Wordless Wednesday

sun on table setting through skylight.   

Monday

And it snowed.  I was thinking about the different perspectives of snow.  There is the one of looking out of a window from a nice warm interior, sipping on a cup of coffee and thinking it is nice.  Then there is looking out of the car window and thinking that the roads will be getting slick and hoping it doesn't freeze too quickly on the windshield and wiper blades.  From the eyes of a child is when will it get deep enough to build forts and big fat snowmen.  For the lonely widow in the nursing home it means her daughter probably won't be by for a visit as the roads will be getting bad.  There are probably as many perspectives as there are people.  It all depends where we are at and what we are doing.  In the meantime, I am just enjoying mine from my window.

make a difference

A new year but just another day that has a different number assigned to it.  The difference is what we make of it.  Someone told that to me once and it seems to pop back up in my head every New Year.  This little thought should occur each morning.  What difference will I make in the day or in one person's life that day.  Sometimes it really doesn't take much; just a smile to an unsuspecting person, holding a door open, or saying 'thank you'.  Why do we find ourselves so busy that we forget to take time to do the little things, but do appreciate when someone offers them to us?  Even nature has its way of making a difference in our day like the colors of a sunrise or the song of a bird; those little things that catch our attention, cause us to stop and smile inside.

Monday already

Here it is, another Monday. I think sometime I will just plan myself a Monday off, especially after a very busy weekend.  In looking ahead they all will be busy with holiday events, open houses, cookie exchanges, plays, families getting together, friends getting together, shopping, etc, etc. etc.   But in all this, there is choice.  How busy do I want to be and how important is the activity.  First on my list is the importance of taking sometime for my self, to rest, read, reflect and doing some of those things I just like to do.

early morning

Sitting here in my kitchen with only one light on at the moment, finishing my mocha; it is still dark outside and inside in other parts of the house.  While I am up early for travel with work, the dark blankets what the morning will bring.  I know it dipped below freezing last night so the last  flowers holding out will be defeated.  The blades of grass will hold their position even though covered with frost.  There are days I think I am like that blade of grass....get all covered up with stuff in life but still hold my ground.  And days I get defeated and crushed, like that last flower still blooming. but I have strong roots and will come back.  We should not forget that we are just a part of nature.

Morning

As I sit here looking out my kitchen window the forms and shapes of trees make  patterns in  the lighting of the  sky.  The light pale blue doesn't allow for much detail, but enough to know it is going to be a nice day.   I become so used to things, those that happen every day, that I forget to appreciate the beauty in just that moment. or the effort for that moment to occur.    Sometimes my world becomes me in a used jar with the lid on.    All this stuff is around me, I become absorbed in it  and I don't allow myself to push that lid off.   But that jar has become my place of security.  I know what is in all that space.  But I also need to know what is outside  my jar.  ....need to experience more.   Who knows, I may want to break that jar some day and find a new one.

colors

As I was raking leaves yesterday, and the sun was shining at its late afternoon angle, I happened to notice the color in the oak leaves still attached to the tree, but on a low hanging limb.  I always thought they were brown, just brown.  But in the sun, they were a palate of shades of brown with some red.

I was a good reminder that I need to slow down,  and look more closely what is around me.  I wonder what else I have missed?