What Does Your Favorite Color Say About You?
Betty Wood the author of "The Healing Power of Color" has some fun things to say about you and your favorite color. Whether you're a vibrant Orange, or a peaceful Blue, your color preferences are a key to understanding your personality. Find out what this color expert has to say about your favorite color: what does it reveal about who you really are?
My favorite color is red. As I was reading the description of a person who likes red my husband was shaking his head and smiling. "That's you,all right," he said. So of course, I had to read about him. His favorite color is green. True again!
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What's your favorite lotion fragrance? Wouldn't it be fun to know what that says about you too?

Do OurImperfections Enhance Our Beauty?

This weekend I had a somewhat unnerving experience. A colleague of my younger sister Mary (who is 10 years younger than me) asked if I was Mary's mother! I had never met this woman before so I was a little short with my answer "NO!".
Later, after I had the chance to reflect on it, I realized there will always be someone who is thinner, smarter, better-looking,more creative or younger than me. I can wallow in some self-pity or rail at that woman's insensitivity or accept the fact that we all have imperfections. In the book "The Woman's Book of Courage" by Sue Patton Thoele, she says that even clothes have a disclaimer. "This garment is made from 100% natural fibers. Any irregularity or variation is not to be considered defective. Imperfections enhance the beauty of the fabric."
I hadn't really considered that my imperfections could enhance my beauty. I'm still striving to be the best I can be but I 'm trying to accept that I am unique and can appreciate myself as I am now. This woman doesn't know what's on the inside, she was judging by what she saw on the outside. Yes, I'm older, but I have a lot of life experience to celebrate.
I also have to consider that maybe Mary is just VERY young-looking! If I got to add another daughter to my family, I'd be very proud to be her mother. As it stands now, I am enjoying the relationship that we have as older sister/younger sister. She is intelligent, generous and hard-working--one heck of a woman!! She has her imperfections too but that only adds to her beauty.
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Through the Eyes of a Child

When my daughter and son-in-law announced that they were going to have a baby I was thrilled! I was less thrilled, however, about becoming "grandma". To me that conjured up visions of my own grandmothers who were always "old". Even though I have fond memories of them, I didn't think I was ready to be an "old grandma".
I was in for a surprise. Watching my two little granddaughters grow and be able to actually call me "grandma" has been one of life's greatest joys! We have so much fun together. I was fortunate to be able to babysit every Wednesday afternoon this summer.
These two little ones taught me to delight in the little things once again. We splashed in the sprinkler, played hide and seek among the flowers in my backyard and watched hummingbirds at the feeder. We made pretend pancakes, danced to a fiddle music cd in the kitchen and had fun using watercolors, crayons and markers. (Sometimes on paper, sometimes on little hands).
I will never forget this summer and all the fun I had seeing life through the eyes of a child. Our adult lives get so busy and stressed that we sometimes forget to rejoice in the little things. I have a sign in my bathroom that says" Enjoy the little things. For one day you may look ahead and realize they were the big things." I found out how true that is!
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New Beginnings

Another school year has begun. A time to start fresh with a clean slate (no pun intended). My students don't know me and I don't know them. We may each have heard some rumblings about the other but for the most part we come in as strangers. We learn each other's strengths, weaknesses, likes and dislikes. We learn to tolerate each other's quirks and work to build a community in the classroom.
Wouldn't it be amazing if every nine months we could start over with a clean slate! All of our friends and loved ones (and those that don't love us) would give us another chance. We'd start over discovering what our strengths, weaknesses, likes and dislikes are. We'd learn to tolerate each other's quirks. What if it worked that way with nations too? We could all learn alot from children and their teachers on how to run the world.
Ardath Rodale in Prevention magazine (www.Prevention.com) writes "Reach out and touch and make a difference...We are like fingers stretching out with our messages of living a special, whole life. Look at each person as a treasured light to illuminate the world. Be thankful for your gift to reach out to make a difference."
Here at Gathered From The Garden we like to think that we can help make a difference too.
We are hoping that you look at yourself as a treasure. Use our products to pamper yourself--indulge in some wonderful fragrances, soften your skin or renew your spirit.

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