In which I receive gifts.I am busy, busy, busy & I do not do busy, busy, busy well at all. I am a mess. You no doubt can see me pulling out my hair, wringing my hands, doing my usual job of agonizing oh-so-well. Much is out of my control. Yesterday & today I forced myself to stand still, at least inside myself (this week there is no standing still allowed outside myself) and find the smiles of the Universe. Here is what I received in return: 1. The very first insects to fly through my new front door were 2 mating dragonflies - they flew a circle around those of us in the room & back out. That cannot be a bad sign. 2. a young girl flying a kite from her scooter 3. a surprise of a book, all wrapped in pink paper, from the wonderful Robin 4. a wonderful secret that I cannot tell just yet, but it's truly, truly happy-making (and if my mother is reading this, no, I'm not getting married) 5. getting lost on familiar backroads with the ever-wonderful Michael, and ending up at a cafe that served a fabulous baked potato - you know, just normal size, perfectly baked, butter only, salt & pepper; no unnecessary stuff piled on top, probably homegrown 6. election signs in the front yards of people way off on some country back road that read Vote Obama/Noriega, and no, I don't get it either, and I'm not breaking a rule & talking politics - they just made no sense & that made me smile; I was in the mood for nonsensical stuff 7. that movie with Doris Day & the guy that played Sissy & Buffy's uncle was on tv - the one where they each have about 8 or 9 kids, and then they fall in love & get married, and it was truly awful & made me so happy 8. Mad Men.
9. This silence in front of the computer screen
i love lists...thanks for sharing yours! :-)
ReplyDeleteThe universe was smiling down on you today :)
ReplyDeleteI would have loved to have seen the girl flying the kite from her scooter...what a great picture that would have made! Was the kite red? I picture red.
xo
Julie - Lists are just so soothing. They put things in perspective, don't they?
ReplyDeleteJaime - Yes. Red. A picture was called for, but I was driving & the camera was in the back floorboard & she was FLYING, to keep that kite up.
:) Debi
Debi, this is one of the happiest posts I've seen in days. It made me feel good just reading. When I visit you I always feel like I've stepped inside of a Bailey White book...only better because it's fresh, new and I have no idea what I'm about to find out.
ReplyDeleteThe site of the little girl on her bike must have been wonderful... maybe sometimes, these moments are not meant to be photographed, but treasured in memory :-)
ReplyDeleteI marvel at what the universe unfolds....I'm happy to see that you do the same :o)
ReplyDeleteCookie - Sometimes I myself am surprised! LOL!
ReplyDeleteCarol - You are so right. It's a picture in my head & that is a true treasure.
WW - Welcome. The universe just hands us this these things, does it not? It's up to us to offer thanks. Thanks for visiting!
:) Debi
Can you give us a tiny *hint* about the secret?
ReplyDeleteTango - Uh-uh. I'm sworn to secrecy & I crossed my heart & everything. But it's REALLY nice!
ReplyDelete:) Debi
Well that makes some people want to wheedle it out of you even more!
ReplyDeleteheh heh.
Oh, I can withstand wheedling. I'm tough!
ReplyDelete:)