This morning I woke with a strong desire to read something uplifting. A powerful message to start the day. Browsing a bookshelf that thankfully has a few unpacked books on it, I pulled Simple Abundance and turned to January 11 (yesterday's date), just to see what I missed.
"No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit."
~ Helen Keller
Beautiful and true. What a start to the day.
The cardinals arrive first at the feeder in the early morning. Come and gone long before the rest of the bird community has breakfast. I never knew that was their preference until recent days. Seekers of solitude?
Oh, the rain. My northern and western friends are having quite a snow storm today from what I understand. Here, beautifully rain-filled day. The kind of day that begged for a pot of chai to be made, and a good reason to use some milk. I'm still trying to work out the amount of milk we need for the week, we don't use much, I overestimated on my last shopping trip. Two quarts per week is plenty (including company use), chai it was!
I enjoyed a mug while updating our address book - such a great thing to do after the holidays with all of those cards and envelopes in the house. My cousin and her husband recently bought a beautiful new home (a Brooklyn, NY transplant), now sweet little Veda has a backyard to run around in... "Joy" is right!
I was grateful to have an extra block of time for work today, Adam was able to arrange his day to cover the homeschool block. I tucked myself away up in our bedroom and typed the afternoon away... sweet productive bliss.
