This is my universe necklace! I got it on Amazon for one dollar! Lol no tax, no shipping cost! Just one dollar! And the quality is really good! I wasn’t expecting it to be. Even if it turned out to just be a cheap piece of plastic, you can’t really go wrong with one dollar! Lol But it’s thick but not too heavy and not uncomfortable. And it’s very beautiful with vibrant colors!
I love cheap, glitzy looking jewelry and already got a few things off of amazon.com for one dollar or less that turned out way better than I thought. But this isn’t a product review post.
I just want to share a quote attributed to Rumi.
“Do not feel lonely, the entire universe is inside you.” ~ attributed to Rumi
And a line in LeeAnn Womack’s song, “I hope you dance.”
“I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean.”
Here’s a video for the song:
Mobile: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DmBSGlXqC4Q
Desktop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&persist_app=1&v=DmBSGlXqC4Q
I never understood this line. Often we think of being or feeling “small” as something not good. While the whole song resonates with me, I have often had difficulty interpreting/analyzing this line. I have always known it means something positive since it’s in this song.
Now I understand it means that it’s a good thing to know, to feel that there is something bigger than us in this life. We aren’t the center or only thing in the world and our problems are all so small next to the vastness of the universe and the unknown. There is so much around us that we don’t even know exists or don’t understand the nature of. It’s a beautiful concept.
When we have a problem, feel lonely, stressed or any kind of pain and it feels overwhelming or unbearable or like it’s the end of the world, we can remember that the uni-verse is so much bigger than us and our problems even when the problems seem insurmountable. There’s something out there, something within, bigger and better than what we feel and know right now.
The sun always shines, the flowers always grow, the moon and the stars always light up the darkness. There are secrets in the wind we don’t know, sweet symphonies caressing our skin, beauty we haven’t yet discovered…
It’s a positive thing to know I’m not the center of the world, to know how small I am next to everything unknown and not understood.
It’s not a concept meant to invalidate the pain or reduce the worth of us, it’s a concept that inspires and empowers. It’s good to have something to look up to.
My universe necklace reminds me of this and Rumi’s quote and LeeAnn Womack’s song.
The whole uni-verse is within us, around us, above us. We are part of it, a small but beautiful part.
I’m wishing you all the love and beauty in our uni-verse! ❤
xoxo Kim
p.s. oh yes and look! It looks like I got this whole blog thing working even without the app! If you have no clue what I'm referring to, check out my last post! I deleted my wordpress app because it was being slow and now cannot retrieve it. Then without it I was having problems posting but looks like I got it down, doesn't it?! So long, wordpress app, seems I don't need you after all! ;-D ❤
