In the meadow
Dandelions
Become stars
In a spring-green sky
wildflowers
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Sheets of rain dash across the surface of the pond, driven by bursts of wind. Streamlets of mud snake their way downhill, bleeding into the water, great brown blotches spreading out across the grayish-green reflection from the sky.
Moths in the meadow on a breezy morning
All beings are encompassed within one all-encompassing great energy: So I understood from the coolness of this morning’s passing breeze.
~ Mumon Ekai
Celebrate each season, for you too, are transformed with the turns of the earth.
~ Arthur Dobrin
Enlightenment is always there. Small enlightenment will bring great enlightenment. If you breathe in and are aware that you are alive — that you can touch the miracle of being alive — then that is a kind of enlightenment.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
(Wasp on goldenrod.)
No small part of the earth is insignificant. There is nothing in nature that doesn’t have purpose.
~ Gary Thorp
Reality has changed chameleonlike before my eyes so many times that I have learned, or am learning, to trust almost anything except what appears to be so.
~ Maya Angelou
We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake.
~ Henry David Thoreau
(Colorado harebell. Photo © 2009 by Robin)
What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life’s pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.
~ Joseph Addison
I have trouble seeing or hearing the word “inconceivable” without thinking of The Princess Bride (montage found here).
(Photo by Robin. 2006)
Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things. ~ Robert Brault
Ain’t that the truth?
It’s the little things that tend to excite me, bring me joy, or make me feel content with life. It’s the little things that can throw off a day, too.
Little things I enjoy:
- My granddaughter (of course she’s on the top of my list!)
- Holding hands with my husband
- Hugs
- A good laugh
- Spotting an unusual (to me) wildflower or mushroom while hiking/walking
- A long, hot shower
- Sitting on the beach, watching the waves roll in
- Time to read a good book
- Cooking a delicious meal
- Taking a few moments each day to do a gratitude list, mentally or by writing it down
- The Best Socks in the Universe (might as well link to them since, like it or not, it’s usually my top entry)
- My favorite comfy cotton hoodie
- A cool breeze on a hot day
- A cup of tea, any kind of tea
- A good conversation with my sons
- Deep, deep breaths, the kind that go right down to my toes (I can do that now that I don’t smoke)
- Smoke-free environments
- The scent of fresh air that wafts through the apartment when I open the windows
- Listening to the spring peepers at night
- Watching fireflies in the summer
- Picnics
- Snow
- Rain
- Sunshine
- Moonlight
- Watching someone I love enjoy themselves in some activity
- Sitting quietly, being in the moment
- Walking barefoot in dewy grass
- Letting the colors of a sunrise or sunset wash over me
- Floating in the pond
- The sound of thousands of bees buzzing in the wildflower meadow
Well, this could go for a very long time (and it’s sounding a little like one of those dating things: “I enjoy long walks on the beach, picnics in the park…”). Some of these things aren’t really little things, either (my granddaughter, for instance, may be young and small in stature but she’s a big deal in my life).
Let’s make this an interactive post. I know there are people out there reading. Time to speak up. What are some of the little things in life you enjoy?
