one of my dearest friends sent me a wonderful little book called, "mitten strings for God" by katrina kenison. it is a book of reflections for mothers in a hurry.
i have started reading it and about 5 chapters in i realized something. i am not a mother that is in a hurry and i am so glad. i know there will come a day when maybe i am, but for now, life is simple and i love it.
this is a note that the author keeps on her desk. i think i will print it out and hang it somewhere close so i too have a daily reminder to enjoy the "dailiness" of life.
"i have learned to quit speeding through life, always trying to do too many things too quickly, without taking the time to enjoy each day's doings. i think i always thought of real living as being high. i don't mean on drugs-i mean real living was falling in love, or when i got my first job, or when i was able to help somebody, or watch my baby get born, or have a good morning of really good writing. in between the highs i was impatient-you know how it is-life seemed so DAILY. now i love the dailiness. i enjoy washing dishes. i enjoy cooking, i see my father's roses out the kitchen window, i like picking beans. i notice everything-birdsongs, the clouds, the sound of wind, the glory of sunshine after two weeksof rain. these things i took for granted before.
i too don't want to learn this lesson as a result of 10 years of cancer and a few brushes with mortality. losing my father at age 18 changed me. i know life is short. i want be aware of life's beauty. i will close with this...
when i stop speeding through life, i find the joy in each day's doings, in the life that cannot be bought, but only discovered, created, savored, and lived.
blessings to you. enjoy your dailiness...
trish
