Good Morning

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Eight o’clock on any given morning, typically finds the Larkin Painting team in someone’s home.  It is early in the day yet, a time of new beginnings and new adventures out in the world.  It is a precious moment.  The first thing we like to say to each customer as we meet them in this moment is: good morning, a blessing and our wish for them.  And it is a good morning for us, for the coming day is an opportunity to apply our craft, a chance to use our hands in the creating of a beautiful space, and in the service of another human being.  What a blessing it is for us to have a job, to have work that we enjoy, to have the opportunity to provide for our families.  For us it is a good morning, because as skilled craftspeople, the day fairly flies-and at the end, we enjoy a sense of satisfaction and contentment in making your vision for your home a reality.

It is always a challenge to start a day off well.  It is a challenge, in the words of Irish poet and philosopher, John O’Donohue, to “welcome its wonder.”  101Each new day is a wonder-open to new possibilities, a chance to live your dream.  Each new day is a wonder-an opportunity to do what you came here for, a chance to be a positive influence in someone’s life.  We at The Larkin Painting Company want to make your day.  That is important to us.  Of course, we want to craft a gorgeous space using our skills, talent and expertise, but that is only part of our mission.  Our mission is to make the world a better place and that begins in the daily task of making your day and ours a positive breath in the world, a calling forth of what is good and creative in one another.

Let me close with my version of John O’Donohue’s A Morning Offering.

May you have the courage today
To live the life that you would love,
To postpone your dream no longer
But do at last what you came here for
And waste your heart on fear no more.

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Be well,

Bill