Beautiful Piece of Jewelry

Posted by Marci on Dec 2, 2010 in | 0 comments

I wanted the halfway mark to be something symbolic I could carry for the rest of my life. I decided the dream that would most fit this purpose would be to buy a beautiful piece of jewelry for myself. This way, whenever I wore the piece it would remind me that I had the courage to break through doubt and fear to go after what I really desired.

This dream, like many others, came about in an unusual way – my house was broken into, all of my jewelry was stolen, and I had insurance money to go shopping. I replaced much of the costume pieces by having a jewelry party with my girls. My mother gave me pearls for my birthday, but I couldn’t find the one piece that I would want to wear forever as a reminder.

Then one day, as I was running errands, I saw a jewelry store. I went inside and I saw the ring. A diamond center, set in white gold it curves around my finger with tiny leaves and more diamonds.

But the greatest part of this purchase was meeting Jody, the woman who sold it to me. She said that her motto was to never settle for less. That at one point she was about to marry a doctor who seemed perfect on paper, but she wondered if she could spend her life making the relationship fit. She decided to walk away. Four months later she met a man in Border’s and though he seemed wonderful she wasn’t ready to exchange numbers. Little did she know that she employed one of his students and that her employee would overhear his teacher talking about the woman he met at the bookstore. The young man told his teacher where this amazing woman worked and brought the two of them together. They’ve now been married seventeen years with two beautiful children.

When I look at my ring, I remember how I decided not to settle in life. With fifty dreams come true, I’ve changed who I am, how I look at the world, and have fallen in love with life and myself. I’m still a work in progress. Doubt still walks with me as I pursue the rest of my dreams. I wonder if I’m making a big mistake by pursuing my dreams instead of being responsible. I still envision the worst outcome at times and I don’t necessarily trust that life is meant to be miraculous. I’m unsure why I still do this after all the miracles that have come into my life. Hopefully, when I reach 101 Dreams Come True, I will finally put these nagging thoughts to rest.