To live content with small means....
To seek elegance rather than luxury,
and refinement rather than fashion....
To be worthy, not respectable,
and wealthy, not rich....
To study hard, think quietly,
talk gently, act frankly....
To listen to stars and birds,
to babes and sages, with open heart....
To bear all cheerfully,
do all bravely, await occasions, hurry never....
In a word, to let the spiritual,
unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common..............
this is to be my symphony.
~William Henry Channing
I just found an amazing blog (52 Flea) and she has this inspirational poem posted, which I just loved and feel that even though we are blogging about design- this hopefully will always be the foundation of my inspiration!
So on that wonderful note, I am excited about a very eclectic estate sale I am going to go to today...I hope to post pictures of this adventure!
Take care,
Caroline
