Small and Wonderful Things . . .

 

"The world is fairly studded and strewn with pennies cast broadside from a generous hand. But who gets excited by a mere penny?...It is dire poverty indeed when a man is so malnourished and fatigued that he won't stoop to pick up a penny. But if you cultivate a healthy poverty and simplicity, so that finding a penny will literally make your day, then, since the world is in fact planted with pennies, you have with your poverty bought a lifetime of days. It is that simple. what you see is what you get." ~Anne Dillard  

 

A few of the small and wonderful things which bring untold joy into my life.   It's the small things in life which truly mean the most.  Simple abundance . . . it's the best.   

 

  

 Knowing this to be true. When you live your life with gatitude, your whole world opens up and becomes a sweeter, more amazing place and life just gets better. 

  

Its early, the sun is shining, no rain in sight, not a cloud in the sky.  Looks like its going to be a fine day.  A bit chilly, but things are bound to warm up as the day progresses. 

  

As a part of our Home Based Sacrament Meeting yesterday morning we listened to the talk, Broken Things to Mend, by Jeffrey R Holland.  This is such a beautiful talk. There is so much comfort there and reassurance.  I love Elder Holland's talks.  The other talk we listened to was Jesus Christ the Master Healer by President Nelson.  Between these talks and the music, we were well fed spiritually.  

  

I love the Come Follow Me program of study as prescribed by our church.  Each year we study a different canon of Scripture in depth on a daily and weekly basis.  This program is designed to help us draw closer to the Savior and to follow Him. This year it is the Book of Mormon, and I am loving the new insights I am gaining. When you take the time to study, really study this book, you begin to see the beauty of it and you realise how very inspired it is. It truly is a book written anciently for our time, translated by the Prophet Joseph Smith.  Its principles and doctrines are so deep and meaningful and it fits directly in line with the Bible and in fact enhances one's understanding of the Bible.  I can remember being taught in my previous church that it was an evil book. Nothing could be further from the truth. This is a book that testifies of the Saviour from beginning to end. Satan would never inspire such a book.  I love it. 

 

  

Life becomes better when you recognise the value of, and are grateful for what you already have.  We have enough and that is all we need.  To have enough  . . . is to have everything.

  

Not a great photo. It was taken with my iPad for my daughter.  She likes to say hi to Mitzie every time we talk and I usually share a photo with her of what Mitzie is doing. In this case she was checking out Todd's chair for crumbs. lol.  She has been well trimmed  now and will be a lot cooler.  She was looking like a bit of a yeti before the dog groomer worked on her.   She turned ten on the 6th of June.  Its hard to believe ten years have passed so quickly. 

 

  

Its Cameron's Birthday today.  He is turning seven. That's hard to believe also.  He is growing up.  He is a beautiful little boy.  I wonder how old he will be before I finally get to meet him in person, or if I ever will meet him in person. We never know what the future holds. 

  

June roses. Our garden smells so beautiful at the moment. Our roses are going crazy.  We have roses of just about every colour, but I love the blush coloured peach ones out front  most of all.  

  

I miss this little one. She is growing up so fast. I will be glad when quarantine is over and we can meet together again.  Gate visits are not good enough! It is hard to believe she will be 2 soon.  Where does the time go!  Ariana and Jose have been very good to us.  Last week she called me from Costco and said, "Hey, we are in Costco, do you need or want anything?"  I was very grateful for that because I was running low on my favourite peanut butter and while I can get it on Amazon, they are charging twice as much for the same thing. 

  

It has been really hard finding things like Icing Sugar or any sugar really.  I haven't been able to get it in a grocery order for several weeks.  So last week I ordered some Icing Sugar online from Amazon.  Can you believe I had to pay almost £13 for it.  When it arrived the outer package had been ripped open and inside the package of icing sugar was also ripped open and had been taped shut.  I complained and wrote a bad review and thankfully was able to have a full refund, but I am now without icing sugar again.  There was no way I was going to use a ripped open bag. I am very grateful for the refund. I was thinking I would be just out of pocket for it.  

  

I've been watching vintage episodes of Coronation Street on BritBox in bed at night. Just one every now and then.  I really enjoy these older shows. It was a much simpler time and these are episodes I remember watching when I was just a teenager.  These women seemed to be so old, but I am probably older now than they were then!  How did that happen??  

Growing old, a blessing that is denied to many. 

 

  

We have  been really enjoying this Oatmeal Batter Bread, so much so that I think I am going to make it again very soon!   Its an excellent bread.   

  

I am ever grateful for my faith which strengthens and sustains me.  I know not where I would be without it. I was reading  a talk yesterday by Elder Holland, entititled Remember Lot's Wife. It reminded me again that if we live our lives in the shadows of our yesterdays, dwelling on things that we cannot change, constantly looking back, we rob can our today's and tomorrow's of the joy that ours to hold. 

I need to do better in this area.

And with that I will leave you with a though for today  . . .

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 *Faith is for the future.Faith builds on the past, 
but never longs to stay there.
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In The English Kitchen today, Roasted Sweet Potato Salad with Lime & Honey.  Delicious!

I hope you have a beautiful week filled to overflowing with small and wonderful things.  Don't forget along the way  . . . 

 

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And I do too!