Each day at work we receive a little bulletin...and we anxiously look at the weather and the quote of the day. You may have figured out by now that I love quotes. I really liked today's quote...which got me thinking about the simple things in life...that truly are the real ones after all...
I think we all tend to over complicate things. There is lots of planning, organization, extravagant events, spending and travel. I am not saying that is all bad....because I would so enjoy the opportunity of being a little extravagant. But when you come right down to it...the simple things...that do not require much money....are the real things....the ones that matter. A smile shared, A laugh, an outstretched hand, an unexpected little kindness, an understanding look, a call from an old friend, an invitation, time spent together... All these little acts of love are really the glue that hold us all together...that make everything else have meaning and make sense.
As we look toward November...I am starting to think about all of the many blessings in my life....there are so many. But the true blessings are the simple things in life....the little moments...which are so much more than they may appear and give true meaning to the larger things happening around us. Yesterday, my daughter and our friend and I dressed up for Halloween. The costumes were great, the photos were....great(?)...but what really made the experience what it was...were all those little things. The love, the friendship, the laughter, the jokes, the conversations, the anticipation, the excitement.....all shared between us...it was those little things that made it into such a big thing...so memorable for us all.
The simple things....there is not much in this world, that I wouldn't trade to spend time...just spend time doing nothing with my kids....my loves.... at the beach. Just us and the shore....and all that we are together...for me....that's what's real.
"I am beginning to learn that it is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all."
~ Laura Ingalls Wilder
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