Oh what a beeeeUtiful day!!For today, I am totally filled with joy. Why, might you wonder? We have contentious campaigns on the tele every day. Awful stories about mothers who may have harmed their own babies are played and replayed to the point of nausia. It costs two months salary to take a vacation in a neighboring state. So many things to be stressed or unhappy about. But, today...I don't care.
The creek is running, the hay is baled, there are fresh eggs waiting to be pulled from the nests, the peas are bearing a second crop, and the corn is tall and tasty. My children are all able to make their mortgage payments this month. My four sons are strong and courageous, not to mention kind, and oh, so handsome. My gorgeous daughter is tender and loving, very spontaneous, and such fun to be with. My grandchildren may not be cuter, or brighter, or funnier than yours, but I think they are anyway. My husband is a super hero to me, (and he's just outside the window watering my shade garden while singing and whistling. I love it so much when he does that) This morning, all is right in my world.
So, I think I'll skip listening to the news today. I won't hear one word fall from a political pundit's mouth. I won't fill up the gas tank while muttering naughty things under my breath.
I'll play the soothihg CD that Lin sent to me. I'll call my children and tell them how wonderful they are. I'll hug my hubby. And I'll walk through the grove with the breeze lifting my hair from my shouders and whisper a prayer of thanks for this one perfect, delicious morning filled with the sounds of nature and complete contentment.
11 comments:
Ahhhh... such a wonderful life! You are truly, truly blessed! On top of all that... It's the weekend!
Counting your blessings with you certainly helped me to count mine. Thank you for this beautiful post today and thanks for your kind comment on my blog.
gratitude day....loved you sharing your thoughts with us all. how did we survive before blogs...well we had long thirsty days of no communicating. I'm grateful you took the challenge to share you with us and the Internet world....keep smiling and enjoying each precious moment we have.
my friend blogs and has called Sundays...Silent Sunday....often. Perhaps we all need to boycott one day together...and call it SILENT some day we choose. pick one and let me know.
Wow.What a great testament to 'Life is good.' Have you ever been to that website?
Why is it that the news is always bad?
"Stay tuned for details about the animal cruelty case that was just discovered..."
I don't think so! I don't want details. If I see pictures, I remember them. I hate it.
Back to your post...Good for you. You certainly have many things to be thankful for. And that's good.
You have a good life that you worked hard for so enjoy all that you have accomplished....Dang..all I have are Egg Beaters...
I had a day such as that the other day. I tuned out the boys crazy hollering, cranked up IZ in the cd player, and danced around to it while I did my chores. Then I sat on the swing in the backyard and enjoyed the beautiful mountains.
In fact, yesterday we were in SLC looking at cars. I was waiting for John to finish up his testing of the car. I just laid down on the grass underneath a big old tree. I watched the wind blowing the green leaves tipped with red against the blue of the sky. It was so calming. I closed my eyes and just listened. It sounded like those rainmakers made of wood.
It's nice that you're around to remind us that sometimes everything seems right with our world. I'm certain we don't appreciate those times as much as we should. Thanks for the shove in the right direction.
I did not feel very calm this morning, but I plugged away at getting back to the flow of being back home. After reading your posting, I'm walking away from the radio, the TV and the computer for a while. I'm going to go pick flowers in the garden and arrange them for the house. Rain is due again tomorrow, so I'll bring sunshine inside.
Beautiful! AND, well written. I love this post. Thanks for reminding. I have to get into gear (full blown) with the "giving thanks" and stop this momentary half-heartedness about it.
Thanks to you - I'm doing that NOW! I love your writing!
I love your life! Thanks for this nice post.
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