Every now and then I get a moment of clarity, and I wish I could hang on to it and pull it out whenever I feel discouraged, or frustrated or less than whatever it is that I want to be feeling at a given moment. Today brought one such moment of clarity for me. I didn't think about the future so much. I didn't measure my progress or fret over any failures; I just lived today. Life is happening now.
It really isn't a "special" day in the traditional sense. I mean I did memorable things, but nothing to check off on a bucket list or anything. Most days aren't those kind of days, but the grand and small days that run together ARE the makings of a life whether we realize it or not. Today, Nathan and I joined our scout troop at the Stallsville UMC for Scout Sunday. Nathan played a beautiful orginal tune he entitled The Bells of Weil der Stadt for the offeratory. We both played music in the fellowship hall following the service where folks came over and had cake and coffee.
After lunch at home, Nathan and I took off to one of our fossil hunting sites. We didn't find anything worth a facebook post, but it was a Spring-like day for early February. I wore short sleeves and still worked up a sweat climbing through the dirt looking for treasure. This evening, Bobbi joined me at the gym where I did a slow but challenging for me paced 5K on the treadmill. Back at home tonight I scrolled through facebook, and liked a page or pic here and there. Yep that's about it.
A pretty normal day, but when I think about it, that's quite a blessing of a normal day. The fact that my normal is to be with the people I love doing things I enjoy...well, that's the makings of a good life, don't you think?
The past few years have been a series of such days. Some have been dream come true days, and I've written about a few of these on my blog. Some have been difficult, crushing even, but there's no denying that these days I've been given so far have been blessed.
Tomorrow our Marcus turns 26. We always pick him up, get him his favorite meal, fried rice, and get cake or cupcakes for him. Marcus doesn't do photography, but somehow we always get a pics of him eating birthday cake!
So, I'll end by saying that today, February 8th, 2015, is Thanksgiving without the turkey as far as I'm concerned. I'll plan for the future, continue to set goals, and work hard to achieve them, but I'll try to remember that what's happening now...that's the makings of life.
