On Lavender Lane

08/11/2025

💜

The not knowing can feel pretty horrible sometimes and sometimes when I’m anxious about something I remind myself, one step at a time. One foot in front of the other. And before you know it, you’re where you need to be. 💛

03/11/2025

Breathe and have a great day!

28/10/2025

Stay open to new possibilities.

28/10/2025

“Sometimes,” said Pooh softly, “it rains a little longer than we’d like.”
The puddles had grown deep, and the clouds didn’t seem in any hurry to leave. Pooh sat quietly, watching the raindrops slide down his nose, feeling rather soggy in spirit and in fur.
Christopher Robin stood nearby, his boots splashing in the mud. He didn’t try to tell Pooh to cheer up or look on the bright side. Instead, he simply opened his umbrella and held it over them both.
“Even rainy days,” he said gently, “are easier when someone shares the umbrella.”
Pooh looked up, eyes warm but heavy. “Do you think the sun ever forgets us, Christopher Robin?”
Christopher Robin smiled. “No, Pooh. It’s just resting. Sometimes the sun hides for a while so we can learn how kind the rain can be.”
The words soaked into Pooh’s heart like honey on warm bread. Maybe it was true — maybe kindness is just a little bit of sunshine that people keep for rainy days.
So they stayed there together — one small bear and one faithful friend — not rushing, not wishing the storm away. Just waiting, side by side, until the world decided to shine again.
Because sometimes love doesn’t mean stopping the rain.
It simply means standing beside you — and holding the umbrella.

24/10/2025

21/10/2025

Tend the Garden of Your Own Heart

Don’t wait for others
to make you happy.

No one can fill
the spaces meant
for your own light.

Happiness isn’t a gift
handed to you,
it’s something you build
quietly within,
moment by moment.

It’s the peace that comes
when you stop chasing approval,
the warmth that rises
when you choose gratitude
over longing.

Let go
of waiting,
or wishing for someone else
to make you happy.

Others may add to your light,
but they cannot create it for you.

This is your work,
your sacred, lifelong task,
to tend
the garden
of your own heart.

~ 'Tend the Garden of Your Own Heart' by Spirit of a Hippie

✍️ Mary Anne Byrne

~ Art by Annacozysoul

14/10/2025

12/10/2025

💯!

12/10/2025

You deserve all the praise! You should be so proud 🤍