Coffee Heart at Petunia's As Christmas approaches and the year draws to a close, my thoughts drift to the major events and themes of 2013. A big one for me was the sudden appearance of hearts on a daily basis. Coffee drips, water spots, mud puddles, leaves, anything and everything started to reflect the familiar symbol of love in my environment. I took notice and documented them with my camera.
I became so charmed and delighted by my daily love notes from the Universe, I started texting the heart pictures to a girlfriend. She and I share a love of photography, so she immediately found a heart in her world and texted me back.
The next day I sent her another and she did the same. Without saying a word, the game became an everyday habit. We finally named them heart-0-grams.
It evolved to include other people. It grew whenever I was with another person and I’d spot a heart. Unable to pass it by, I’d get all excited, grab my camera and snap away, telling them what I was up to and sending a quick text.
Then they wanted in on the deal. It has grown. There is a group of us that send and receive texts everyday with images of hearts. I’ve even started to receive heart cards in the mail from strangers who hear about what I’m doing and want to be a part of it.
People are so surprised, once they tune in, how their environment will reflect back to them and transform the ordinary into a message of love.
Yesterday, for example, a dear friend treated me to an afternoon of pampering. We had a lovely pedicure with a massage and paraffin dip, and afterwards, went to Petunia’s for a decadent (vegan and gluten-free) dessert and coffee.
I became so charmed and delighted by my daily love notes from the Universe, I started texting the heart pictures to a girlfriend. She and I share a love of photography, so she immediately found a heart in her world and texted me back.
The next day I sent her another and she did the same. Without saying a word, the game became an everyday habit. We finally named them heart-0-grams.
It evolved to include other people. It grew whenever I was with another person and I’d spot a heart. Unable to pass it by, I’d get all excited, grab my camera and snap away, telling them what I was up to and sending a quick text.
Then they wanted in on the deal. It has grown. There is a group of us that send and receive texts everyday with images of hearts. I’ve even started to receive heart cards in the mail from strangers who hear about what I’m doing and want to be a part of it.
People are so surprised, once they tune in, how their environment will reflect back to them and transform the ordinary into a message of love.
Yesterday, for example, a dear friend treated me to an afternoon of pampering. We had a lovely pedicure with a massage and paraffin dip, and afterwards, went to Petunia’s for a decadent (vegan and gluten-free) dessert and coffee.
Fluevog Shoe Heart My friend was expressing such appreciation for what’s going on in her life, the glow of gratitude absolutely radiating from her, when suddenly she looked down at her nearly empty coffee cup and excitedly pointed out that there was a heart at the bottom.
Sure enough, when I peered into her cup, the remaining liquid that had been exposed to her positive words rearranged itself into the heart-shaped ideogram.
From Petunia's, we made our way to the bus stop via the John Fluevog Shoe Store. I’ve been in Portland now for almost two years and had not yet taken public transportation and she was giving me a riding lesson. Hey, don’t laugh. Riding the bus has gone high-tech, what with apps and texts and learning the ropes. Turns out I actually had to pull one for my stop.
While in the store, guess what? We discovered that when we put the shoes together, it forms a heart! Perhaps that was why when Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz clicked her heels, she made it home, to her center.
I guess that’s what 2013 is about, trying to make it home, to center, to the heart.
Sure enough, when I peered into her cup, the remaining liquid that had been exposed to her positive words rearranged itself into the heart-shaped ideogram.
From Petunia's, we made our way to the bus stop via the John Fluevog Shoe Store. I’ve been in Portland now for almost two years and had not yet taken public transportation and she was giving me a riding lesson. Hey, don’t laugh. Riding the bus has gone high-tech, what with apps and texts and learning the ropes. Turns out I actually had to pull one for my stop.
While in the store, guess what? We discovered that when we put the shoes together, it forms a heart! Perhaps that was why when Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz clicked her heels, she made it home, to her center.
I guess that’s what 2013 is about, trying to make it home, to center, to the heart.
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