I met a social worker years ago, on one of my CASA (court appointed special advocate for abuse and neglected children) cases. She would give a stone to her clients, when they graduated from rehab. I have since shared her idea with some of my CASA kids and friends going through trial times, because if you hold a geode stone between your hands it sort of represents us.
The outside of the stones are scarred and traumatized, some more than others, just like life’s experiences, yet we all have a shell that protects the beauty from within. Inside each stone holds the beautiful crystals representing us, our gifts, our light, our potential and our possibilities and all are beautiful, “God only makes wonderful things”. What better light to shine than the one from within.
May your light shine bright today!
Hugs,Joyce
xo
From within or from behind, a light shines through us upon things and makes us aware that we are nothing, but the light is all
~Ralph Waldo Emerson~
39 comments:
Joyce that is such a beautiful metaphor - thank you for sharing it :-)
This is a wonderful idea - and the stone very nicely. When the sun breaks in it, that must be fantastic.
Joyce, you are soulful my friend.
A beautiful post, full of heart and depth.
Nice light caught inside the stone!
lovely metaphor--or is it analogy?(time to go back to school)
what a great idea ... beautiful interpretation of our CV's theme, happy wednesday !!
i think when next peering inside such stone (which i haven't yet), i will hear your blissful words reverberate... light bouncer.
n♥
That is a beautiful practice, Joyce. These stones are complex and beautiful.
Joyce,
how wonderful the light is in your corner. My world is much brighter for having you and I do hope this year to come visit so we can have another chance to meet and have a fun journey collecting rocks and sharing stories.
To answer your question, no I do not tweet but I do have an account, I just felt like it was something suffocating and not really me but I do know lots of others who love it. I need my hands free for the brushes and paint. How I added pinterest, well I am a visual person so that made perfect sense and it does provide a wonderful world of inspiration as do my blogging buddies - faithful companions.
pve
Beautiful stone and way to shine light on someone! Have a wonderful day!
This is so beautiful. Thank you.
oh, this is such a beautiful analogy... and i didn't realize you worked with troubled or abused children... so glad they have you in their corner.
a perfect metaphor – and I love those "surprise stones", too! have a nice day!
This is great, and I love those stones, so rough from the outside and so beauty from inside!
gorgeous post and thoughts. did not realize that that is what you do for work. i'm impressed! that is a tough job!
we used to collect geodes as little kids, i agree, such a marvelous surprise to see the beauty inside.
Light can be everywhere, we have to find it. Nice idea.
what a beautiful post Joyce and a wonderful idea :)
what a lovely post. your blog is so beautiful.
you kindness seems to be limitless joyce and the geode stone sounds very special and something we should look for. xo, c
what a beautiful thought!
What a great idea! They are kind of fascinating those stones.
That's lovely, I will remember it. Thanks for an uplifting post
Have a good week
See Yea George xxxx
Please give a hug to Mr Bo from me :)
I love this Joyce. What a beautiful thing to do.
Thank you for visiting my blog. xxoo
I like the comparison you are doing with the stones and the people. Good idea.
What a wonderful object lesson for the kids to realize just what a true jewel they are.
I loved this post!
God bless ya and have a remarkable kinda day!!! :o)
Very special posting, Joyce, quite a different sight of light I never thought about. Great parallel !
I used to go to camp at Green Lake in Wisconsin. They had a bunch of those stones on display - behind a big picture window. You could push a button and black lights would shine on those stones and they'd turn all kinds of cool colors - the way I image the Northern Lights. It always took my breath away.
What a great tradition! And CASA does really good work. My ex-husband used to work with a lot of CASA workers and couldn't say enough good things about their dedication and hard work.
I love this! What a special gift!
Beautiful All of it.
Beautiful, Joyce.
Adn just want I needed today.
Thank you.
Dana
What a beautiful post and a beautiful stone...love the light shining on it!!
All the more reason not to let outer appearances distract us from the beauty within. Beautifully written.
Beautiful post and so lovely to take something in the material world and attach this intangible concept of love and kindness and (ultimately) light to it.
Children especially relate to that.
Nicki
Such a gorgeous post, and a beautiful idea to share with others.
Nice light caught inside the stone!
don't you just looooove people like that. very empathetic and sensitive while clever at the same time.
thanks, joyce.
What a beautiful idea ... I have always loved geodes and the incredible little hidden worlds they hold ... so beautiful!
That is a beautiful practice, Joyce. These stones are complex and beautiful.
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