As I am about to begin,
I almost always start with – this morning…
where actually, I realize it is already
afternoon
morning having slipped away, while I
was
reading
having once again sunken quiet deliciously
into a fantastic new book
thinking it best that I take a walk outside
before fusing to the comforts of
my chair by the window
a day off comes after what feels like it’s been
a rather long week, and it’s only Wednesday
first a luxurious shower, and a delectable pampering
of coconut oil massaged lovingly and kindly
into the soft, suppleness of
skin
then to a basket of laundry
when I come to the laundry room
I say hello to the washer and dryer and express
my great gratitude, as my hand gently caresses
each,
they are new, not so fancy, mostly function
but to us
a great luxury (for many reasons)
also, I just firmly believe in the absolute importance
of expressing one’s gratitude
to all things, sentient or
otherwise
towels in, I go out for my walk around the garden
words run through my head
and I think about beginning… with this morning
I suppose each time I sit down to write
it feels like a beginning of sorts
a morning, a
dawn
quite often I am writing about the same things
possibly even in
the same way
gratitude, kindness, love
small, maybe to some even, insignificant things
ordinary, everyday
simple
but I can never express enough
how very important these simple things
gratitude, kindness, love
and equally
notice
are to a life, indeed to ALL life
when we begin to look outside ourselves
outside the flurry
of our petty grievances, minor
even major
inconveniences
when we just look outside
when you offer a life of gratitude, kindness and love
you then leave yourself open
to gratitude, kindness
and love
and really, to my thinking
there is nothing greater in this world
than much
to be thankful for
fills one’s heart
to
over-capacity
and regardless of our circumstances
continues to make life
sweet
even in
small pockets ♥
small pockets…
