09/02/2025
Abundantly Blessed in Multitudes…
It’s 5:30am. Has the rooster crowed yet? Anyways, lately I’ve been wanting to write, but not wanting to share. There’s so much to say and honestly little time to type it up, so I put it off until it starts whittling away at my sanity.
There is so much to do as we are only 11 days away from the This festival is going to be Amaaaaazing! September 13th at Downtown Downing Street in Hollister, Mo.
I think I have time to spare or to share. I’ve been preparing myself to be there for others as much as possible leading up to this event.
As Americans, we have it made and we are anything, but imposed upon. There is so much we have in abundance.
Whether that’s our time, energy, money, clothing, food, space, kindness etc. What others may have may have in abundance may be different from what you have in abundance. What you do with it is the only thing that makes the difference.
When people see me and other vendors with our ecclecticly eccentric array of goods they are beside themselves. So inevitability they ask. Aaaahhhh the age old question. How do you find time to do all of this?? Time? Hmm, I look under rocks, caves, dirty clothes hampers, oh! And under unswept beds. Yes! I found it! The extra time I’ve been looking for. Sorry— Geez, my sarcasm is showing today. I literally stay off of social media. It’s a waste of time, unless you’re a content creator, business owner, promotor, or a busy body with nothing better to do except read everyone’s stuff, gossip, and speak ill about them. I also don’t consume as much tv as others, I listen to music, read, create, socialize, connect, brainstorm, and self reflect.
I ask myself the hard questions like, “Did you take your meds this morning?” Wait, no that’s not it. “What did you eat for breakfast yesterday?” Hold on, it’s coming to me.
What are the essential steps I need to take today to become a better person in each interaction, hour, and moment of my life?
It’s been weighing on me heavily to refrain from being excessive. I give what I can give, with an open heart. Not for show, for accolades, or some other third thing to complete this trifecta of a sentence. Honestly, we as Americans love having an abundance of many things. In some cases it’s necessary, but in others excessive. We’re collectors by some form of nature. Human Nature - that’s what Michael Jackson said. It could very well be FOMO or Famine for some. Starving to be apart of the what’s what and having the New New at all costs.
Everyone has something to give, it’s a matter of figuring out what that is.
It’s been said people with small ears are “selfish” or “stingy.” I wholeheartedly disagree and Do Not, I repeat—DO NOT look at my ears when you see me. Haha. It’s just one of those things that people say. I guess people with big mouths are loud or greedy then? Like what!? Who’s making this stuff up?
Giving and sharing should always come with no strings attached. Some people have yet to figure that one out.
If I have to use giving as a way to have power over someone, then I won’t give. If I have to make them believe that they need to return the favor one day, then I won’t give. That isn’t pure. That is leverage under the guise of “I’m doing this because you have something that benefits me in the right now or the forseeable future.” Yeeeeaaah No. Stay away from me, please and thank you.
Sharing can feel like losing, but it never surmounts to the joy that you feel when you see the person receiving it smile in complete bliss. The “you thought of me” smile. That absolutely melts my heart. I think that’s why I started baking. Watching people enjoy the fruits of my labor is rewarding.
So, I share. It’s what I do. It’s my culture and I would dare to say, it’s the State of the Ozarks Culture.
“Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.”
2 Corinthians 9:7 KJV
