5/17/2006
Finally after many many days of rain and gloom, the sun is actually shining. This morning after I finished my daily routine of dressing sweet Alice and making her breakfast I took a moment ( a few actually) to step outside and soak up a bit of the sun. I'm guilty of taking that sunshine for granted. Most days I rarely stop even for the briefest moment to revel in its greatness and it takes days of raindrops soaking my spirit as well as my head to remind me that nothing in this life is a sure thing - not even sunshine. I walk through this life of mine with thin shades of gray pulled over my eyes hiding the true colors of the elements that make-up this existence. I'm sure some of my color blindness comes from the need to protect myself. Without color life can remain safer. Color causes us to linger in moments and lingering too long can be dangerous. But I'm changing now - actually I have been for the past 2 years. There's something about seeing life through the eyes of a child that gently pulls you back into the rainbow. Although I still do it, take things for granted - at least now I can admit it. The first step to changing something is admitting that it needs change, right?
Somewhere....over the rainbow....blue birds fly...birds fly over the rainbow....why oh why can't I? I can...I just have to flap my wings a little harder.
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Great post.
and you help make my dull veiled world colorful--can't give away something we don't have---so keep peeling away, its colorful under there!
and keep appreciating all the color around you. I think when we start taking stuff for granted is when we lose it.
You're too tired to fly anywhere right now...you need to stay home and put your feet up....
Thank you SO much for the wonderful, kind words on my post today.
Thank, you, thank, you, thank you.
..no taking things for granted on this blog.
xoxxx
e.e.
I have that song in my head now!!
With Love from Atlanta,
Mellissa
I see you,
JJ