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Little Things


What are the Little Things?

  • blossoms
  • strawberries
  • wine
  • tomorrows
  • joy
  • today

Today while the blossoms still cling to the vine,
I’ll taste your strawberries, I’ll drink your sweet wine.
A million tomorrows shall all pass away
‘Ere I forget all the joy that is mine, today

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I’ll be a dandy and I’ll be a rover
You’ll know who I am by the song that I sing.

  • music
  • songs
  • singers (like Johnny Denver)


I’ll feast at your table, I’ll sleep in your clover,
Who cares what tomorrow shall bring.

I care what tomorrow may bring!

I can’t be contented with yesterday’s glory.
I can’t live on promises winter to spring.
Today is my moment, now is my story;
I’ll laugh and I’ll cry and I’ll sing.

  • promises
  • winter
  • spring
  • this moment
  • stories
  • laughter
  • tears
  • singing

Play it again… sing along… think about the little things.

Rejoice in the JOYS that are yours today.
And don’t forget to thank God for all your blessings.

I’m praying for your health and safety,
and asking God to watch over you and your loved ones.

What “little things” can you add to that list
of things for which you are grateful?

Have a Wonderful Wednesday.
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blessings, contentment, God, Gratitude, happiness, Life's Challenges, Love, Memories, music, Poetry

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A Different Easter


My post yesterday was titled with the single word:
Rest!!
I’m hugging you in prayer today.
I pray you were able to rest on the Sabbath –
and I pray you are ready
to sing his praises
as you celebrate a very happy and meaningful
DIFFERENT Easter Sunday today.

Here is my favorite Easter hymn. If you grew up in a traditional Christian church, you know this as well as I do… and you won’t be able to help yourself – – – you’ll HAVE to sing along!

God Bless You!
Have a good rest…
a very unique Easter…

… and a day filled with blessings.

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blessings, contentment, Faith, God, holidays, Love, music, peace, prayer

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Welcome to My World


Here I am – comfortably settled in this beautiful condo in Rancho Mirage, California. Southern CA is so beautiful! The temperature outside is a wonderful, windless 73 degrees and warming. Join me!

Share some poetry with me. I love poetry. Lately I have been engaging in a series of Haiku using the three lines of 5-7-5 syllables to pour my heart out. But, is that the intent of Haiku? Does each form of poetry have a built-in intent?

Free form seems to be in vogue these days. I have enjoyed exploring it.

Rueben Quesada, poet who featured

3 Contemporary Poets on Suffering, Sorrow, and Truth

__ wrote:

“The most important thing I have learned
about being a poet is that writing poetry
is more about attending than intending,
more about silence than sound.”

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But is listening something we do with headsets when we are out in nature? What about the rustle of the leaves and the sound of the birds? What about listening to the silence?

Welcome to My World

As I sit in the quiet of my patio
In the sunshine of southern California,
A golf cart buzzes by,
A club whacks a ball,
A ball flows silently toward its target,
A hummingbird hovers near the feeder,
Unsure of my presence, it lands
And sucks silently from the red nectar.

As I sit in the comfort of our living room,
In the ambience of southern California living,
A symphony plays Boyce Concerto Grosso in B Minor,
The dishwasher runs quietly behind me,
My fingernails tap those damn keys,
And Cristian is proud of my persistence –
It’s the key to successful blogging, he says.
I am attending – and so are you.

Welcome to my world.

Come sit a spell with us.

Thanks for visiting.
See ya later!

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blessings, blogging, contentment, Gratitude, Living in Harmony, Love, music, peace, Poetry, Travel, writing

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Wait 5 Minutes


We have a saying here in Montana:

“If you don’t like the weather, wait five minutes!”

Our patio this afternoon

So don’t waste your time complaining about the weather, just brush the snow off the chairs…

… brush off the barbecue, and just maybe…

… before the gorgeous sunset ends,

you can sit down to a cozy meal inside.

No need to complain. It is what it is…

May be back to 70 degrees tomorrow.

Only God knows…

Just smile and make the most of it.

See ya tomorrow! (Keep smiling!)

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contentment, Gratitude, happiness, Love, Montana, nature

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Specks of Splendor


Specks of Splendor

gold-miner-pic

Like a gold miner panning for gold,
I sift through life’s muck and mire
To look for the specks of splendor
That sparkle and dance like fire.

