Friday, August 17, 2012

I need to turn off the TV more often and...

Read.
Write.
Draw.
Color.
Play.
Go outside.
Sit quietly.
Drink iced tea.
Lie in the hammock.
Think.
Look around me...
...and enjoy beauty
...at the reflections in the pond
...at the fading light of the sunset
...at the clouds
...at the lights of the last few fireflies of summer.
Pray.
Walk.
Breathe.
Tell myself a story.
Go say hi to the horses.
Listen...
...to the brook
...to the cicadas
...to the still, small voice of God
...to the tree leaves rustling in the breeze
...to the frogs as they come out of hiding and join the cicadas
...and after that--finally--to the silence.
Watch dusk turn into dark...
And the lights of the few houses visible from our farm blink into being.
Appreciate more.
Gripe less.
Enjoy being here.
Enjoy being.
Enjoy.

And so I did.




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