the beauty and solitude that comes with an early Sunday morning, a shared smile with my love and a few kind words from a friend bring me to this ,<\/p>\n
and so to you this day …<\/p>\n
It has become my truest nature to view my world, my love and hopefully my self within the highest form of gratitude, \u00a0and this practice (as some days it can appear as far more of a challenge) allows me to ‘wander’ in the great state of unfettered happiness. \u00a0And so, one might ask, \u00a0what’s to be so happy about?<\/p>\n
Well, how about, \u00a0just now as I sit in front of my laptop to try and put down some thoughts, the greyish clouds part and the brightest sunlight streams in through my window garnering me temporary blindness! \u00a0Beautifully forcing me to not miss, and much more importantly to acknowledge this wondrous moment when the sun has come to shine on Me. \u00a0 \u00a0I could freely now, sit here, tears streaming as the beauty of this light fills me to capacity and beyond. \u00a0Even though the clouds may soon once again take over, this beautiful bit of light will stay with me, \u00a0… \u00a0and that makes me happy.<\/p>\n
My first greeting of the morning, is to the lovely little chickadee at the feeder, \u00a0followed soon after by my darling little friend the red-breasted nuthatch who stealthily darts in and out. \u00a0 \u00a0Visits this morning also from Gord (the downy woodpecker) and later his mate Robert, (my apologies Robert, before I realized your were the female, your name had already set in) \u00a0I am still caught up in the delight of yesterday stepping out the door to be greeted by the loveliest little sets of footprints left by the birds, \u00a0who seem to have been dancing with joy! \u00a0 \u00a0… \u00a0and yes, this makes me happy.<\/p>\n
To sharing \u00a0coffee with my husband \u00a0as we both read quietly, \u00a0to gazing once at his smiling face and to thinking of always finding as many ways possible to say, to show, to honour a simple ‘I love you’, so as never to have it blur into a kind of white noise of complacency. \u00a0To somehow adequately express my gratitude and appreciation of just everything he is to me. \u00a0To acknowledging that we had been blessed by good fortune, or luck, \u00a0or perhaps we were smart enough or more likely that we at once \u00a0were brave enough to have recognized each other at precisely the right moment and to have stepped out onto this grand adventure, \u00a0together. \u00a0 … and this, \u00a0this makes me very happy.<\/p>\n
While today’s \u00a0cold blustery air is not my idea of happiness, except of course the joy it inspires as it increases my want of nesting, snuggling, warm blankets and cozy couches. \u00a0Staying indoors and hibernation! \u00a0… \u00a0and that makes me happy.<\/p>\n
To the magic of a simple gift found, \u00a0a pair of hand knit slippers, knit by my Gran, \u00a0found in some of her things that are now in my possession, \u00a0several years after her passing. \u00a0I slip these on my feet and I can recognize and respect lovingly all of the gifts I received from my Gran, \u00a0and as it appears I continue to do so. \u00a0.. \u00a0and that makes me happy.<\/p>\n
To thinking daily about someone I loved so dearly, and miss so very much, \u00a0‘in my corner’, my Aunt Pat. \u00a0 Yet also to remembering how very fortunate I am to still have my Uncle John, and that we, together can share the still empty places we find ourselves without her. \u00a0.. \u00a0and a love shared, \u00a0that always makes me happy.<\/p>\n
To the little flutter I feel in my heart, as I hear from upstairs my daughter blasting out the Bay City Rollers! \u00a0.. \u00a0yes, that too makes me happy.<\/p>\n
And how about to recognizing the very simple gift of offering a kindness, a smile, a kind word, a sudden and sincere compliment. \u00a0All a true gift that gives back the second it crosses your lips, \u00a0even before it is received, \u00a0and regardless of how<\/strong><\/span> it is received. \u00a0This is Love.<\/p>\n And to recognizing and consciously honouring a Love such as this … \u00a0that makes me happy.<\/p>\n And this, \u00a0leads me<\/p>\n to the act of unfettered happiness<\/p>\n and that is a fine place to be \u2665<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"