- I started my day with five minutes of meditation.
(Oh yes, the mindfulness is back with a vengeance. Maybe this time I will keep it up rather than use it as a medicine - again.) - I planted these with my own hands. Gardening is also meditation.
- I'm remembering to want what I get, rather than get what I want.
- These are on my table. They are easy to want.
- I'm remembering what An, may monchichis surprise her at every turn, said at the weekend:
"Don't just do something, stand there!" - This hydrangea survived the winter, precisely because I didn't do anything, just stood there. (Thanks Ms. Moon for advising me not to prune it like mad for once.)
- I have time to walk my children to school. I have time to amble to the shops and teach Marie to count to three by letting her take three boxes of tissues from the shelf. I have time to stop and chat to people I meet in the street. I have time to play "Try to lick my face" with Marie for ages. (Offence is the best defence, as in so many of life's games.) I have time to stop at the playground later, at Jack's request.
- I have time for this:
Tuesday, 27 April 2010
Back to basics
So many reasons to be happy. I mean, I'm pregnant for fuck's sake. As if that wasn't enough already. A list:
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It sounds like you have lots of reasons to be happy! I want to live that life for a few days!!!!Today, coffee is all I got...
ReplyDeleteglad you're having a happy day. I agree it's a good cure all to think of all the good things & count one's blessings. It made me happy to read this!
ReplyDeleteYour hydrangeas make me happy. So do mine!
ReplyDeleteWeeding in my garden, funnily enough. There's something super-satisfying about pulling long root networks out and seeing the earth lift as you get all the little outshoot fuckers too. Adult version of squeezing blackheads.
ReplyDeleteGlad for you.
What IS that thing at the last? Because no offense, but I am terribly GLAD I don't have the time for THAT. It looks suspiciously "craft-like," which in turn makes me feel terribly inadequate and yep, here come the nervous hives.
ReplyDeleteLots of things to be happy about today. Cigs are still cheaper than a gallon of gas. I might eat a pound of bacon for dinner. I may or may not have a terrible fungus on my right heel. Oh, wait, happy? Um. I am wearing clean underwear AND socks-on the same day.
Great to see you with your mojo back, young lady.
ReplyDeleteGood to read that :)
ReplyDeleteLittle L makes me happy. She is the loveliest little being on this planet, and we'll go out now to kick around a ball in the back garden. Little things!
These are all very good things to be happy about! Today I'm happy that my practicum boss canceled and I'm having a whole blissful day to myself.
ReplyDeleteThe fact that our new dog seems to be on the mend. Pneumonia. Bummer!
ReplyDeleteBright & shiny objects make me happy. And that flower thingy in the last photo is crafty! Did you do that? Well, it's nice. I especially like the red/pink combo. Some people are afraid to mix them. I'm glad you're not afraid.
ReplyDeleteWhat made me extremely happy today was that I had an entire chocolate bar for myself. Yeah, I locked myself in the bathroom to eat it because I didn't want to share, but boy was it amazingly delicious.
ReplyDeletePlants never make me happy. Perhaps that's why all of mine are dead.
I was able to take my kiddos to the park yesterday and play monster tage all afternoon with them. That made me happy.
ReplyDeleteLoved your list!!
Ooops. I meant monster tag.
ReplyDeleteGlad you are happy again...
ReplyDeleteI am over the moon because Littleboy 2 decided not to freak out at his swimming lesson and actually got in the pool. After the previous week, I thought it would never happen.....I did bribe him with chocolate, but, oh well, it worked.
Your flowers made me happy.
ReplyDeleteI love this. I've had a bit of a crappy few days and am feeling sorry for myself, but I am happy about the fact that dinner is already made and Glee is on in 30 minutes. Small joys, but joys all the same!
ReplyDeleteWe got a free swingset with a slide for the backyard. :)
ReplyDeleteHand-me-downs make me happy.
sweet stuff. love your geranium planter.
ReplyDeleteum, hm, happy today?
workmate who gave me money to go get a coffee when she learned my coffee machine broke and I had no money on me because susie had my bank card.
oh and egg salad.
and you!
It's definitely the little stuff. Yesterday just painting with water on a wall and singing to each other over dinner meant the difference between another on of THOSE days and one where we did ok.
ReplyDeleteWell done you. Those are some excellent little victories right there x
Today was a really bad day. Here I am pregnant and I had to help a women write a letter to her daughter who is about to be adopted. I held it together for 2 hours and then wept uncontrollably in the stationery cupboard. The things that made me happy were a phone call from my best friend and a scone with jam and cream.
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