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A Mantra For Women Everywhere!

By
Real Estate Broker/Owner with Barbara Kehl Realty

LADIES!!!!!!!!!

 


Remember...

A layer of dust protects the Wood beneath it.

'A house becomes a home when you can write 'I love you' on the furniture.' {Sounds like mine!}

I used to spend at least 8 hours every weekend making sure things were just perfect - 'in case someone came over'.
Finally I realized one day that no-one came over; they were all out living life and having fun!
NOW, when people visit, I don't have to explain the 'condition' of my home .

They are more interested in hearing about the things I've been doing while

I was away living life and having fun.
If you haven't figured this out yet, please heed this advice.

Life is short. Enjoy it!
Dust if you must .........


But wouldn't it be better to paint a picture or write a letter,
Bake cookies or a cake and lick the spoon or plant a seed,
Ponder the difference between want and need?!
Dust if you must, but there's not much time . . . .

With champagne to drink , rivers to swim and mountains to climb ,
Music to hear and books to read, friends to cherish

And life to lead.

Dust if you must,

But the world's out there with the sun in your eyes,
The wind in your hair, a flutter of snow, a shower of rain.
This day will not come around, again.

Dust if you must ,
But bear in mind, old age will come and it's not kind. . .

And when you go - and go you must - you, yourself will make more dust!


Share this with all the wonderful women in your life.
I JUST DID.
It's not what you gather, but what you scatter that tells what kind of life you have lived.

Sylvie Conde
Sutton Group-Associates Realty Inc., Brokerage - Toronto, ON
Broker, Toronto Real Estate

Well, you can write "i love you" on just about anything in my house right now LOL
I pass by the stereo cabinet every day and write something new on it ... just to see how much more dust will settle on it between now and the time it all gets wiped clean.
I must admit that this is unusual - basement renovation and dust everywhere ...
But even if the basement wasn't being renovated, I do prefer to go out with my friends on my spare time, enjoy a glass of wine and a few laughs, and leave the dusting for the following week, or the week after that....

And you are absolutely correct ... old age arrived and it is not kind - at all.
So enjoy, while you can.  Life is too short, and the dust will be here, long after we're gone.

Sep 10, 2008 09:19 AM
Cathy Lee
CL Design Services Home Staging - Danville, CA
ASP, IAHSP, RESA Danville, CA

Martha Stewart does not live here either!!  I will write my hubby a love note tonight-thanks for the inspiration!!! 

Sep 10, 2008 10:54 AM
Barbara Kehl
Barbara Kehl Realty - Yuma, AZ
Yuma Arizona Real Estate

Sylvie - I HATE renovations!!!  During the project I mean because I sure do love the outcome!  Good Luck and I hope you love your finished product!!!

Cathy - My mom used to joke that she had kids so that she wouldn't have to clean house anymore!  And now that I'm a mom.....  you better believe that I tease my kids with it too!  (I have my son do the dusting by the way!)

Thanks for commenting Ladies!

Have a wonderful day!

Nyana

Sep 10, 2008 11:20 AM
Mirela Monte
Buyers' Choice Realty - North Myrtle Beach, SC
Myrtle Beach Real Estate

Nyana:  I love this post!  I love this line:

Life is short. Enjoy it!
Dust if you must .........

Cute, cute poem!  I am too anal for things out of order, but I have "groupings" right now that need tending to.  I don't notice dust that much though, as long as my visual is clear (things in order). 

I delegate, along with doing it myself.  I strongly recommend it!

May I reproduce the poem on my company's blog?

Sep 11, 2008 12:51 PM
Barbara Kehl
Barbara Kehl Realty - Yuma, AZ
Yuma Arizona Real Estate

Hi Mirela!

Of course you may duplicate the poem!  It was a "gift" to me, so I would love for you to please pass it on!  I too am one to "delegate".  My husband and son can be quite helpful!  (Thankfully!)  We as woman wear so many hats, i.e., wife, mother, daughter, sister, friend, granddaughter, boss, employee, homemaker.... and at the same time we try to be beautiful, search for God, stay strong when others around us can't see us falter....  Sounds like a job that no one would ever want, but I love being a woman!  And this poem let me feel that it just might be o.k. if there was a little dust!  I hope that it does the same for women everywhere!

Have a glass of wine with friends or your honey, watch a movie, close the door to the laundry room, because it will still be there when you wake up in the morning!  (Unfortunately!  Where are the laundry theives!!!)

Have a wonderful day Mirela!

I love hearing from you, you are always so positive!  God Bless ya!

Nyana

Sep 12, 2008 03:46 AM