Put into Action

Where there is love, there is life.

-Mahatma Gandhi

Recently my husband and I had our close Friends Matt & Sarah visiting us from Michigan. Sarah and I decided we needed to have a girls day, so one of the fun things on our 'to do' list was to go pick out beads and each make a necklace. I had been wanting to try and make a chain necklace for awhile, so considering that the chains I wanted to use were on sale, I decided this was my chance to experiment. So here it is- this is my first ever attempt at making a chain necklace. It was really quite easy, the hard part was deciding on which pieces to use as the center pieces. As you can see this piece with a quote by Mahatma Gandhi caught my attention - "Where there is love, there is life." I love this quote because of the truth that it echos. I also added the sparrow to the necklace, because sparrows typically symbolize freedom. Freedom to me ties into Gandhi's quote, because no matter where you are in the world, no matter what laws or regulations you have to stand by, you ALWAYS have the freedom to love, which in a sense to me is greater than all things, because like Gandhi says, "Where there is love, there is life."

*Photo taken by: Sarah Smyczynski
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