics explain a great concept about love, life, & living with no regrets in which case, (although they pertain more to love, then change, but are still considerably relevant to the general concept of this blog post...) I'll close by sharing some with you!!  Have an exquisite evening!! 

If you love somebody, you better let it out
Don't hold it back while you're trying to figure it out
Don't be timid, Don't be afraid to hurt
Run toward the flame, Run toward the fire, Hold on for all your worth
Cause the only real pain a heart can ever know
Is the sorrow of regret when you don't let your feelings show


So did you say it
Did you mean it
Did you lay it on the line
Did you make it count
Did you look 'em in the eye
Did they feel it
Did you say it in time
Did you say it out loud
'cause if you did hon
Then you've lived some
That feeling inside
That's called satisfied


Busy people walking by, Can't help but worry some
With so many things to do, So little love gets done
Empty hearts everywhere, Drowning but dying of thirst
If you want love, It's not that tough, Start by giving it first
It's so easy to give Baby can't you see
Just close your eyes open your heart and do what comes naturally


Well did you say it
Did you mean it
Did you lay it on the line
Did you make it count
Did you look 'em in the eye
Did they feel it
Did you say it in time
Did you say it out loud
'cause if you did hon
Then you've lived some
That feeling inside
That's called satisfied


Horses are built to run
The sun is meant to shine above
Flowers are made to bloom
And then there's us
We were born to love 

Well did you say it
Did you mean it
Did you lay it on the line
Did you make it count
Did you look 'em in the eye
Did they feel it
Did you say it in time
Did you say it out loud
'cause if you did hon
Then you've lived some
That feeling inside
That's called satisfied