Pickles and Peace on the Side

 

The Mag #185

 "Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed.  Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude."

  ~Denis Waitley

 

I am life partake of me

I am at your service

I am your maitre-de

I am the menu

within your hands

the choice is yours

what will you have?

Today's special is

happiness on rye

with pickles and peace
on the side

or would you rather

have discontent

with a cup of soup?

It's time to order

it's up to you?

All That We Behold

"All that we behold is full of blessings. " ~William Wordsworth

What we see when we look at the world has a way of changing from the time we are youngsters, to adulthood.  The view through that familiar living room window changes light.  We no longer see with a sense of fascination.  The magical goggles somehow get removed from those brilliant eyes.   Then bifocals replace them with a mundane outlook.  The only way to see that glorious vision again is to remove the layers of practical callus upon the soul, and see like a child once more.

I have always believed that you can learn more from a child than you can a text book, when it comes to the matters of the heart.  They wear their heart out on their sleeve, and do not mind sharing how they feel or what they see.  We learn to be patient in their haste, and we learn to be honest from the example and tendernous of a child's presence.  They see the world as an adventure and a wonder.  There is a certain grace in innocense, and a graciousness in the innocense of a child.  They are open to love and acceptance of others.  Something that we could use having a little more of in our adult lives. 

Another Thanksgiving is arriving once again.  The holiday season is always a busy time, making it easy to loose sight of the simple pleasures that matter most.  So I challenge myself and anyone that wants to venture with me to put back on those magical goggles of a child.  To see the world and all it's beauty, knowing that there are so many blessing in every direction we look.  We have so much to be thankful for.  Just take a peek out your living room window, and you will get your first glimpse.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone in blog land! 


Sharing with Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads

Also linking with Poets United Poetry Pantry # 76

Fulfillment

Think Tank #25 Thankfulness

"He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has."  ~Epictetus






You can eat a full bowl of potatoes, or a full plate of sirloin steak.
You can hold a full glass of milk, or drink a full goblet of champagne.
You can play in a full toy box, or own a millionaire's full house.
You can enjoy a full retirement, or save a full bank account.
But if your heart is empty, and their are holes in your soul,
you will remain hungry, and always long for something more.

Plenty

Imperfect Prose with Emily...take a look you will be blessed.

To the soil that calls the rainforest home a small shower alone would never be quenching

but to the open desert sand that would surely be plenty.

To the roaming cheetah who has never had company at a meal

to have to share a small kill he would surely be stingy,

but to the lioness who has always had to share the meal that would surely be plenty.

To the man whose pockets have always been full, for him half full would be half empty,

but to the man whose pockets have always been bare that would surely be plenty.

To the woman whose wardrobe is high in style and quantity, two plain dresses would be an atrocity,

but to the woman who has no wardrobe that would surely be plenty.

To the one whose experience in dining has been rich and exquisite, bread and water would be no delicacy,

but to the one who has felt starvation that would surely be plenty.

To the heart that has no trust in God, facing a loss would leave it hopeless and empty,

but to the heart that trusts in God for it's hope, through the loss, there will surely be plenty.

For Georgia...a gracious lady who has surely taught me plenty. :-)