This video is made completely from stills. It’s short; it’s sweet; it’s how I made (with the help of MANY friends) a cargo van into my tiny home.
Enjoy! And hang in for the credits. You can meet one of my new friends. : )
This video is made completely from stills. It’s short; it’s sweet; it’s how I made (with the help of MANY friends) a cargo van into my tiny home.
Enjoy! And hang in for the credits. You can meet one of my new friends. : )
Pegasus, aka Pegi has come to life.
It’s been a transformation fueled by Grace. Yes, Grace with a capital G.
And I have been simply a Witness watching it unfold . . . step-by-step-by-grace-filled-step.
Earlier this year when I realized that I’d be leaving Kauai for an indefinite walk-about, I imagined that I’d buy a vehicle in California (while staying with friends). But there was another plan afoot, a plan that unfolded right before my very eyes . . .
In August I went to Tennessee to visit family and experience the total solar eclipse. One evening at dinner my brother casually said, “Call my car guy; he goes to auctions and can find what you’re looking for. You can trust him; I’ve bought at least twenty business vehicles through him.”
So on that Monday when the total solar eclipse crossed America, I called my brother’s contact. “I don’t normally get vans,” he said, “but the person who was leasing it backed out of the lease, and then it somehow found its way to me. It has only 287 miles on it. I think it’s meant for you.”
K. Looks like I’m buying a vehicle in Tennessee, not California.
And through this one act of Grace about five thousand million have followed.
Really?
Yes, really.
Even though I haven’t lived in Tennessee for 31-years, my family is still there. In the blink of an eye, I was surrounded by people who wanted to assist me on my journey.
Who?
I’ll make a list.
Do you get the picture? Do you notice that it wasn’t just family but also kind sales people, friends, random strangers?
When you’re Riding the Trust Train, you realize that you’re ALWAYS surrounded by support. Always.
You don’t feel supported? You don’t feel that you’re being helped?
Stop. Take a breath. Maybe even close your eyes and let yourself notice all the help that’s been there for you ALWAYS. Even under the guise of challenges, annoying people. It’s all still help, assistance. Guiding you. Steering you to the best place for you to be in any given moment. Saving you from something that would have been much, much worse.
For this gal who’s Riding the Trust Train, it’s blatantly obvious that I’m not in charge. That a higher power is. That there is a plan in place. Even if I’m the last to know.
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For a bit, I was caught in the whirlwind of building, sewing, pondering.
And then one day, it hit me.
I’ve created a home! My home. A home with wheels. A tiny-tiny-tiny-tiny-tiny tiny house. And it fits me like a glove. Like a well-worn leather glove.
“But, Sj,” you ask, “didn’t you realize that that was what you were doing?”
No. On a certain level, I didn’t.
On a certain level, I was the last to know. The last to get it.
For when you’re the witness, you just witness. Observe. Reflect.
And then with a gentle plop, I landed in my body and saw what God had wrought. And it was good. : )
Mahalo Ke Akua.
Mahalo Dayton, Kurt, Mom, Chris, Casey, Rob, Jan, Mark, Nancy, Hannah, Dwight, Evan, Chantal, Katie, Vicki, Helen, Rich, Bevin, Jocelyne, Mike, Sharon, Ken, Thor, Tanya, Tristan, Sienna, Liz, Jim, Kat, Claire, Paul, Timi, Ed, Janine, Deb(s) . . .
Thank you ALL for your kind and loving support.
If I missed you, I’m sorry. Thank YOU!
When you’ve received five thousand million acts of grace, a few might just slip through your fingers of remembrance.
Mahalo Everyone!
“Now what?” you ask.
Now I go park myself somewhere, show up, and write.
Write what?
No idea.
Remember, when you’re Riding the Trust Train, you simply trust. Listen to your heart. Follow the clues that lie all around you in the most perfect acts of Grace by friends, family, and complete strangers. We passengers on the Trust Train are never alone. Help is always just a breath away. Help is always afoot.
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Stay tuned for a very SHORT video I made so that YOU TOO can experience the transformation of a Nissan NV 200 cargo van into a mini-camper van, aka Pegi.
✫ Sj out ✫