I don’t know about you, but, I love quotes! I even keep a notebook handy so that each time I come across something I like while reading I can jot it down. One of my absolute favorite quotes is from Scott MacCauley. It goes, “I hope my legacy will be that I came into this world, I brightened the corner, and then I quietly left the world unnoticed.”
MacCauley, in this old Reader’s Digest article, would host Thanksgiving meals at his home. Since he had no relatives who lived near him, he would invite anyone who would come, bringing joy to so many who would otherwise be lonely on this holiday.
The memories shared by these two will last a lifetime.
There have been numerous people throughout my life who have helped me and our family. People who go unnamed, because they don’t want the spotlight, they just truly want to do the right thing and be that person who brightens their corner in this thing called life. There is a woman I met who told me her story, of how she was down and out, a single mom, about to lose her home. A man paid her bills and helped her get back on her feet. She was so grateful!
There is the Amish who we live among that quietly live their lives and contribute so much to society, there’s my old high school art teacher who encouraged countless students to become artists, and the many people who helped us rebuild our house.
Every aspect of my life, whether it is art or family related or working with anyone, I love to brighten this corner of the world that I have been given. Even in the seemingly mundane tasks of the day, when we direct our focus on helping someone else, even if it is a little child who needs a cup of water, it can bring so much joy and peace, not only to them, but ourselves as well.
Issy with her grandfather, a commissioned work.
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Take care,
Holly