"Hidden Treasures" by Susan Pearl

 If we really don't "take time" to look-

Can we really find the hidden treasures in life?

Yes, hidden treasures are there for us to find-

All we have to do is "take time" to look for them.

"The Will to "Try" Again" by Susan Pearl

 My will to "try" and I go back a long way, like a good and faithful friend.

"Try" has been there for me through thick and through thin,

And each time, I will "try" is there to help me make it around life's next bend,

Then I "try" and "try" again to find the new discoveries that are waiting to see,

Knowing full well that another 'around the bend' will come to be.

Then my will to "try" and I continue on for the next adventure to show-

 More of life's hidden beauty to know.

"My Reintroduction" by Susan Pearl

 Hello Readers, 

After writing this blog, "Pearls Take Time", for over ten years, I think it is time for me to reintroduce myself to the newer readers.  By reintroducing myself I will tell of why the meaning of the pearl has been an important part of my writing, the reason it has meant so much to me and to how it has contributed to my personal viewpoints of life.

The "Pearls Take Time" blog has been a dream come true for me to convey that I believe in my heart each of us has abilities within ourselves that show us new lessons to learn teaching us to find new discoveries of living with change and living with what we cannot change. We can learn to live with life's irritations and hurts by surrounding ourselves with our strengths and capabilities that will assist us to discover a rare, one-of-a-kind, beauty in our lives. Our strengths and abilities are too numerous to mention individually and will be different for each person. But strengths like self-respect, self-esteem and self-worth with knowing we are loved, and our best interests are hoped for by many desiring the good for all. We are a one-of-a-kind unique person, and we are worth every effort that brings valuable and meaningful new perspectives into our lives that show things about life and about ourselves that we did not know before. 

These perspectives show insights that bring it into view a new beauty and understanding that we had not seen before because we had to grow to know them.  These discoveries add meaning and value to our life because it gives us an appreciation for the beauty we now can behold to enjoy and lifts our heart and spirit.

My Dad selected the name Susan Pearl for me. It was important to him. I consider my name to be a very special gift from him. 

When I was in my forties, I was given an explanation for the June birthstone, the pearl. I read that explanation to a group of people in a fact about June program.

From the explanation I learned that the pain and irritation from a grain of sand to the shellfish activated a "mother of pearl" substance that is built into the shellfish defense mechanism. The "mother of pearl" coats (surrounds) the irritating grain of sand and with time it becomes a one-of-a-kind, rare, beautiful pearl.  What starts out as a pain and irritation becomes a pearl, but it takes time. We have to learn to live with what we cannot change. We, also, have the abilities to see the beauty around us in new ways. 

My Dad died when I was one year old. I have no memory of him, but I know he loved me very much and he wanted to name me, Susan Pearl.  After reading the explanation of the pearl I knew I had discovered something about myself and about life that I had not ever known before. It was inspiring to me. Whenever I see or understand something I had not known before I call it "a pearl moment".  I use that expression often in this blog.

It was an ongoing irritation and a source of pain to me to not have my dad, while I was growing up, but I had to learn to live with it and I learned to appreciate what I did have and be thankful for it, too.

It was a beginning of a journey to see and understand new discoveries that all of us have a built-in strengths and abilities to live with changes with the beauty of peace and acceptance.... but it takes time ...."Pearls Take Time".

This blog is my way of expressing my appreciation and gratitude for the "Pearl Moments" my life has had. These "Pearl Moments" have shown me things I hadn't known and from them great beauty has grown for living a life of healing, change and happiness. 

This is an updated blog that was published July 26, 2012. All my blogs are my own personal opinion.

"Sands Of Time"

It has been said that each moment in life is like a grain of sand going through the hourglass of time.

I concentrate in this writing on the sand passing through the hourglass of time.  The sand can represent the irritations and pains in life. The sand can, also, represent that we have the strengths and abilities within us to learn and grow and to see something new of beauty that we didn't know.

Each grain of sand can become a pearl with the passage of time. By having a "Pearl Moment" of discovery, a new and meaningful beauty come to be appreciated in our lives. "Pearl Moments" show a recognition of this beauty which gives an appreciation and thanksgiving for all the wonderful things that we have been given.... bringing a peace and acceptance to the life we are living.

Sand through the hourglass can represent the irritations and hurts in life that all of us will go through. That is true. Sand through the hourglass can, also, represent the strengths and abilities in each of us to surround the pain and irritations. Once we do that we grow and with time and change we see new things that we hadn't known or noticed before. Once shown this new discovery we have a new beauty to perceive and recognize that is a one-of-a-kind experience especially designed for us to have a better life........but "Pearls Take Time". 

 

   

"Polishing a Dream" by Susan Pearl

 Each of us, within ourselves has a dream,

Take time to polish that dream and make it glitter and gleam,

Take time to work towards goals to make that dream come true.

And no matter what- rain or shine-that dream will shine through.

Then we will know when the time has come,

And we will know the hard work we have done-

To turn the dream into a reality wasn't easy and at times was very hard to do,

But it was well worth it because-rain or shine- that dream is shining through.

"Tightly Woven" by Susan Pearl

 I am not a seamstress, but I do keep two spools of thread and three needles by my chair at all times.

I sew on buttons and mend holes or rips as they happen or are needed.

Yesterday I noticed a seam on my garment had simply come apart.

It looked like an easy fix, so I grabbed a spool of thread and threaded a needle.

But it was very difficult from the beginning to get the needle in and out of the material.

The material was so tightly woven, and I had to change needles to my finest size.

It made me think that by looking, I could not tell how tightly woven the material is, it was not thick, very thin, but it didn't take long to find that out it was a challenge to hand sew. It was sewing machine material and here I was with needle in hand trying to do the best I could do with what I had.

There are two lessons I learned from this moment--First, maybe there are areas in my life that need repaired, but I am too tightly woven to receive help.  Maybe I need to loosen up and be more open to beneficial suggestions or good council.

Second, maybe, in some areas of life that are hard for me all I need to do is to change and refine my approach and try a better more accommodating way to accomplish the results I am hoping for.

At any rate, just that little bit of mending taught me two big lessons about life and about myself. It was a pearl moment because I learned more than I knew before.

"Taking Our Time" by Susan Pearl

 LET'S TAKE OUR TIME.

Let's take our time to discover and develop our own hidden

qualities and natural abilities- that we have within ourselves- 

that shield us AS WE LEARN TO LIVE WITH life's irritations and displeasures. 

PEARLS TAKE TIME...LET'S TAKE OUR TIME.

With time and grace a change takes place

That will give beauty in our days with accepting ways

That will add more

 to what we have ever known before.

LET'S TAKE OUR TIME.

"The Key" by Susan Pearl

 Acceptance of change is the key-

To free us from being locked in the past.

"Opportunity for Discovery" by Susan Pearl

 Use every opportunity 

  to show our maturity.

For in each of us there is more depth of character

   yet to be discovered.

To the depth of our character will be the height of our maturity.

They will match---

   and when they do

   what we say and what we do 

   will match, too.