Friday Happiness

The sun was out for about ten minutes this morning, and here's the proof, shining in through the kitchen window onto my teapot.

When I wrote about all the glass we were breaking around here, one of my Flickr friends rightly noted that it was a cosmic reminder that we should slow down a bit. I'm surprised at myself that I hadn't even taken the time to think about what it might mean, and was really pleased to have it pointed out to me.

I think in general lately I have been focusing intensely on whatever task is before me, and then quickly moving to the next, but not ever picking my head up and taking a deep breath.

I haven't been living with intent.

I've been stuffing myself with food, and spending time in ways that I wouldn't if I could just organize myself around a few important things each day. I've been rushing from place to place, driving when I might be walking, because I've not allowed myself enough time. Putting things off until I could think them through, and then not having not done so, just reacting to the moment when the moment was at hand.

I know that it is the end-of-school craziness that is the root of all of this, and that things will be drastically different sooner than later. But I'm going to try to get a hold on things, starting today.

Starting right.now. When I'm going to say adios, walk away from the computer, and go out into the world with a little girl in a dress with pink roses on it.

Enjoy the weekend! Thanks for reading.
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