Ever since I sat on an old wood bench set up in the dune grass and found a beach rock, shaped like a heart, left there on the bench for whomever happened upon it, I’ve looked for them myself.
Rocks are nothing new, in a former life (1983 through 2000) I worked for a firm of consulting engineers as a geologist… so the interest in rocks isn’t new, but the casual interest, that is, in rocks shaped naturally into something resembling a heart - is.
I’ve been collecting them ever since, putting at least one in my pocket most weeks. Often I leave one on a bench for someone to find. I put them in my plant pots and saucers, use a few others for a paperweight at work.
Yesterday I found three, left two on a bench, and saved the other to send to my cousin, who’s battling stg 4 cancer. I saw at the bookstore recently a book with beautiful photos of heart rocks. Nice.
The upside to this weight loss journey is the mindfulness that seems to be so important to success. Or I should say, an upside, one of many.
Posted on March 10th, 2009 by jaxie
Filed under: Serendipity
Ohhhh I LOVE the idea of collecting heart-shaped rocks!! AND the idea of leaving them out for others!! That is a very cool hobby, no doubt!