HAPPY ACRES: No Picture Needed

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

No Picture Needed

In the end, it's not going to matter how many breaths you took, but how many moments took your breath away

Crispy lettuce
Spring greens
Chopped up Boca burger
Chunks of apple
A sliced leftover Easter egg
Sprinkle of homemade granola
Creamy Caesar dressing
Outside
Bird singing
Toes warmed by sun kissed deck
Breeze making windchime music
So simple
How can you not be head over heels in love with life?

1 comment:

cyndy said...: What?? NO YARN?

you forgot the yarn.

the heatwave must have gotten to you.

Nodding my head in agreement with you...simple is best ;-); 9:12 PM

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Desiderata

Go placidly amid the noise and haste,and remember what peace there may be in silence.

As far as possible without surrenderbe on good terms with all persons.Speak your truth quietly and clearly;and listen to others,even the dull and the ignorant;they too have their story.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons,they are vexations to the spirit.If you compare yourself with others,you may become vain and bitter;for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.

Keep interested in your own career, however humble;it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.Exercise caution in your business affairs;for the world is full of trickery.But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;many persons strive for high ideals;and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself.Especially, do not feign affection.Neither be cynical about love;for in the face of all aridity and disenchantmentit is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years,gracefully surrendering the things of youth.Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.Beyond a wholesome discipline,be gentle with yourself.

You are a child of the universe,no less than the trees and the stars;you have a right to be here.And whether or not it is clear to you,no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
Therefore be at peace with God,whatever you conceive Him to be,and whatever your labors and aspirations,in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.

With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,it is still a beautiful world.

Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.

Max Ehrmann, Desiderata, Copyright 1952.