There is a little black cat rubbing against me who will not let me write; he purrs and chirps with pleasure and affection. In the quiet of this house, there is contentment. The girls are sleeping over at their grandparents' house tonight, and my husband and I have had the weekend to ourselves.
We climbed Anthony's Nose today- a lovely three hour hike to a point overlooking the Bear Mountain Bridge. The Autumn leaves cascaded everywhere. We have been discussing theology, philosophy, politics, and all the usual discourse...Tomorrow is our eleventh wedding anniversary and we celebrated with dinner at an Italian restaurant, followed by a movie (Memoirs of a Geisha...) that we rented at the library. As we held hands on the couch and sat by the fire of our pellet stove, I felt extremely grateful for my life. There's a scene in the movie hat takes place under the Japanese cherry blossoms, and I was reminded of our own UU ritual of planting a cherry blossom tree a couple Easters ago; this symbol of life- transient and overflowing. While it is true we have very little money in our bank account, my life blossoms like the trees. There is nothing I lack....except perhaps a little more space to appreciate all these gifts.
Tomorrow we'll browse through books at a used bookstore, and drive over the bridge to pick up the kids. Life can push all of us to our limits sometimes; we need the fall colors to remind us of our abundance, and the cascading leaves to show us how to fall. We need the cool breeze to teach us how to breathe.
There is so much to be grateful for...it's a rich life, with all its joys and sorrows, trials and tribulations. If we can only take the time to love each moment: transient and full.
We climbed Anthony's Nose today- a lovely three hour hike to a point overlooking the Bear Mountain Bridge. The Autumn leaves cascaded everywhere. We have been discussing theology, philosophy, politics, and all the usual discourse...Tomorrow is our eleventh wedding anniversary and we celebrated with dinner at an Italian restaurant, followed by a movie (Memoirs of a Geisha...) that we rented at the library. As we held hands on the couch and sat by the fire of our pellet stove, I felt extremely grateful for my life. There's a scene in the movie hat takes place under the Japanese cherry blossoms, and I was reminded of our own UU ritual of planting a cherry blossom tree a couple Easters ago; this symbol of life- transient and overflowing. While it is true we have very little money in our bank account, my life blossoms like the trees. There is nothing I lack....except perhaps a little more space to appreciate all these gifts.
Tomorrow we'll browse through books at a used bookstore, and drive over the bridge to pick up the kids. Life can push all of us to our limits sometimes; we need the fall colors to remind us of our abundance, and the cascading leaves to show us how to fall. We need the cool breeze to teach us how to breathe.
There is so much to be grateful for...it's a rich life, with all its joys and sorrows, trials and tribulations. If we can only take the time to love each moment: transient and full.
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