Monday, January 15, 2018

Days Like Today


I love those days when I get to stay in my pajamas all day.  Lazy days when even a trip to the grocery store is a challenge and so I rummage thru the cupboards for edibles, and shift around the bottles of mustard and ketchup in the fridge in hopes of finding a delicious gift from the divine – a shifting that’s taken place days before already.  These days of frequent contact with the cats’ eyes, for they are by my side for most of the day.  Days of gratitude in which I realize how blessed I am to be here, with the few old possessions and hoarded books and emotional tokens that surround me; my things – things that I’ve worked hard to accumulate, fruit of my labor, my ingenuity or creativity, things I have collected over time, love letters, cards, journals, calendars.  This is wonderful place; filled with love and cat hair and scratches all over the furniture and hardwood floors… but there’s love.  I love days when I can sit back and see the beauty in what it is.  Days when I allow myself to stop measuring us against irrelevant guidelines and I allow myself to see how great this is.  Days when I allow myself to celebrate this, celebrate us, celebrate me.  I love those days when I acknowledge that every single part of me is beautiful, every single part of me belongs to me, and that is alive!  Today was one of those days – and I am not only thankful for the goodness that surrounds me, but also for the chance to be here and to be me.  Thank you for today!

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