My Pink Roadmap

Last September, Megan Monique, Brawn, Josh (my BF) & myself took a trip to Port Aransas, TX. As many of you have read through Megan, this trip was life changing in many ways. Megan surrendered her life to the Universe and I let myself "just be" and realized what a friend I had found in Megan. Josh & Brawn enjoyed the trip as well. (I don't know of any profound realizations they came to, but it was a great trip to say the least!)

Megan & I both share a love for thrift shopping so one afternoon we ventured out to find any and every thrift store on the island and see what treasures we could find!

I had the idea to send out a "Message in a Bottle" so I was looking for a cool bottle to put the note in. It had to be something different because I didn't want it to appear as trash washed up on a shore somewhere. I found an awesome bottle in one of the stores for only $2.00! So then I had the bottle but I wasn't sure what I wanted the note to say. I wanted the note to be magical so that the person who came across it would be inspired! I didn't want to include a name, return address or any contact information either. I wanted it to be a mystery to them and to me.

So after much thought I simply wrote:

"Peace does not mean to be a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work. Peace means to be in the midst of all of these things and still be calm in your heart."
May the finder of this "message in a bottle" live a life full of joy, love and peace.

I dated it September 18th, 2009. (Megan's Birthday) At the bottom of the note, I wrote Port Aransas, Texas. I didn't even sign it! That night, Megan and I went to the farthest point of the island to the bayside and Megan gave it a good throw into the water. We watched it bob around until we could't see it anymore.

I don't know where that bottle ended up. For all I know, it may still be floating along in the ocean. If it isn't, I can only hope that the right person, at the right time was walking the beach off the coast of somewhere beautiful and came across it. I hope that it spoke to them and maybe they even kept the letter but wrote a new note to put back into the bottle so they could send their own message out to the world to whoever needed it after them.
 
I love the mystery of not knowing. Not knowing about the bottle. Not knowing about tomorrow or the next day or the next. There are things I don't know about myself. Things I don't know about you.  I like to think and dream and wish about all the possibilities. Why do we think we need to "know" everything all of the time? 

I don't know all the details of what I'm doing this weekend or where I'm going or who I will spend time with. I do know that I hope to see everyone at the Pink Posse Clothing Swap on Sunday!

Below is a live performance of John Mayer singing "Message in a Bottle." I absolutely ADORE him and it seemed appropriate. He is such a beautiful soul. I just might marry him one day! You Never Know?!?

Much Love,
Stevi