Listen to the birds instead of breaking news and the world feels more hopeful.
This is a version of something I saw on line....and I tried it out all day long. In addition to listening to the birds....
I finished up two more joy journals...and the world felt more hopeful.
I tended to a few household and Condo Association chores...and the world felt more hopeful.
And I celebrated the patchwork quilts by the women of Gee's Bend....and the world felt more hopeful.
I get a funny text from my daughter, call her immediately, we laugh our brains out together … and the world is more hopeful. I talk on the phone with a longtime friend reminiscing with delight about chores we did as children … and the world is more hopeful. I tidy up my desk in my study … and the world is more hopeful. I am able to put together just exactly what I want to be ready to celebrate my hubby's upcoming bday … and the world is more hopeful.
ReplyDeleteDid you ever play jump rope as a kid, MaryAnn, with a turner at each end of the rope, and a line of kids passing from one side of the rope to the other, jumping at just the right time to pass through? My friends and I used to play a jump-rope game called "on time." If playing one-on-time, each player had to jump once to pass through, and the next player had to be ready on the very next turn of the rope to do her jump. If playing four-on-time, each player did four jumps and the next player came in ON TIME to do her four jumps. Your post here, felt like that game. You got the rope turning and the beat established, jumped in with your four hopefulnesses, and now I've jumped in on time with four of my own!
As always, thanks for keeping joy and hope moving through our lives!
Spend the day with your three-year-old grandson on his birthday and the world feels more hopeful.
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