🌿✨ WESTERN SPRINGS, WISHING STONES & GUMBOOTS 🥾💫
This morning, I stood on my favourite wishing stone at Western Springs. ❤️
It's funny how, no matter where I've lived or what stage of life I've been in, I always seem to find my way back to this very special place.
I've been standing on this particular flat stone, making wishes, since I was a little girl. And this morning, it got me thinking... 💭
🌿✨ WESTERN SPRINGS, WISHING STONES & GUMBOOTS 🥾💫
This morning, I stood on my favourite wishing stone at Western Springs. ❤️
It's funny how, no matter where I've lived or what stage of life I've been in, I always seem to find my way back to this very special place.
I've been standing on this particular flat stone, making wishes, since I was a little girl. And this morning, it got me thinking... 💭
Dad used to take me to the Saturday morning warm-ups at Western Springs Speedway. While he was busy, I'd tear around the Springs with my bare feet, snotty nose and unkempt hair cut like a bowl. 😂
I spent HOURS on that stone. Humming tunes, dreaming up songs, imagining the future and wishing for things to come true. 🎶✨
Over the years, I've conjured up songs, businesses and all sorts of ideas on that very stone.
And because of that yes, I DO believe wishes come true, because most things I give my attention to... come true in the end. Even if it takes years.
I think when we wish for something, we begin to SEE it. We use our minds to imagine a future that doesn't exist yet... and then, if we're brave enough, we go out and MAKE it happen. 💫
Although, as the saying goes... "be careful what you wish for!" 😉
Which brings me to the gumboots... 🥾😂
One day, I was lucky enough to ride around the Western Springs track in a midget racing car, sitting on the knee of driver Eddie James. 🏎️💨
I remember yelling, "GO FASTER! GO FASTER!"
And it did it feel like we were flying!
But when I climbed out, I burned my leg on the hot exhaust pipe. 🔥
Did I tell Dad? Absolutely NOT!
I was having far too much fun and didn't want to be taken home. So I pulled on my gumboots, kept my mouth shut and carried on.
Unfortunately, the gumboot stuck to the burn... something we discovered when we finally got home. 😬 I still have the scar to this day!
And this morning, standing on that same wishing stone, I found myself thinking about that scar, those gumboots and all the wishes I've made over a lifetime.
There I was again... only this time, instead of humming a little tune, I was "conducting an entire imaginary orchestra" 🎼🎻🎺🥁... seeing, hearing and imagining the rollout of my next project.
Same stone. Same dreamer. Just a few more years, a few more scars and a whole lot more life experience. ❤️ And then it struck me...
Maybe it's time to stop quietly wishing and start making some noise.
It's time to TAKE THE GUMBOOTS OFF... AND DREAM BIG! 🥾🚀✨
Because that little barefoot girl with the snotty nose, the wild imagination and the need for speed is still very much alive in me. Watch this space... 🎶✨
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