Lau "One Of A Kind Katherine" Lifelike Poseable Baby Doll
Once in a while, while reading a picture book to a young child, something profound happens. It
happens unexpectedly like it did to me the day I was reading a book by Carol McCloud called; Have you Filled a Bucket Today? My four-year old granddaughter was snuggled up close to me on the couch as we opened the book to the first page. We read the words, looked at the illustrations and as we came to the end of the story, I felt my heart rate quicken. My soul seemed to elevate and my eyes opened in wonder. Hope soared within me as I realized the truth of this story. An unexpected pearl was hidden in the shell of a thirty-one page book with illustrations and few words on each page. We had just uncovered a truth of wisdom that could encompass every individual in the human race from babies to the elderly.
Mainly because|Simply because|Just as} soon as you noticed|found|observed} baby Katherine, you understood|realized|recognized she was extra special. So you got her an outfit that {allows|enables|let us} the world know {there is|will be certainly|discover {no-one|no person else like her, {filled with|detailed with|including} rainbow bloomers. The words {on her behalf|onto her} pretty unicorn t-shirt say it all: "One Of A Kind". Meet the One of a Kind Katherine Baby Doll, a So Really|Genuinely Real lifelike baby {toy|girl doll|toy doll} by Master Doll {Designer|Musician|Specialist} P. Lau, exclusively {from your|through the|in the} Ashton-Drake Galleries.
{All of us|We all} share meals in our connectedness, in celebration, and when we do this, we share {a relationship|a connection|an attachment} in solidarity, the {basis|base|groundwork} of which lies profound inside our unconscious. {Meals is|Foodstuff is} not {simply a requirement|simply a need}. To what great {measures|plans|extent} we have traveled is evident in our {appreciation|affection|love} of top chefs and celebrity cooking shows and cook books that {persuade|encourage|influence} us of the graciousness of dining well with {friends and family|relatives and buddies|family}. First dates, {events|sites to be|destinations}, weddings, retirement, funerals, and all {the different|the many} holidays--we {determine|establish|specify} their meaning to all of us with food. Even in our dreams, food is sacramental and is often associated with sacrifice, the bread and wine of the Eucharist.
Literature, mythology in particular, teaches us the great truths of living. These sacred stories serve as a symbolic mirror that we hold up to ourselves for a truthful, consciousness expanding view. The fairy tales offer the same way of knowing, of understanding the people and situations in our lives. We make allusions to Cinderella or Snow White and the princes who rescue them, or the wicked witch or Hansel and Gretel and their weak father because these characters tell us important truths about those parts of ourselves. Although these truths may be difficult to bear, Jungian analyst and writer James Hollis tells us that consciousness--awareness of who we are--is as good as it gets.
Living a symbolic life full of ritual and tradition prepares us to incorporate the wisdom of the ancients for living more harmoniously in a modern world fraught with gloom. Does living a symbolic life make you happier? No, but is there any one formula for creating that permanent blissful state of mind? As we all know, the difficult times make the good times sweeter. Yes, there is that, but the real antidote to unhappiness is awareness of how to climb out of the hole. You now know eight ways.