The Creative Harvest
It is the time of year that we begin to take notice the harvest is here. If you take a back country road you will notice the corn is reaching for the sky with its stalks full of corn, bright green and if you take a deep breath you can almost smell it.
The light of September is golden where I am in Arizona. It is as if someone put a beautiful bronze filter over the sun. From one day to the next it goes from blaring and beating down to soothing my eyes with a glow only known as September.
It feels like we have gotten away from a harvest season in terms of food because here in America we can get any kind of food we want any day of the year. Strawberries in January, anyone? Can you relate?
This summer I planted over thirty tomato plants in my Maine garden, knowing they would thrive because the soil there is practically gold. My daughter helped me pick out the varieties and we planted them together, not knowing we would be eating them in Arizona just a few months later.
Life is one giant harvest. Every moment we plant seeds with thoughts, dreams, aspirations, they grows, we nurture them and then we harvest them. It is truly a magical way of looking at life whilst at the same time it can leave us in layers of discomfort.
When we planted our tomato ‘forest’ on the farm we thought would be our forever home and where our children would bring their children I had no idea of the change that was coming. Shortly after that, my father suddenly became very ill with cancer from one day to the next and our lives were torn apart. He passed away on July 4th, he was finally free and was ready to be in heaven.
The excitement and thrill of finally having my own tomato harvest was overshadowed by grief, pain, and fear of the unknown. It is not easy losing a parent as many of you know.
You might be asking yourself what this has to do with a creative harvest, am I right?
Well, the creative harvest happens no matter what. It is happening through us and from us every single day it is up to us to become mindful of it.
When we create, we open ourselves up to a sea of adventure. We might lose an oar, our boat might have a hole in, and we could possibly end up on a deserted island but, one thing is for sure - we always have creativity and it is always waiting to be harvested.
Vintage Pestal and Morter from Stone is on the website.
So what does any of this have to do with vintage goods?
The answer is, everything.
When we harvest our creativity it leads us to what makes us feel alive.
When we feel excited, inspired, driven, and joyful about our passions we know we are living from and through the harvest that we created.
I started with a seed a year ago of possibly selling vintage goods, I nurtured the relationships I intentionally want to grow, asked for help when I needed it, got myself an amazing business coach, Kim Klassen and took multiple courses on videography, learned Squarespace, sourced items to sell, and stayed aligned with my vision.
I also trusted that the people who were meant to help me would appear. This is simply living by grace, I know I am not in full control and I am ok with that. The universe has a way of sending along people to help and I trusted that with all my heart.
There are several people who I would like to thank here for their support and for helping me gain clarity on my vision. Without these amazing ladies my launch (harvest) would not be what it is today.
Terry Litman (Antiques from France)
Robinn McCallsiter from Farmhouse1418
Thank you for sticking around the read this long letter.
Merci,
Jocelyn xx
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