In happier news, the tree outside my desk window has bloomed, and I've been attentive enough to really see it this year. A good desk near a window is one of my favorite things. I would do well to not forget that as my life continues because the times I lived most inspired have been when I have shoved the desk to the window. I would never do this if I lived on the ground level, but I have the luxury of a 3rd floor existence right now.
So, the good things. I'm taking this from a book I own called 14,000 Things to Be Happy About by Barbara Ann Kipfer. It's written in list form, and last summer I took the time to read all 14,000 things and underline the ones that are true of my life. Here's what I am celebrating today.
- absolute revelations
- neither scurrying nor haste at an early hour
- picture-book villages
- knowing where all your books are
- coffee 'with socks on' (with cream)
- the day you met your best friend
- reverie and conversation
- maiden names
- keeping a secret
- someone calling and inviting you to lunch
- taking a bowl of berries and yogurt out to the patio
- milk money
- men's ties
- a baby grand piano in the front parlor
- being kinder than necessary
- the nickname "Peaches"
- realizing your child is a good reader
- joys and vicissitudes
- just a moment
- springtime in the Rockies
- the icy diamond powdering of stars
- wild blueberries blanketing coastal Maine
- birthday banners
- listening to someone describe something that makes them happy
- locking little fingers
- a silent wish you make
- living within your income
- egg salad sandwiches
- grown ups with kids' imaginations
- isolated country estate atmosphere
- lots of books, a good bed lamp, vases of flowers in the room
- standing up straighter
- a book wall
- babies eating Cheerios
- your first bicycle
- 'Rock, Paper, Scissors' (which in my family was somehow always 'Scissors, Paper, Rock')
- Crayolas plus imagination
- northern lights
- when your ship comes in
- always accepting an outstretched hand
- a good dentist
- in-a-nutshell reports
- post offices
- today
- your signature
- places heavy with history
- a room with a view
- docks
- a single flower meaning more than a dozen
- courage and conviction
- white and pink
- someone calling to check on you when you're sick
- having your coffee in the park
- accompaniment
- the wild blue yonder
- a riot of colors
- the wonder of the circulatory system
- taking advantage of all of the opportunities to keep your mouth shut
- your first room at college
- purple pansies
- hill climbing
- half birthdays
- tastefulness
- the shining of old things
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