An Abundant Life - Better Days

Someone visited YES Gallery the other day who told me when he walked in that he had walked by and gotten to the corner and then he felt like he had to turn around and walk in the door because he wanted to know what that place was. We talked for a while and he said that he couldn't put it into words but being in the gallery made him feel really good, and then he said, "Like being on a mountaintop with the sunrise, like better days are coming." 

Words like that mean so much to me, because I want people to feel good when they are in YES Gallery. The mission of the gallery is to provide an opportunity for people of all ages and backgrounds to be welcomed and have the experience of a gallery, and when I hear how much people enjoy their time there it makes me feel really happy. 

I say "thanks to God for anything good that I do" all the time when people compliment me on something, and YES Gallery was created and keeps evolving and growing with God's divine help. Visitors always say they feel something special inside and even walking by, and they tell me how beautiful it is and that they like it and feel comfortable. During the time since I first opened the doors I've had so many memorable guests and events, and it's really so beautiful to have all these beautiful memories of people who have shared their lives and words and art and time with me there. 

When this recent visitor described how he felt, I took in his words as the words of a prophet. Mountaintops and sunrises speak volumes about coming out of the valley and out of darkness, and his words "like better days are coming" is something that I think we all need to hear from time to time, even when things are ok. When there is uncertainty in our world as there is now and challenges for every day life, hearing that better days are coming is a reminder that though we may not know exactly how or when or where we're actually headed, it will be a change for the better from where we are now, wherever it is and however we get there.

When I woke up this morning early, I saw the sunrise reflecting in a mirror I have on my windowsill. It's a special mirror that an Artisan made, and I put it in the window because I wanted the sun to reflect on it when it rose. The room where it has a window that faces east, and at different times of the year because of the angle of the window the sun changes slightly in the way it shines through. Seeing the reflection this morning reminded me of the beautiful day when I found the mirror and met the Artisans who created it, and it reminded me that with just a little change in the weather and time a beautiful mirror can take on a special glow, and if I wait and trust and keep on doing the things I feel I must, the things I am hoping for and working towards will begin to glow with a new light as well.

Morning Light

In An Artisans' Mirror

Evening Glow

At YES Gallery

Blessings,

Jannie Susan