I have been thinking about simple things throughout today - simple things said, simple pleasures.
Elsa's
work situation reminded me of a time when I was down in Australia. I was talking to a young woman who was a
friend and happened to mention a quote -
"First make your commitment, then make your plans." **
Well, the young woman
looked me straight in the eyes and said, "You've changed my life."
I went
into my usual bluster about surely not and so on. She did not budge. "You
changed my life."
I never found out
how I had changed it, but she certainly
believed it. It amazes me, the power our
words have and how one
simple sentence - for good or ill - can change lives.
I have
been indulging in simple things over the past few days. A beautiful
bouquet of pink tulips on the coffee table, the yum of shortbread cookies,
a smear of blueberry jam on whole wheat bread in the late afternoon, gifts from
a dear young friend recently tucked into my circle.
They brought to mind the almond cookies that
Nora and Richard brought as part of a feast of Chinese
take out food a couple weeks back - the cookies were simple and complex at the
same time. I remember their fragrant
delicacy.
Two other
simple pleasures worth mentioning - chilled grapes and peeled grapefruit. Eating either one is like experiencing a
fresh summer day, a real joy this cold, grey March.
Well, it
is time for this simple Mum to head to bed.
Nite nite and God bless >KRL<
** I
believe it was Napolean who said it
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