on olives & omens…

I was chatting with my mom recently about life - the beauty of it, and the burdens many of us carry with it.

If there is anything I can do in this life, I hope it is to help ease the burdens on the ones I love, on others. To be able to say to them, in not so many words, “This is heavy. Put it down.”

Our time in this life is limited. It is a terrifying thought, but a true one. At the end of the day, we only have the time for the people and things that breathe more life into our own.

There may not be time for every person and every thing we love to have a consistent and ever present spot in our life.
And that is okay. And that is sad. And that is a beautiful thing.

May we do the most with the time we are given.

I read something once about speaking your mind and about the love you deserve. I read something else about “the signs being there,” you just need to read them. I read something else about “working to live,” rather than living to work. 

It is difficult to navigate our everyday life and everything we encounter along the way. We are all a little confused.

It is difficult to navigate the words, intended to guide us, we encounter every day.

We are all a little confused. 

I think life, and love, and everything in between, are a culmination of all of these things.

I think we will speak our mind when we are ready. We will find the love we deserve when we are ready. We will read the signs when we are ready. We will pursue our passions when we are ready. 

This is not to say we don’t “make mistakes,” or are ignorant to such things. It is just that deep down we know.

We know when we’re ready. We know what fulfills us. We just have to find a way to dig deep; we just have to find a way to navigate all of the things that get in our way. 

For the hard things, there are dirty martinis. These pair well with a good view and even better with good company.

For the confusing things, there are omens. These pose as a sign from the universe, hidden in unsuspecting places and everyday faces.

I let olives & omens become the space for all of the things. Because I always found myself coming back to these two things. Because I learned both of these things were not really about olives and omens at all. They encompass everything.

They are about following your heart, and finding your outlets. They are about opening your eyes, and leaning on the ones you love. They are about trusting the universe, and trusting yourself. 

They are about the good things. They are about the silver linings, and the dawn on even the darkest of days. They remind us it’s okay to have things, and still feel like you don’t have the things that matter most.

They remind us we will be okay, we will feel okay, somehow, someway, someday, even if we don’t today.

And when we truly believe in all of this, your life will manifest so beautifully you almost can’t believe it. 

The burdens are heavy; I hope you find some place here to put them down, even if just for a limited moment in time.

To enjoying the olives, and noticing the omens…

XO,

O&O