Cooks on television always have their ingredients carefully measured out so they just need to dump them into whatever they are cooking and voila! Likewise carpenters on television demonstrate how easy it is to snap, screw and tap all those carefully cut pieces of wood together and create a chair, or table, or whatever the project of the day is. Even if you never watch TV, if you have put together a jigsaw puzzle, you have experienced that ultimate satisfaction of snapping a piece into just the right spot and feeling the satisfying click as it sinks into place.
Today my life felt just like these moments. The bills are paid. I was able to visit my daughter and granddaughters and share my photos with them. My car moved quietly and efficiently from one place to the next. I was able to buy the few necessities I needed at a local store and come home to walk my dog, on feet without mind numbing pain.
There is an innate satisfaction to a day like today when everything seems to go smoothly.
Once upon a time I looked for drama and excitement. Now I dream of simplicity.
If I have just enough to take care of the basics I find myself not only content, but actually happy. There is no sense of guilt, or feeling that I am wasting anything and there is no sense of dread that I cannot fend for myself. Just being able to pay the bills is a luxury I will never take for granted again. Living life on my own terms is a blessing. These are the good years.
And I know it!
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