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Little Things

arfie
arfie

For most of my life, little things have not seemed very significant. I still mostly believe that the only cure for my condition is to wake up in the morning as someone else. I'd like to wake up as Amelia Earhardt, if I get a vote on it. Please don't make me wake up as my mother. . . Well. . . I have already woken up to worse. I still haven't recovered from the morning I looked in the mirror and said, "Hi Dad." Maybe waking up as my mother is not so bad, after all. Are women supposed to look that much like their fathers? Maybe if I just let that facial hair grow longer than my father ever wore his?


Anyhoo. . .


This morning finds me meditating anew on the value of appreciating the small, easily over-looked beauties of my life and the world around me.


I appreciate the depth of compassion nurtured during my long journey out of the cesspool I was born and raised in. I appreciate the cooling breeze blowing around me as I type.


Anybody have an appreciation of little things they want to share?

squeaker43
squeaker43
Awww, Artie, your post made me smile. I guess we just have to find something to be happy about. My appreciation in life, right now, are my Grandbabies. I am going to see three of them today and believe me, they make me happy. I seem to forget everything, when I am around them. They are absolutely the HAPPY, in my shitty mind.
DarkGypsyG
DarkGypsyG
thanks arfie for the sharing and the chance to share.
this morning while brushing my teeth a little moth was on the wall next to the mirror just chillin. i like moths.
Community LeaderSunCloudJD
SunCloudJD
Nice post arf.... Gratitude is probably the best tool in my box... My load is always a tad better when I feel grateful ... So I am thankful for the wisdom of being grateful... For my DS buddies and for my wee pooch who's getting a little better....xo
Community LeaderLeo
Leo
For me, the soothing of an ice pack on a sore elbow, the heating pad that unkinks my back, the fact my mom can feed herself with a fork. Small things indeed....
HeartDX
HeartDX
Thanks for sharing. Just being with my cat makes me feel so much better. Such a soother for me:)
Doo
Doo
Thanks for sharing Arfie, I think the little simple things are the best things. Having quiet time first thing in the morning (when I can get up and call it morning), smelling the fresh air sipping on my coffee. The quiet of it all. My dog, because he is anything but complicated. He only wants to be happy and loved. I can do that :)
HarrysMom
HarrysMom
: ) I love this, thank you for this. I can do this, sometimes other things are not so possible but this I CAN do and it is so much fun : ) I am happy when I hear that chicken making her sounds out there in the morning - she cracks me up. and now I have this little doggy who is still asleep when I wake up, he opens his eyes when I do so maybe he is pretending...but he wakes up and looks like he is laughing - big ol grin on his face all day long : ) little things are pretty big round here and thank you so much for reminding me, xo
looney1
looney1
There's an old saying that it's the little things that make life worthwhile. Thanks for reminding us of this Arf. My go to is nature and animals.
arfie
arfie
Thanks for the morning brightener, guys. Hubs and I are going through allot of Tit for Tat skirmishes right now over parental units from opposite sides of the silver platter. My mother and her state nursing home keep morphing into his father and his private domestic staff. His busy bee workaholism keeps morphing into my housewife echo chamber. How is that even possible? I reckon anything is possible in the passionate wisdom of marital Tit for Tat.

All the more reason to appreciate the small but beautiful realities.

Thanks for the morning brightener, guys. I get by with a little help from my friends.
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