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. 

 

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Sitting on the end of June and being grateful for the last thirty days.  We sit at halfway through the year and it has been a good one for the most part thus far.   One cannot complain.  I started off the year planning on simplifying things and slowly but surely, I am managing my goal.  Rome was not built in a day as they say.  Simplicity. It is not overrated. I think it is a great source of joy and of peace.

 

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Strawberries. Had my first ones of the year yesterday at Cindy's for dessert. Her dinner was yummy as always, roast beef with roasted potatoes, carrots and yellow beans, gravy. and for dessert little sponge cakes with some crushed berries on top and whipped cream.  A real treat.

 

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Doug's heart rate has stabilized and is back to where it should be.  Thank goodness.  I am grateful that it was just something simple as forgetting to take one of his meds. I pray daily that he will live to be an old man and get to enjoy seeing all of his children grow up and become parents themselves. To enjoy grandchildren, etc.  I know this is any parents wish and hope for their children.

 

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I started watching a documentary about Jayne Mansfield on Crave yesterday.  I did not get too far into it as I was just exhausted and struggling to stay awake.  I remember reading a book many years ago about her life.  

I am grateful that I do not have to live my life in the fishbowl of the public eye. There is a price to pay for infamy, and I am not willing to pay it. 

I would not be rich and famous for anything. I am grateful to be just me, living my simple and quiet life in obscurity.

 

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Meaningful prayer.  Prayer is a gift that brings us into closer communication with our Heavenly Father, and I am grateful to have a praying heart. Holy consciousness. I pray deliberately and frequently. Sometimes my prayers are naught but a whisper of thought, other times they are tear-filled, heart-rending conversations with the Divine.  Always they leave me better than I was before the prayer. Prayer brings me peace, comfort and consolation.

 

Cinnamon is pretty much back to normal. You would hardly know anything untoward had happened now, except that the fur on her stomach needs to grow back fully.  She is lively and happy, affectionate and playful. She is back to helping me fold my laundry and make my bed. All is right in our world.

  

 

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Sunshine and flowers.  My days are filled with both, with a bit of rain thrown in for good measure. Summertime  . . . 

 

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Good neighbors.  My newest neighbor came over to introduce herself.  She was born in Inglisville like my mother was.  We had a nice little chat. Good neighbors are worth their weight in gold. We are very blessed on this street to all be like minded, quiet and decent folk. It makes for a much more peaceful life. I am blessed to be able to call such a place home. I love my wee home.

 

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My faith.  I don't know where I would be without it. It threads itself through my days and weeks and months. It gives me hope and it brings me joy. It lends purpose to my life. It is from whence I draw my strength and gives me the power to keep going. It brings me peace and comfort.

Family, Faith, Friends, Home  . . .  health and purpose. A bit of work a bit of play. Life.  I am grateful for all that I have been given stewardship of in this simple life of mine.

A thought to carry with you  . . . 

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 *.˛“Most of the time the universe 

speaks to us very quietly 

in pockets of silence, in coincidences, 

in nature, in forgotten memories, 

in the shape of clouds, in moments of solitude, 

in small tugs at our hearts.” 

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In The English Kitchen today, a delicious Air Fryer Cheese & Onion Toastie. Simply delicious. 

I hope that you have a beautiful day and that your week ahead is filled with an abundance of small and wonderful things.  Be happy. Be blessed. Don't forget!

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And I do too!