a few of my favorite things… February 12, 2008
Whenever life gets stressful I just close my eyes and think of simple things that bring a smile to my face. Now I don’t break into song as if I was making a guest appearance in The Sound of Music (maybe sometimes-but only in my apartment). Anyway, it may seem silly-but I think that it’s truly wonderful that memories can instantly take us to a place of calm.
Some of my favorites:
walking through a rain shower of flower petals from a towering tree
the smell of fresh lavender
listening to water stream underground in a gutter after a strong rain
holding hands with someone on a cold day
picking a fig from its tree and eating it immediately
It’s so easy to feel overwhelmed, disappointed and frustrated-but it can be just as easy to slip away for a second, close your eyes and breathe. I keep these memories on hold and when I need a burst of energy I press play. I imagine each one as a slide in a projector in the back of my brain-just waiting there for me to flick the switch.
you should write more often.
I was being serious.
Yeah! Small things make life great!
I personally really like your list….and I think i would add:
Morning walks to work in fall/spring.
The smell that arises from the ground right after the first drops of rain fall (in mexico) and
“any type of fruit just picked from the tree”
oh, yeah…and floating paper boats going with the flow that I used to see go past when it rained heavily (again only in small town Mexico…where there is no such thing as rain drains)
I always got too late to the fig tree (ours wasn’t that big, it was in a shady spot)
so i only got to eat few of those.