How do I meditate for thankfulness for TToT? I recall the instances in my recent days that I received blessings, for which I journal my thanks now.
On one of the weekdays, we had to make a trip downtown to collect a couple of small items from the workshop. We made an appointment. Despite this, the technician was away, out of town. His colleague opened his absent co-worker’s storage compartment, but couldn’t find our items. He told us they were probably at another workshop and the staff had gone out for their lunch. He gave us choices of returning at night to collect, or make an appointment for another day. We chose the later.
Instead of being disappointed with a wasted trip to town, we decided to visit the newest book store in the vicinity. There were no glossy mags there because it was a dying product and financial risk to carry. My friend was disappointed for the second time that day. She was filled with anticipation about the new book store but it turned out to be another bummer. The shelves expanded with the vastness from floor to ceiling. I wasn’t encouraged to browse the general topics as I suspected that would be a waste of money. I searched for pretty collage paper and bought a tiny pack. Tiny because that was the only size available. You know, it is easier to sell a small pack of stuff that is below $10. If I manage to include the paper in an art at the time of this posting, you’ll see it.
I also bought 2 packs of dental product from the pharmacy nearby. I was thankful to salvage a trip, to turn it useful.
Oct 9 to Oct 14
Glad that you were able to make your trip a good use of time with those dental products. I hope your week is a joy.
It’s not easy to run a business now, many have to only carry what sells the most and it’s not always what we need.
I’m glad you were still able to get things you needed.
I echo my colleagues sentiment and add! You also provide a good example of what we call a hypo-grat!*
Good photo, simple, colorful and fun.
*most every gratitude bloghop tends towards the simple, ‘I am grateful for…’ in terms of that which qualifies as an item for inclusion on the list. The TToT recognizes hypo-grats as legitimate items. I normally defer to our resident expert on this, Mimi, but the short form is: something that seems pretty much sucky, but with a calm resolve and faith in it’s existence, one can find something directly resulting from the bad/disappointing event that is clearly a positive.
Dental products and collage paper I recognise but now I am intrigued by the unavailable products of the mysterious “Workshop” – do tell Mimi…
Have a fruitful week!
Hi Mimi. Our fellow artistic designer blogger cheerfully enquired what I had sent for repair. When one does the same trade, one is curious what another blogger could have sent to the workshop. It was additional “arms” for a pair of ear studs, and rearrangement of a pair of stone studs. A person who has specific design preferences will never be satisfied until the designs are customised as per desire.
Thanks. The pun isn’t lost.