Is it really me? Am I the magic?

I was facetiming with a friend earlier today when I noticed how great the background of my house looked in the camera. I mean I really feel like it could be a a green screen background that other people use… that’s how awesome it is.

“I love this house so much. I really really hope I don’t have to sell it in the divorce.” That’s a thing… sometimes you end up having to move out of the things you’ve worked so hard for, and I do know that’s a very real possibility for me. I mean, I don’t know what happens for sure, but I love my little loft, you guys know that.

But instead of being encouraging about getting through it and all the other stuff, they found the silver lining in a way I hadn’t seen, and honestly, it made me feel better about everything that’s happening right now than anything anyone has said so far, “None of that is the house. It is literally all you. I mean, yeah you painted your wall like that, but your house looks like that because you made it that way.”

I turned around and looked at it. The fun colors, the bright rainbows coming from the lamp, the disco ball sparkles dancing, the picture of my daughter, and I could go on and on about all the things I love so dearly, but you get it. They were right. My house doesn’t look the way it does because it’s got my happy things all over it. “Huh…”

They kept going, “Think about it, look at my wall right now, nothing behind me just totally plain. This is what yours would look like if you took out all the Jamie.”

They were so right. How had I not seen this before? How do I not see that it isn’t about the things or the places at all, but it’s about the meaning I assign to them.

The funny thing is, that same friend and I had just been talking about curb appeal earlier that day… they didn’t know what it was, and I explained it was all about adding a little style to the front of your house.

I think curb appeal is more than that, too. I think we are the magic we bring to our own lives, and in doing so… once we realize that, then it’s easy. We don’t need anything except what we bring to the table.

Wait, is that worth?

Whoa.