Appreciation a really seeing, feeling, smelling the thing - whatever the thing may be - that is the whole game. This piece is such a good reminder of that - it doesn’t matter what the road to appreciation is - or what the thing being appreciated is - is is somehow getting to that place where the wonder almost anything can engender seeps around the edges of our perpetual distraction. The sunset and the shower and the WiFi and the deer and Andrew Carnegie are all there - just usually so hard to really see. Thank you.
I remember when The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up came out, neither of us even read it, but I thought, "Bill could have written that book."
You grew up on the water. Human bodies are 60% water, and earth is 70% water - what better evidence that we are individual microcosms of the earth?
A lifetime ago, I wrote you a poem about water. I won't copy it here, but the epigraph seems relevant to your life now: “A ship in a harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.”
Two posts in one day, it's a record! You are doing great! Your word restraint...hmmm? For me, instead of the word restraint, I choose Grateful. To have gratitude is to be pleased and thankful with what one has. It is a chosen mindset. When I grow my garden every year and I have just enough to feed my family, I am grateful. When I have more than enough, I am grateful I can share with those in need.
If the harvest doesn't come in I am disappointed, but I am grateful I had the chance to try. I am also simultaneously frustrated and disappointed, but I try very hard to choose to be, to remember to be grateful. I don't initially plant and grow the garden to restrain my budget or my diet, but for the simple purpose to eat and be full. I strive to choose a mindset of being grateful. I think you are learning the power of being grateful, not restraint, unless you are a secret millionaire. In which case, I have some delicious produce that is priced accordingly. lol
Appreciation a really seeing, feeling, smelling the thing - whatever the thing may be - that is the whole game. This piece is such a good reminder of that - it doesn’t matter what the road to appreciation is - or what the thing being appreciated is - is is somehow getting to that place where the wonder almost anything can engender seeps around the edges of our perpetual distraction. The sunset and the shower and the WiFi and the deer and Andrew Carnegie are all there - just usually so hard to really see. Thank you.
I remember when The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up came out, neither of us even read it, but I thought, "Bill could have written that book." You grew up on the water. Human bodies are 60% water, and earth is 70% water - what better evidence that we are individual microcosms of the earth? A lifetime ago, I wrote you a poem about water. I won't copy it here, but the epigraph seems relevant to your life now: “A ship in a harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.”
Two posts in one day, it's a record! You are doing great! Your word restraint...hmmm? For me, instead of the word restraint, I choose Grateful. To have gratitude is to be pleased and thankful with what one has. It is a chosen mindset. When I grow my garden every year and I have just enough to feed my family, I am grateful. When I have more than enough, I am grateful I can share with those in need. If the harvest doesn't come in I am disappointed, but I am grateful I had the chance to try. I am also simultaneously frustrated and disappointed, but I try very hard to choose to be, to remember to be grateful. I don't initially plant and grow the garden to restrain my budget or my diet, but for the simple purpose to eat and be full. I strive to choose a mindset of being grateful. I think you are learning the power of being grateful, not restraint, unless you are a secret millionaire. In which case, I have some delicious produce that is priced accordingly. lol