Use what you have

So this weekend I got a present and it was wrapped in a christmas ribbon.  I was happy that it was decorated and nicely put together even if it was christmas ribbon. Some may think differently?

Then last night I went for a massage.  Here they are twenty minutes and quite cheap.  Twenty minutes is all I can handle and boy does it take me into intercession quickly.  The masseur was young and chatty.  He looked like he had been in a car accident.  I didn't ask but he wilingly volunteered his story.  He was indeed in a car accident . He lost sight in one eye and so he decided to learn a trade and boy did he do that.  He is great at massaging and his fingers are strong.  He's been doing it for ten years. That's what I love about the Taiwanese if there is no work- they make work! 

This is a photo of a tarred road.  Great you may think.  I cycled down a dusty old road on Friday night.  On Monday morning it was no longer dusty.  I love the work ethic here! 

Embrace what you have.  It has the potential to bless you and others.

Love, 

Phoenix and Sarah