And so, I resume my list of happy things. I hope that this will be a way to ground me, and help me regain my focus. It is a new year, after all. A new beginning. There is so much amazement in this world--joy from sorrow, love even in grief. I just need to always seek it--and acknowledge it, when I find it.
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| Layers of colors behind skeleton branches--beauty, even in dormancy. |
My list:
Things that Make Me Happy
- Buying new furniture... For the first time in my life, I will own a brand new couch! And a comfy chair to knit in, and a desk to bead at, and a craft table in front of the window, where I can look out at the trees...
- Having a wonderful time with family over Christmas.
- Coming back after said wonderful time, and reveling in the quiet sanctity of home.
- Making coffee every morning for my husband... It's one of those little moments--these routines of everyday--that are so simple, but so full of love.
- Enjoying breakfasts of coffee and English muffins.
- Taking afternoon walks, as I strive to be more healthy.
- Incorporating little things from my grandfather into my home (his spice jars to hold my hairsticks, his clock on the top of the bookshelf).
- Feeling the achievement of doing laundry, and smelling the wonderfully clean clothes.
- Writing haikus--even bad haikus--every night, trying to capture the feeling of the day.
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| 10. Watching the sun set against a backdrop of trees. |
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| 11. Finding quirky things at the store-- like a Parasaurolophus guarding the Smuckers. (I promise, I did not put it there-- I found it that way!) |
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| 12. Decorating holiday packages with "safety" holly--the type of holly that has non-pointed leaves! (Yes, I just made that up. *grin*) |
...And, last but not least:
13. Plotting a new sewing project--the first one in years!
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