Finding Something to be Happy About
12 Jan 2012 Leave a Comment
in Daily Life Tags: Happiness
It has been a really tough time for me in my life recently. It has been one of those “if anything can go wrong” type periods. I was more than happy to say goodbye to 2011 and welcome in 2012 in the hopes that it would be better.
The thing is that this period, bad as it has been, has also had it’s joys. They were small, but they were there.
Other times in my life have been difficult, and I would go into a spiral of darkness that would nearly overwhelm me. This time though, in all the dark, I decided to look for some light. And I thought, what a wonderful thing to share. So many many things are going wrong in this world-just turn on the news and take your pick- but maybe it is important for us to stop, breathe and take a look around us and revel in one thing that brightens our day. It doesn’t have to be big- it can be a bird singing in a tree, the moon, the sunny day, a baby’s funny face, anything. It is so nice to know that lovely things continue to happen to us no matter how hard things get.
So, one of the happy things I discovered around me today? This:
Hubby gave me this African violet as a gift a few months back. it was full of lovely delicate blooms. I put it on the shelf and was very careful about watering it according to instructions (for as much as I love gardening and plants, I am not gifted with a magic green thumb like my mother), but the flowers withered and died. Undaunted, I kept water and talking to it (yes, talking), and then magically I noticed the other day, that it was starting to bloom again! I have never ever managed to get a plant to bloom again for me, even if I keep it alive it just sits there looking leafy. This was a wonderful, beautiful thing that I had right there. My light on a dark day.
So, what’s yours?
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