If you like to read my blog for my neat little recipes then just scroll down past the picture of the jar with my foot soak recipe in it. I am feeling a little chatty today and am lightly touching on world events and religion. I just needed to give my two cents worth and well this is my blog.
I am pretty terrible at keeping up with current events, I dont watch the news, some days I dont even turn on the tv. I know nothing of politics. I sort of live in a bubble. Its not that I dont care about whats going on outside my world its actually everyone having an opinion on whats going on out there that I dont care to hear. I promise you this is about as political or worldly as I get in my posts. I have learned in my 47 years that I can not change people. I can only change how I react to them and I chose love. Even for those who are not very lovable, My motives for that are pretty self serving as well. Just because I chose to show kindness to someone not being kind to me doesnt make them stop what they are doing and start being nice as well. It can but thats not always how it happens. They walk away angry that they didnt get a fight and I walk away feeling sorry for them but not angry.
I am just a woman who wants to garden, raise chickens, keep bees, and leave my little square of land better than I found it. I want to make my own stuff and create things that make me smile and hope to inspire a few people along the way the way that others have inspired me.
As I have made the mistake this week of keeping up with a few current events I thought if I could change the world around me how would I start. What do I do when I need to relax and get my thoughts under control? I soak my feet. This actually reminded me of something in the Bible. In John 13:1-17 when Jesus washes his disciples feet. This is also something I dont really do in my blog is get religous on you. I am not ashamed of my faith or that I am a christian. I believe that if we are doing it right we dont have to let everyone know we are a christian. I would hope that it shows in our actions. Back to the foot soaking. My evening foot soaks are something that winds me down. Its relaxing and calming. I wonder if anyone would join me if I set up a few chairs around a wash tub in my front yard and put a little sign up that said free foot soak. I wonder how long it would take for a few people to start stopping by regularly? I could also go big. We have a big fountain in our downtown I could just make up a big batch of my foot soak, dump it in the fountain and ask passersby to join me there. After I am arrested and get out of jail I could just do it again the next day. Is it even possible to have heated conversation sitting across from someone while you share a foot soak?
Last night as I was sitting with my feet in the tub thinking about all the negative things I read online and wondering if this world is really as terrible as everyone seems to think I thought about a few encounters I have had this week with people. One was with a pharmacy worker who commented on how similar our phone numbers were which made me ask her if she had a rental property in another county that I am constantly getting calls for. She said yes. One was with a cashier at the grocery that we somehow got on the subject of her husband traveling a lot and she had lots of sample size toiletries she didnt know what to do with and I gave her the name of an organization to donate them to. I had a nice little chat with a lady who gave me her shopping cart at Aldis when I couldnt find a quarter. I then in turn gave it to someone when I was finished. I got to see my sister who lives like 10 hours away and she gave me shoes which I needed because puppy keeps chewing up my sandals. Lots of terrible things happened in the world this week. That doesnt mean that its a terrible world. Lots of amazing things have happened this week in the world. We just dont get to read about them. Instead of posting and reposting the negative things that happen in the world what if we posted ways that we personally impacted our little bubble positively? Just a thought.
World Changing Foot Soak
1 cup baking soda
1/2 cup epsom salt
5 drops of lavender
1 TBS spoon lavender buds (optional)
Mix and store in jar. Add a few tablespoons to your foot soak and enjoy.
Is that little crocheted basket adorable or what? My sister made that for me and filled it with chocolate. I think shes a keeper. We have a fun weekend planned. We are going to learn more about watching the stars, we are going to can some food and we get to see an eclipse on Monday. We are going to plant some peas, lettuce and other stuff.
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