The Rose Cups

A friend the other day shared she was in a thrift shop and they had these beautiful bone china cups from England for sale at 2$ each. I commented how beautiful they were and she went back to the shop to save them for me. How sweet is that? Ofcourse I had to get them after that! Not only did she have them in a cart but also padded them to make sure they did not chip as I browsed the shop. 

This one act of kidness reminded me... what is the point of this life?... others... help, pray, invite, encourage, and love others. With our words and with our actions we are communicating to other's constantly and what we should be saying is "I see you, you matter, you are loved".

After I got home all excited about my cups, and if you know me by now you can imagine it. Baby got ahold of one and my lovely daughter got mad because she did not want him to break it. I get it, I did not want him to break it either, BUT like I told her also reminding myself at the same time " if he does, yes I will be sad but it's a thing, things are not important compared to brother's heart because he is an inmortal soul, the cup? Will break some point eventually and that is why I thrift, his heart will for ever be marked by what we say or do so we need to remind ourselves what is more important in the end"

And the 1st thing I did with them was serve my daughter breakfast, her yogurt, in it. Why was that a big deal? Because she knew with this one act I was showing her love, I was saying "here, I love you so much I am letting you be the first to use my precious cups". We had friends over and used them for ice creams as well, they did not know it, but deep down I was saying the same thing for them as well.

Now Every time I open my cup board I smile, because I also told myself when I got them "you matter, you matter enough to spend 10$ on a set of cups that bring incredible amounts of joy"

How interesting the chain of reactions and powerful lessons that a simple set of cups has created in our home...

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