Mostly it's been rented through AIRBNB, although I have also hosted people who came for workshops, friends, students and teachers and nurses and "snow birds", and soon, if approved, I will host also some Ukrainian refugees.** I've built 4 tiny houses, created patios and gardens, renovated the old house, and had a lot of fun furnishing everything thanks to Goodwill, the Habistore, and a lot of paint and "elbow grease". It's been challenging, and I've done my share of complaining, but also very rewarding. Being an empath, I have had to learn to create emotional boundaries. And being an artist, which is fundamentally an introspective, introverted life, I have grown a great deal by having to learn to deal with many kinds of people. Sometimes communities, however transient, have coalesced, which pleases me. Certainly some remarkable friends have been made. I am grateful, for all of it.
Rumi is right.
The Guest-House
This being human is a guest-house.Every morning a new arrival.A joy, a depression, a meanness,some momentary awareness comesas an unexpected visitor.Welcome and entertain them all!Even if they're a crowd of sorrows,who violently sweep your houseempty of its furniture,still, treat each guest honorably.He may be clearing youout for some new delight.The dark thought, the shame, the malice,meet them at the door laughing,and invite them in.Be grateful for whoever comes,because each has been sentas a guide from beyond.Rumi
I’ve got you on my bucket list.
ReplyDeleteYou are so in tune my dear friend! Yes a Guest House refuge is what u have created with Grace N Love!!!
ReplyDeleteWow, Lauren! I want to come and see this beauty!
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