We’ve had a string of beautiful days this spring and today is another beauty of a day. As I contemplate the beauty all around me and the lovely day this is I can’t help but give thanks for
The Gift of Another Day.
The peony plants next to our driveway are in bloom. Three beautiful peony plants were here when we moved in, a beautiful surprise our first spring living here. Every spring I fall in love all over again with their luscious pink blooms. Each peony bush has slightly different flowers but they are all pink, and I can’t say that there is one I love more than the others.
Yesterday we had a family lunch/game day at our house. What a lovely way to spend a beautiful day. We played Zar, a crazy card game, that makes us all laugh so much, and we sat and talked with one another. I feel so blessed to have these times together.
Something precious is lost if we rush headlong into the details of life without pausing for a moment to pay homage to the mystery of life and the gift of another day.
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How often do you pause, notice the blessings and gifts of your day, and give thanks? I believe that a big part of choosing joy is noticing all of the small things that are blessings and gifts in your daily life.
Last evening I went looking for the trumpeter swan family I had discovered earlier this spring at Lake Camelot Park. It turns out that the swan family had decamped, and moved to a nearby pond. Luckily some other hikers told me where I might find them. I went and looked and could see them settled down for the night, but they were shielded by cattails and quite far away.
It’s only been a little over a week since I walked at Lake Camelot Park but the cattails have exploded into a sea of green around the lake. I saw a female wood duck with two mid-sized ducklings some distance away but could not get close enough with the tall cattails shielding them from view, to get a closeup photo.
On my walk at Lake Camelot I saw a little chipmunk near the trail. With the dappled sunlight on the ground and chipmunk, it was well camouflaged.
I like to slow down and notice these tiny scenes of animals in nature. It brings me joy. This morning there was a new family of mallard ducklings at the edge of the pond. I wasn’t able to count the ducklings but saw two for sure. They spent some time resting under the female mallard’s wings in the grass beside the pond. Then they swam away. I wonder if I will see them again.
What is needed is only a pausing of the heart so the spirit can take wing and be lifted toward the infinite.
― Small Graces: The Quiet Gifts of Everyday Life
I hope you too, find you are grateful for the gift of another day today. May this day lift you so that your spirit can take wing.
Our day is but a path we tread, a gentle walk among possibilities.
― Small Graces: The Quiet Gifts of Everyday Life
May you walk in beauty.
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