A MARVELOUS MONDAY

 

Wow! We have had a succession of beautiful days here on laughing water Farm! Spring was in brilliant display for the few days and Summer made it's debut yesterday. It was over 80F.

Naomi, Elijah and Noah joined us for a Mother's Day celebration. We ate out on the deck [homegrown roasted chicken, sweet potatoes and asparagus] and stayed out until dusk. We had a great time.

The Morning didn't start out great for me. Have you ever had one of those days where you step into a hole? Suddenly everything looks bleak. I was fine when I awoke, but suddenly, I catapulted into a pit of [what?] despair. Perhaps. I am not sure. I think the recent events triggered some concern for my mortality. Not death. What leads up to it. The physical deterioration, the mental lack of acuity. At my age, just moving the body around, reminds us of the time limits we are dealing with.

I have learned that happiness is a decision I make. Some of you folks know that already, the rest will learn it. No matter what, we can find something to be thankful for, and bring our consciousness out of the muck. Sometimes we don't want to, we just want to wallow around in the muck [self-pity?] for awhile. That is where I was at.

Elijah arrived and I decided I would do some grandpa things. That would brighten me, right? I called Elijah and took him out to where a bleeding heart was blooming. I selected a flower with the proper back curl and we sat on the deck and I begin to show him the magic of this flower. I opened it up and showed him the two bunny rabbits, then the pair of slippers and finally the baby bottles. He looked at it without expression and then said, “I already know about that.” Well, paradoxically, this lightened my mood better than if he had been enthusiastic. Yes, only I am in charge of my happiness.

I learned, the bleeding heart flower magic, from my Great Aunt Grace, she would be around 115 if she were still living. If you haven't seen it, then you need to ask an old friend, relative, neighbor, maybe a Grandpa; somebody of your acquaintance knows it.

I will be happy this day! I hope you are too!

I have a pile of dishes to wash and a kitchen to clean. Have a marvelous Monday.

Love and Peace, Gregg