My heart

I've really struggled with this post.  Do I write it? Do I share it?

Here's a little context:

I'm really passionate about equipping people to be passionate about life and for them to be engaged with the world that we live in.

I love how people have engaged with issues like social injustice, but I really struggle with the over glorification that can sometimes occur. 

I've been given a heart for people, and a heart for capturing and creating beauty. I always knew that God would give me a way to walk out those things together. 

So, as a response to the things that I've been walking through for the past little while, probably my whole life, my creative outlet has become an outlet for my heart.

In 2013, a portion from all of my photography sessions with Ehjae Photography and from all of the sales from handmade creations with Kahana Jewellery will be donated to the Saskatoon Interval House. http://saskatoonintervalhouse.org/

A couple of weeks ago, I was asked to share about the jewellery that I create and my heart behind it.
 I really struggled with that, because I don't really want my name to be associated with these things.. But I found out later that sharing actually spurred someone else to also donate some of their sales to a worthy cause.  Which brings me to where I am now.. Really torn. I was meeting with a really wise woman the other day who in response to my struggle simply said, "If you want it to be about you, it will be. If you don't want it to be about you, it won't"

I think way too highly of myself. Who cares? Like seriously.. get a grip.
 All I care about is spurring other people on to love and good deeds.  If I have to feel like a pompous idiot just by sharing because I want to let others know that they can also use their God-given talents to be culture-changers, I accept that.

So please... forget my name. Forget my words.. just remember this:

"Whatever you did for the least of these, you did for me."

365 days of less.

I was just looking at the mess I call my room.. and wondering where to even start.
 I have accumulated so many things, so much stuff. I really don't need all of it.  It's dumb. Not to mention the fact that I don't use half of this stuff AND I know that my life will be so much less stressful with so much less clutter. 
SO I did what any normal, sensible person would do. I asked Google.

I came across a blog (http://www.365lessthings.com) in which the blogger gets rid of something every day.  I love it. I want to do it too. So I am. For the next year, I am going to give away or throw away something each new day.
I'll try to post a picture or post what I am getting rid of.. just as a way to keep myself accountable. We'll see how this goes.

Check out 365 Days of Less to watch the progress. Fingers crossed!