An Experiment In Gratitude - Gratitude for real life

Do you remember those rock tumblers (not an affiliate link) from when you were a kid?

You’d see them in those cool toy catalogs that came… and you’d just drool over them.

Wanting one so badly (because rough stones were good stuff). Those colorful rocks just begging to be touched & turned over in your hands, and then tumbled to a smooth finish.

This ringing any bells for ya?

No????

(Crap, was that just me?!?! Dammit.)

Anyway (don’t judge me for being a massive nerd… nerds are the new black, didn’t you know?).

I still think about those rock tumblers to this day, though not for the same reasons.

Back in the day I just wanted one because I loved stones.

I loved holding them and touching them.

I loved them in their rough form, and I loved them in their smooth form.

I loved the colors of them (and all the amazing textures).

I loved finding stones with some sparkle in them.

I just loved the stones.

Now, I’m still interested in the stones… but also have developed more of a fascination with the tumblers themselves.

Because… life is one great big tumbler… (and we’re all thrown into it together).

Some of us naturally have much sharper edges, and as time (and that damn tumbler) has its way with us… those edges are worn down. (Mostly by others edges, but partially by the softness of the others as well).

Isn’t that interesting to consider?

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What edges have you had worn down, and how (by people, by circumstance)?

Would you change it (having had those edges worn) if you could?

Do you still have some sharp edges that you’d like to soften a bit?

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I know, I know…. I’ve been singing that song for what, a couple of months now almost??? But really, truly, they are!

Here’s a quick vid to be followed by a slightly more lengthy one with more detail….

Thanks for hanging in!