Life is full of gifts
Hi thankful ones,
On occasion, I buy 9 x 4 inspirational notepads. Love the unique size. Makes it easy to tuck a quick note in with a payment, a small gift or an article. One of my favorite notepads is produced by the fabulous NJ company, “How To Live” (www.how-to-live.com). It says on the top “Life is full of gifts …” and on the bottom “be thankful.”
I first discovered this notepad 5 years ago and have sent individual sheets to many friends. It really got me thinking about life in a new way. Society has us galloping so fast through our days that we rarely have time to stop and smell the daily roses, to be thankful for all the riches we already have. We’re constantly being shuffled toward the next “best” thing to supposedly make us complete and/or happy, which makes it hard to enjoy and be thankful for what’s here right now.
I don’t want to gallop through life. It goes by fast enough on its own without helping it along. I want to savor every delicious moment — hanging out with friends, laughing with my husband, going on walks, singing at karaoke nights, writing essays. If anything I’d like to slow life down to make it last longer.
Do you feel the push or pull to gallop? When you aren’t galloping, what are you thankful for?
Muse thx,
Giulietta
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This is really great advice. It is so easy to get caught up in the hustle and bustle of life. We truly need to stop ourselves and ask, “have we smelled the roses today?”
Thanks for stopping by Pink Heels. The real irony is that roses smell so beautiful and much of what we busy up our lives with has an unpleasant smell or no smell at all.
G.