INSPIRATION...Where does it come from ???

For me...

TODAY...

from a email chain letter !!!

That's right...

One of those dreaded email chain letter that someone is always sending you.

This one courtesy of my sister, Lorraine. ;)

I usually delete without even opening, but for some reason...

this time I felt compelled to open it.

So here it goes...

A friend of mine opened his wife's underwear drawer and picked up a silk paper wrapped package:

'This, - he said - isn't any ordinary package.'

He unwrapped the box and stared at both the silk paper and the box.

'She got this the first time we went to New York, 8 or 9 years ago.

She has never put it on, was saving it for a special occasion.'

'Well, I guess this is it.'

He got near the bed and placed the gift box next to the other clothing he was taking to the funeral house, his wife had just died.

He turned to me and said:

'Never save something for a special occasion.

Every day in your life is a special occasion'.

I still think those words changed my life.

Now I read more and clean less.

I sit on the porch without worrying about........ANYTHING.

I spend more time with my family, and less at work.

I understood that life should be a source of experience to be lived up to, not survived through.

I no longer keep anything.

I use crystal glasses...every day.

I'll wear new clothes to go to the supermarket,
if I feel like it.

I don't save my special perfume for special occasions,
I use it whenever I want to.

The words 'SOMEDAY....' and 'ONE DAY...'
are fading away from my dictionary.

If it's worth seeing, listening or doing,
I want to see, listen or do it......NOW.

I don't know what my friend's wife would have done if she knew she wouldn't be there the next morning, this nobody can tell.

I think she might have called her relatives and closest friends.

She might call old friends to make peace over past quarrels.

I'd like to think she would go out for Chinese, her favorite food.

It's these small things that I would regret not doing,
if I knew my time had come..


Each day, each hour, each minute, IS SPECIAL.

Live for today, for tomorrow is promised to no-one.

Of course, it goes on to tell me to send it to xxxx number of people.
I almost did that...but instead it became my inspiration.


Inspiration to Live Life via a chain letter,
Kathleen Sforza


Town & Country Gifts
1213 Castleton Avenue
Staten Island, NY 10310
718-447-8237


Websites:
http://www.kathleenrosescollection.com/ (an eBay Store)
http://www.lorrainesfavoritefinds.com/ (an eBay Store)
http://www.lorrainesfinds.etsy.com/ (an Etsy Shoppe)


Blogs:
http://www.lorrainesfavoritefinds.blogspot.com/
http://www.accessoriesbyashleyrae.blogspot.com/

Faith & Finances...IN GOD WE TRUST

I would be lying...if I said...that as the owner of a small business...
the economy hasn't had an effect on my business.


It has been & continues to be very difficult to run a small business during this "Great Recession".


With that said...


I am going to share with you a story.


One...that many may not believe.


On the Tuesday night before Thanksgiving, I wrote a blog entry about Small Business Saturday...but I also wrote about the true meaning of Christmas. I hadn't posted the blog, but planned to post it on the Friday after Thanksgiving (the day before Small Business Saturday). The next morning (Wednesday, before Thanksgiving), my first customer of the day told me that she just recently moved back to Staten Island. She told me that for many years, in the late 1980's, she had passed by my store, but never came in. She then purchased a gift for her granddaughter & as she was walking out the door she turned to me & said...

 "Jesus told me to come in this store & purchase a gift".

Okay, it is now 5:00 on the same day (Wednesday) & I am getting ready to close for the evening. A woman comes in to purchase a gift for someone for Thanksgiving. As I was ringing up her purchases, she told me that she hadn't been in my store in a long time & that her mother had recently passed away.  She told me that she was passing by the store and...

Jesus told her to come into the store...that she would feel better.

I was stunned!!! Both my first & my last customer on that Wednesday (the day after I wrote the blog post, but hadn't posted it yet) told me that Jesus had told them to come into my store.

The story does not end there...

It's Friday night after Thanksgiving...I am at my sister Lorraine's house eating leftovers & remember that I have to post the blog about Small Business Saturday & the true meaning of Christmas. The time I post the blog is 10:00 pm. Twelve hours later at 11:00 am the next day (Saturday morning), NY1 (Time Warner Cable's NYC's local cable network) walks in the store to film "Our Store"" for Small Business Saturday. I ask the reporter..."How did you find our store?" Her answer...She found us  through our blog!!!  

All I can say..........

With God there are no coincidences !!!

Believing...
Kathleen Sforza

Town & Country Gifts
1213 Castleton Avenue
Staten Island, NY 10310
718-447-8237


Websites:
www.kathleenrosescollection.com (an eBay Store)
www.lorrainesfavoritefinds.com (an eBay Store)

Blogs:
www.lorrainesfavoritefinds.blogspot.com
www.accessoriesbyashleyrae.blogspot.com

Living Life...by Bonnie Mohr

"Life is not a race...

  

Living Life Tapestry Wall Hanging 

Item# HWTLVL

Size:   26" x 36"

$49.99

Today...I am at work on this beautiful Saturday afternoon. Summer is quiet at my store, so I take advantage of the down time & try & list items in my eBay Store. I came across this print that I've sold many times before, but never really read.  

Living Life by Bonnie Mohr

"Life is not a race - but indeed a journey.

Be honest. Work hard. Be choosy.

Say "thank you" and " great job' to someone each day.

Go to church, take time for prayer.

The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh.

Let your handshake mean more than pen and paper.

Love your life and what you've been given,

it is not accidental -
search for your purpose and do it as best you can.

Dreaming does matter.

It allows you to become that which you aspire to be.

Laugh often. Appreciate the little things in life and enjoy them.

Some of the best things really are free.

Do not worry, less wrinkles are more becoming.

Forgive, it frees the soul.

Take time for yourself - Plan for longevity.

Recognize the special people you've been blessed to know.

Live for today, enjoy the moment."

Living Life Throw/Afghan 

Item# ATLIVL

Size:   50" x 60"

$49.99

All I can say is "Beautiful" !!!

Living Life...
Kathleen Sforza

Websites:
http://www.kathleenrosescollection.com/ (an eBay Store)
http://www.lorrainesfavoritefinds.com/ (an eBay Store)


Blogs:
http://www.lorrainesfavoritefinds.blogspot.com/
http://www.accessoriesbyashleyrae.blogspot.com/