Not sure about you, but bet I am not the only one feeling like I am doing the mad dash most days, in and out of carpool lines, rushing to the grocery store, to a meeting, to volunteer, to meet a friend, to exercise, to children's activities, to squeeze it all in.
I realized something today. As wild as it is over here with four children who definitely keep us busy...THEY are often the ones who seem to make me slow down, teach me to "stop and smell the roses" and to enjoy even God's smallest blessings.
Today, they called me outside to see the color of the leaves...
to see that a bird had finally made a nest in the bird house...
and to show me an airplane making a line in the blue sky as if it was the most amazing thing they had ever seen. The enthusiasm and joy with which they share their findings makes me super happy but also sad that I sometimes miss seeing those things without their eyes.
What started as "reluctant to respond" and thinking about being too busy, I finally followed and eventually grabbed the camera and we went on a walk around the yard shooting images of daily things here that seem to define slowness, goodness, awesomeness and of course color.
I am craving slowness and look forward to family Thanksgiving time which should feel that way. Like a slow cooking soup in a crock pot, I am craving slowness more than ever and can bet you are too. I pray that as we enter this season of the mad dash and the hurry-hurry, and the purchase-purchase, we remember to slow down and enjoy the days, the details, the gifts and the abundance we are all so fortunate to share. We really do not need much more than that.xoxo,
C
great quote about gratitude: "I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder." G.K. Chesterton
Matthew 11:28 "Come to me all who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest."
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