Minute by Minute

Life

Time

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Valuable

Fleeting

I had an eye opening first few hours of my day today.

It really has me thinking about life.

The big picture.

The little things.

What matters.

Love

I woke all my children and one by one helped them get ready for school,

hugged them goodbye, told them I loved them and wished them a happy day.

Joy

I stood at the patio door and watched the world through a rain streaked window.

The cold, dreary morning was not bringing me down, rather, I enjoyed watching the raindrops race to the bottom and felt happy to have a warm, safe house from which to watch the cold, dank weather.

Sorrow

I sat at my computer to check on my fellow bloggers.

Tears swelled and ran down my face just as the rain runs down my window.

I found out one of my fellow bloggers was just diagnosed with stage four ovarian cancer.

Such a talented, vibrant, wonderful woman.

She needs prayers. I am sending them in mass.

Gratitude

Another blogger had a video on her blog this morning.

It was so inspiring and touching and important that I plan on using it as a morning meditation.

It is touching, inspiring and beautiful.

Visit the link. You will be moved.

Two little hours were filled with so very much.

Life

Time

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Valuable

Fleeting

Make every moment count.

Ordinary Joy

Reverb prompt: 

Ordinary Joy - Our most profound joy is often experienced during ordinary moments. What was one of your most joyful ordinary moments this year?   I have many joyful ordinary moments on a daily basis. Some of my favorite involve connecting with others. Just a few weeks back my kids and I were standing in the checkout at the grocery store. We were trying to figure out what the name of one of the characters was in Charlie Brown. The checkout girl joined in and we still couldn't agree on who everyone was and what the missing name was so we asked the bagger. It ended up a big exchange of figuring between my kids, myself, the checker and bagger. We still couldn't agree (when you have four kids you buy enough groceries to be at check out for a bit!). All of a sudden, the lady behind me in line sheepishly threw out the correct name. We were all soooo excited we were smiling and laughing and thanking her. She tried to avoid contact and smiled sheepishly as she turned sideways. The rest of us all seemed rather outgoing and not afraid of interaction while the lady with the proper answer seemed very timid and shy. BUT.... it must have been driving her nuts inside to listen to us when she had the answer all along. She finally burst and put the answer out there connecting with all of us. Shy or not, she connected and she was smiling. It was so much fun to talk to all of them. So much fun to pull that gentle soul out of hiding. I love meeting strangers in checkouts.