Yesterday was an almost perfect day to walk and walk we did, but our conversation never once commented on the gorgeous Bradford pear trees decked out like brides in the sunshine, or the little yellow daffodils waving their heads in the breeze, trying to be noticed. Instead the person I was with searched the gutter trying to decide if that was a dead snake in there.
I want to focus on the good things around me, but I, too, have a tendency to focus on sad things and they can really bring me down into depths you don't want to know about.
I unloaded some of those on a good friend yesterday and I am sorry. I should have told him about the pear trees and the daffodils. I could have added a bit more joy to his life, but instead I unloaded a basket full of grief on him. He deserves better, but he rose bravely to the task of making me feel better instead.
Today my new resolve is to pay more attention to all the beautiful people in my life and to notice all the blessings around me, because I really have been blessed with more than my share.
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