Wednesday morning ponderings . . .

 

 Inge Look 

Can you remember the last time you laughed with a friend until your sides ached?   How about the last time you ditched the husband, the kids, the house, etc. and spent a whole weekend away from home pampering you and only you?  If you are like me, you probably have never done that.  Oh, I have had plenty of laughing moments, but I haven't spent any time pampering only me in a very long time.  Somehow the idea of it feels very selfish . . .  right or wrong. I did so always love going to the hair dressers and having my hair washed and dried. I always felt a bit nervous about it as well.  I am not a "small talk" kind of person, and I was never comfortable with that aspect of it. 

I have some really happy memories of side splitting moments spent with loved ones and friends. Oh we have had some really lovely, happy, joy-filled times in our home!!

What if you only had 24 hours left to live?  One full day. How would you spend it?  What would you do?  Where would you go?  Who would you spend it with?  

 

Carl Larrson

"The gift of deciding to face your mortality without turning away

or flinching is the gift of recognizing that because you will

die, you must live now." ~Oprah Winfrey 

I think I would want to spend my day in quiet moments with the people I loved most of all, some time communicating with the ones that I love who are far away, letting them know how much I loved and appreciated them . . . some time enjoying some of the food that I love most in this world, listening to the music that I love . . . with the ones that I love . . . in the place that I love most of all  . . .  home sweet home.  Dancing with the ones I love.

I would spend some time in thanks to my Heavenly Father for all the gifts I had been given.  I don't think I would waste even one moment doing stupid things . . .  at least I hope that I wouldn't. I would hope that I would die knowing that I had done my best to make sure that those who had mattered most to me in my life knew that they had mattered most . . . to me.  And that I would truly miss them. 

 

At the end of the day, those are the things which matter most to me . . .  family, home, faith, friends . . .everything else pales in comparison to the love I have for those things. 

There would be no time to worry about the things I hadn't done that I had wanted to do, no time to waste in frivolous pursuits, or watching television, reading, shopping, cleaning, etc. Only time for love and loving and being loved.  

Life is full of delightful treasures, and multitudinous ways to please ourselves.  There is nothing wrong with pleasing yourself, but when I look at the world around me . . .  the "public" world . . .  I see a world filled with pleasure seekers, seeking only for fame and fortune . . .  to be noticed, at any cost . . . . often missing out on and over-looking the things in life which matter most.  The Kardashians of this world make me sad. Attention seekers. Vapid empty lives make me sad. 

 

They don't make me long for any more than that which I already have, and I am so very grateful for that.  All I've ever wanted or longed for, is already mine. 

"Love is the essential, existential fact. It is our ultimate

reality and our purpose on earth."

~Marianne Williamson  

 

Inge Look 

The March winds are blowing up a real gale out there this morning.  Its very blustery.  Its been like that for a few days now.  If I stand in the kitchen I can feel it blowing in under the door and round the door frame.  That is the only thing that wasn't replaced when they put in all the new windows, etc a few years back.  Its a good door, made from mahogany, but it is old and there are cracks in it and it is ill fitting.  I keep saying each year that I am going to make a heavy curtain to pull across it to keep out the worse of the wind, but then I somehow don't get it done.  That's life! 

Today I hope to crack on with some of the downsizing, de-cluttering, etc.  Its a somewhat emotionally painful task, but it really needs to be done. I find if I do a little bit each day its not so bad, and I find I really do feel refreshed and renewed with every bit that goes out the door.  And do you know what?  I haven't missed any of it, which just goes to show you how much "tat" we hang onto that we really don't need!! 

A thought to carry with you . . .  

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 *If it costs you your peace,

it's too expensive.

~unknown  •。★★ 。* 。 

 

Over in The English Kitchen today I am sharing my Small Batch Irish Soda Bread.  Yummilicious!

Have a wonderful Wednesday (How did that happen???) !!!  Don't forget!

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And I do too!