I am still in my pajamas today, and it is two minutes to noon. I have spent my morning reading with kids, taking kids to school, sweeping the garage (spreading the snowy car mud around evenly), spraying off said muddy car, sorting, folding and putting away laundry, baking pumpkin muffins, avoiding telemarketers, cleaning up messes, finding things for pre-schoolers to do. I also posted on Instagram (mostly because it has been awhile and I saw a lovely post that make me want to contribute something good to the world).
When I was looking for quotes (someone else's words always seem to be better, don't they?), I came across one that unexpectedly left me in tears.
“What we love determines what we seek. What we seek determines what we think and do. What we think and do determines who we are — and who we will become.”
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Maybe it struck me because I just searched through some recent family pictures to see what one I wanted to post. Maybe it was the relaxed morning with Lena. Maybe it was the (audio)book I just finished that, to me, underscored the power family (biological and chosen). Maybe it's my (maybe) mid-life reevaluation of who I am and who I am becoming.
I am just feeling incredibly grateful today.
...for...
Unexpected, deep conversations with our kids.
A warm place to live in a place I love.
A healthy body that lets me move in the world the way I want.
A fascinating family (roots, trunk and leaves) that I know and cherish.
Friends (and family) who see the rough spots and love anyway.
A world full of people who are, each one, a universe in themselves.
Today, I am seeing so much goodness in this world. I know there is real pain, heartache and calamity here on the planet, too, but there is so much good.
Thank you.
