I am near to tears... truly elated with my life.
Today was so yucky... the yuckiest of the yuck. But, I sat in the misty rain over coffee and photography with one of the best talents in Jacksonville, Krista Rae Fischer...
... and it's like that little bit of time slapped a lifetime of happiness onto 24 hours of crappiness.
It's amazing what a little appreciation can do for ones soul. It picks you up out of your "self" and places you smack dab in the middle of everyone else. THIS is where the purity of selfless love stems from. When you finally realize that without these people... without everyone else... all that has been gifted from God... from the universe... you wouldn't be you...
YOU become a BETTER you. A GRATEFUL you.
I MADE A BIG MOVE FOR MY CAREER RECENTLY...
A BIG, BOLD, EYE OPENING MOVE.
I performed my very first Styled Shoot {solo-dolo} with the help and irreplaceable talents of K. Rae Photography. During that little meeting over coffee, I OO-ed and AHH-ed over the (quite LITERAL) "fruit" of our labor.
As I looked at the pictures, then back at her, I realized... however it happened, whatever the weather, she had given a bit of herself, a lot of her time, and all of her support to me... for no reason, really... she just... had faith and wanted to help me.
Without this rad chick... I couldn't have done this. ANY of this. Not like it is, at least... not as WONDERFUL as it turned out to be.
Let me tell you, folks... I grew ten feet taller today. All because I saw it... I cherished it... I thanked God for it...
I became GRATEFUL.
{The Orange Crush Styled Shoot can be viewed HERE}
She packaged the media up and sealed it with love... in the most creative way I'd seen anything of its sort bundled up. Sealed with literary tape, adorned with sweet striped string, an inspiring charm, personalized tags, and... THIS:
Right?!
Yeah.
It's like that.
Creativity like this is deeper than color coordination or a quick stick of a bow. It's a true display of a full heart... similar to the heart of a child... which is the biggest, strongest, fullest heart of all.
The package in itself... the personalized note that came with it... made me feel just as emotional as the actual pictures from the shoot, if not more. I would have been completely whole by receiving it alone... all in its sweet little glory.
I just need to say that we all need to think a bit more about what others are doing for us.
How they are building us...
How they are holding us up...
Giving us strength...
Educating and enabling us...
Adding pieces to our puzzles...
Completing our stories...
Working with us to create a better world for everyone else.
You must choose wisely...
We wouldn't be us without everyone else.
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