PAY ATTENTION TO THE SMALL JOYS
With all that’s happening in the world…it’s easy to be grief-stricken
to feel defeated……off balance…as if we’ve lost our poise…
Which means now more than ever it is time…to pay attention to small joys.
With that in mind as I sit on our porch, where it 52 degrees in January,
enjoying the mountain view…
to this one small joy…with your permission…let me add a few.…
Watching Deborah making scones…how the aroma fills the space…
being her taste tester always puts a smile on my face.
Eating Vegan burgers for lunch in Asheville with Damien, Trista, Violet and Bryan…
wondering if these carnivores will ever convert…
Heading down to the Hop Cafe…getting ice cream for dessert.
Waking up to a warm cabin on a cold and foggy morning, a full moon overhead
listening to Mozart playing softly in the quiet…so as not to wake Deborah…still in bed.
Spending the whole day in the cabin…with no place else to go…
an unexpected call from a friend…just to say hello
Taking down this year’s Christmas tree…packing up ornaments we revere…
each ornament stirs a memory…which we’ll re-visit again next year.
Watching the birds enjoy our feeders…and three deer in the yard…
surrounded by a family of crows who seem to be standing guard.
Listening to a woodpecker in the distance…peck for carpenter ants and mites
Chopping vegetables for Chili…which we all eat tonight.
Watching the sun set over the mountains…illuminating every tree…
Reading a good book, writing a poem…watching a movie on TV.
As you being your day…don’t forget to pay attention to small joys
They may not change what’s happening in the world…
But they can provide flashes of relief…
And for a moment, when when we need them, alleviate our grief.
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