Say thanks for the ordinary
Don't overlook the wonder of the ordinary.
The extraordinary, the amazing, the phenomenon are daily glorified in the movies, the news, and on television. Our senses become bombarded. We become addicted to drama. The only things that get our attention are the big, catastrophic, knee-jerking events.
Take a closer look at your life, your everyday world, and the people and activities in it. If it were all taken from you in one moment, what would you miss? What sights, what sounds, what smells? Would you miss the view from your kitchen window? If you were never to see that scene again, would you nostalgically reminisce about it, wishing you could see it one more time, remembering how beautiful it was, and how much that familiar sight comforted you in your daily life?
What about those toys strewn about or the baby crying because he's hungry or wet? What about the sounds of the city you live in as it comes to life each morning? Or how about how your child smells after her bath? Or when she comes in cold from playing in the snow?
What about the way your friend smiles, or that little thing he says all the time that's not funny but he thinks it is, so you laugh?
Look closely at the ordinary in your life. While you're being grateful, don't forget to express pure, sheer gratitude for how beautiful the ordinary really is. We can easily overlook the ordinary, take it for granted. The sun rises and sets, the seasons come and go, and we forget how beautiful and sensational the familiar really is.
God thank you for every detail of my ordinary, everyday world.
Thank YOU Janet,Everyday you post these & so many have touched me,& made me think & look twice of my world.
I just wanted YOU to know Im so glad you post these & Im so thankful to call you my friend
Love Molly
I just wanted YOU to know Im so glad you post these & Im so thankful to call you my friend
Love Molly
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love ya sugar!
love ya sugar!
What a wonderful way to start out my first day with no pills. Thank you so much. I'm going to look out my kitchen window right now and then go play with my baby.
Welcome to the board Cici! I'm so happy that I could help today!
thank you janet................
..Janet..
..Soz to bust into ya thread..just wanna say ello..and hope all is well with ya over there..thas been snowing over here..quite a pleasant scenery lol..wont last long thou..probably be sunny tomoz ?..anyways take it easy..Robbie..
..Tina..Mollyjean..hope things are ok with you's also..
..Soz to bust into ya thread..just wanna say ello..and hope all is well with ya over there..thas been snowing over here..quite a pleasant scenery lol..wont last long thou..probably be sunny tomoz ?..anyways take it easy..Robbie..
..Tina..Mollyjean..hope things are ok with you's also..
Thanks for popping in Robbie...love ya sweetheart!
Even when things seem difficult for me, there is so much to be grateful for and I do try to enjoy all the ordinary things and not take things for granted anymore...
Thank you so much for this post, Janet...
xoxo
Thank you so much for this post, Janet...
xoxo