Sometimes You Just Gotta Smile...

It gets too easy at times to complain about our lives and what makes us unhappy.  You don't have to look too far to find something to be angry or sad about.  But staying in that negativity will make life pass you by.  The little things that make life beautiful will go unnoticed and before you know it, another season, another year, another lifetime will be over.  I get stuck in that rut too at times.  It's hard to pull myself out, but acceptance is the key.  If I can't change people or situations, I just sit with the knowledge that I have a choice in how the rest of the story plays out.  That surrender brings me peace and puts a smile on my face.  

I hope you're having a wonderful Sunday.

My Favourite Things: Trees

Nature is truly breathtaking.  If I had to choose a favourite thing that I love most in nature, it would be tough to pick just one.  Everything moves me and makes time stand still.  Since I have many favourites,  I begin a journal of favourite things, with trees.

I love trees that make flowers,

And trees that make homes.

Trees with red leaves,

And trees with buds soft as kittens.

I love pieces of trees found floating or beached.

I even love trees that aren't really trees, but are taller than me.

But I think most of all, I love old trees.  The ones that leaves 

have long forgotten.  

With gnarly, knotted limbs, tall and stark, majestic.

Even though life is leaving them, they do not leave us.  

They change form but stay long after they've had their last breath, 

sentinels of the forest and the wildlife within.

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