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No matter how awful my day was,
At the end, I put on my Jesus glasses
And find the specks that sparkled,
The nuggets in muddy splashes.

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The most dismal, dark, and cloudy day
Has shimmers of beauty in the trials.
With God’s help, I sift and find them.
Then tuck into bed with gratitude and smiles.

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See you tomorrow.

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contentment, Gratitude, happiness, Jesus, Life's Challenges, Love, mental health, Poetry

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Cold, Colder, Coldest


Don’t you just love this winter blast of arctic air?

 

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Hang in there!

It IS warming up…

Look at that…
up to -5 by 9:00 pm…

That’s worth staying up for!

Happy Sunday, my friends.
God bless you!
Stay warm!

person holding coffee filled mug

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life, Life's Challenges, Love, Montana

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Quiet My Soul


We’re snowed in!

The four foot drift

Behind my car is tall;

Not looking very friendly at all.

The flakes still fall.

abstract blur bright christmas

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It’s too much to shovel

And once that’s removed

What about the three foot waves

Gathered here creating graves

In our long driveway?

snow covered rocky mountain

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“I have composed

And quieted my soul”

Psalm 131:2 is a reminder

To take off the blinders;

Trust God, the Perfect Finder.

photography of person peeking

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He helps me find what matters most.

I trust Him to quiet my soul.

Help me not to implode in

This spot, but find the Jesus road in

Whatever place I am snowed in.

snowy pathway surrounded by bare tree

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The path isn’t blocked;

The wheelbarrow of tasks

May be inaccessible, but I can

Find His plan if I scan

 The land where I am.

So, compose my soul, dear Lord.

Help me find peace

And contentment. Just tuck me

In and channel me; don’t chuck me

Right where You’ve stuck me!

close up cobweb macro pattern

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Don’t let me get caught in

This web of cold and confusion.

You’re here to hold me.

You protect and you mold me.

I will trust what You’ve told me.
.

Amen?
and Amen!

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Bible Lessons, contentment, Faith, God, Jesus, life, Life's Challenges, Love, peace, prayer

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New Year’s Wish


Have a Very Happy New Year!

I hope it starts off and ends on the right foot!!

❤ God Bless You ❤

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happiness, holidays, Living in Harmony, Love, peace

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What Makes You Happy?


What Makes You Happy?

beach blue sky cheerful clouds

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I was headed yesterday to visit a friend who lives about an hour away. Stuck in traffic, waiting for a very long, very slow train to pass, I was getting more and more grumbly. I was late for lunch! I decided drumming my fingers on the steering wheel and complaining was doing no good. I should change my mindset – think about what makes me happy instead.

So, I started this mental activity of alphabetically coming up with a list of things that make me happy. I texted a few to my friend (along with an apology and explanation for why I was late) and finished the list just about the time the looooong train finally finished crossing the intersection:

 

What Makes Me Happy?

  • Antelope and Accolades
  • Birthdays and Beaches
  • Christmas and Comfort
  • Dogwoods and Dawn
  • Easter and Enthusiasm
  • Friends and Family
  • Grandkids and Gratitude
  • Hospitality and Hugs
  • Integrity and Inspirations
  • JellyBellies and Justice
  • Kids and Kisses
  • Learning and Laughter
  • Music and Mountains
  • Neighbors and Nourishment
  • Opportunities and Oysters (on the half shell)
  • Puppies and Possibilities
  • Quiet and Quirkiness
  • Relaxation and Roses
  • Scripture and Springtime
  • Thankfulness and Trust
  • Understanding and Unconditional Love
  • Visitors and Vacations
  • Writing and WordPress
  • Xander and Xylophones
  • Yodeling and Yellow
  • Zoos and Zebras

 

So, try it! Next time you’re stuck in traffic, instead of grumbling and strumming, think about what makes you happy. You’ll pass the time with a smile instead of a frown, and the train will fly by!

bridge clouds cloudy dark clouds

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contentment, Gratitude, happiness, Living in Harmony, Love

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Is Contentment a Worthy Goal?


Carving out time to

Own a beautiful home

Neatly placed at

The end of a rabbit-bush lane

Energized my early years.

Now that I have it, I

Thought I’d be content.

My goal has been met.

Every day I can look at life with

Newness; ready to

Take on a new goal.

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blessings, contentment, Gratitude, learning, Life's Challenges, Living in Harmony, Love, peace

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