Salutations, Gentle Reader,
Last evening, I enjoyed the opportunity to enjoy an absolutely brilliant piano recital performed by Mr. James Carter Cathcart featuring the work of four composers. In addition to the music, the recital raised over $800 for the soup kitchen operated by St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, which typically feeds more than 400 people each week. On top of that, I was able to spend time with my dear friend Blake.
Hmmmm, how does one describe Blake? Intelligent and clever. Compassionate and forthright. Overextended and tardy. Definitely tardy. Bless his heart, but Blake just doesn’t get anywhere on time. With others, that would annoy me. With Blake? Meh, it’s just part of who he is. 
He’s one of those souls I treasure knowing, someone to whom I’ve laid bare my own soul. He’s in that league with Sharon and Dana and J2. When the concert was over, we skipped the reception and ambled down the block to the House of Brews, nursed a couple of beers, and caught up with one another and what’s going on in our respective lives. It was in that time that I experienced today’s word.
WORD OF THE DAY: GEZELLIG
GEZELLIG: cozy, nice, inviting, pleasant; connoting time spent with loved ones after a time of separation, togetherness
Real Estate Connection: Gentle Reader, very few of the words I offer for your consideration are exclusively used within real estate situations, and that is certainly the situation here. Nevertheless, my business practices lead me to remain aware that I’m not dealing with apartments, condos, townhouses, office suites, etc. I’m dealing with homes, whether homes for one’s residence or the home of one’s business. Home should be gezellig. It should simultaneously offer and create a sense of coziness. It should be inviting and pleasant. I find that many of my clients get a little extra gleam in their eyes when we view homes with fireplaces and balconies or terraces, even a Juliet balcony that is no more than 20 square feet. Working fireplaces, which really aren’t efficient and are messy, are real estate gold in New York City. Even decorative fireplaces add value to homes. Why? Because fireplaces and balconies are gezellig! Be honest, didn’t you already have an image spring to mind about a cozy low fire and your beverage of choice while close beside a special someone, or one of watching the sun set from your balcony, your feet propped up as you unwind from the labors of your day? When I work with my clients, part of my responsibility to them is to help them visualize the potential of a space that they can take and make it their own. I plant seeds. They nourish them until they blossom. Ah, the gezellig vision!
Challenge: Gentle Reader, if I asked you to visualize those times and places that have generated gezellig sensations within you, it would hardly be much of a challenge. Try this one on for size: create a place or situation that initiates a sense of gezellig for someone else—and then notice the feelings you have within when they experience it.
Remain calm, and speak well.
Be kind to yourself. Be kind to the planet and the future. Cause no suffering. Go Vegan!
David!
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