You don’t always have to look far or dig deep to find day to day happiness or notice all that is good.
My thoughts for today are, first of all, a day late. I’m okay with that. I spent the day smiling. I spent the day with my family. I spent the day with good friends. We are healthy. The sun is shining. We joked together. Cooked together. Swam together. Shared smiles and laughter and love.
And that is plenty to be grateful for. How could you not take notice?
~K
I remember a time when I was in a sad place within myself. I think I’d just lost someone important to me and I was sitting with my mom as she attempted to console me with thoughts of Heaven.
She told me that Heaven was full of rottweiler pups, little fuzzy brown and black balls rolling in the grass. She said to close my eyes and imagine it. Then to imagine wildflowers growing, bright and in bloom and children laughing and playing. She assured me Heaven was full of lots of sunshine.
Of course, I questioned her descriptions. Why would Heaven be full of these things, mom? Her response was simple: I’m certain that’s what your Heaven will be like because those are the things that make you happy and Heaven is about your personal peace and happiness. It will be full of all this goodness, I really believe, she told me.
She certainly made me feel better on that day and I’ve thought of this often over the years and smiled, hoping that she’s in fact, right.
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I was thinking of what positivity could be shared tonight and I again thought back to this conversation with my mom.
Why not take this a step further and into our day to day lives on Earth? Why not surround ourselves with happiness now? Search for what it is that defines peace and happiness for you and fill your life with it. Joyfully share it with others. Make a difference. Change the world with your passion.
Imagine what could be.
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Simply… thoughts for today.
~K
Dinner tonight. All from local farmers or organic from the grocery.
Delicious. Gives me a sense of pride and peace knowing that I have a pretty good idea of all that went into not only our bodies, but especially that of the growing babies.
My Peace of Deliciousness tonight.
~K
“Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. This is the interrelated structure of reality.”
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
I love this quote by Dr. King and I cannot believe I did not recognize it upon reading it.
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There was a little Boy I once knew, one who has been on my mind lately. He is no longer a Boy, but when he was, as a society, we failed him. We did not guard his safety or a quality education. He was not given love and security, ensured a warm home or held tight when he was hurt.
I talk to people who carry different thoughts from myself and who feel that, while they certainly possess empathy for the Boy’s situation, (how could you not!) they cannot afford the time and or finances to take care of this themselves… for the Boy was not their responsibility to begin with. Okay.
And yet… as Dr King promises in his quote, what affected the Boy directly will now affect us all indirectly. The Boy is now incarcerated and we pay for him to stay this way indefinitely. Who did he harm? A friend? Family member? Friend of a friend? For this too, these actions will be eventually intertwined. Interesting, the interrelated structure of our reality.
And this is where my thoughts first went upon reading this quote. To a Boy I once knew, who will always hold a special little place in my heart. To the hopes that one day we will do better by the Boys and Girls, so many of them, just like you.
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On the flip side, believing in educating, sharing positivity, promoting peace, encouraging kindness… this too, will be shared among us all indirectly if we choose it to affect us directly.
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Thoughts for today. Thoughts which I believe could change our world. Thoughts I thought worth sharing.
~K
One I’ve said before, but believe so strongly that it’s worth repeating…. I try to do this each day.
Share a smile. You may have no idea what the person receiving it is going through and it may be just what they need. It requires minimal effort, has the potential to change a person’s day, or life and will make you smile, too.
It’s a great start to feeling positive about a day.
~K
Enjoy this amazing and inspirational story. What a positive and beautiful reminder to not be limited by our limitations.
“Never underestimate the power of a smile…”
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~K
Today I’m grateful that my kids have the kind of dad who uses the 20 minutes he has for lunch on a busy day at work to instead…
Stop by and check on the progress of his little swimmers.
I don’t know who was happier at the surprise visit, but I’m grateful for the smiles all around.
Happy Father’s Day, to a wonderful Daddy.
~K
