Today has been a good day. Spemt some time in the garden and got burnt to a crisp – ths African sun does not play around!
Had a cool shower and put some after sun cream on – hoping for the best…
Now l’m watching Lord of the Rings again. Cool movies, better books, but to each his own.
The thing that strikes me about this story is how pervading darkness can be. How easily it conquers everything.
These days, in our reality, the darkness, for me at least, seems to be in the search for power and money. The lengths people go to to get as much money as possible as quickly as possible. They don’t care about anything but the almighty buck and in the process they lose everything that money can’t buy, but which is the most important things.
Greed can make you forget what’s really important. Your soul becomes shrivelled and the only beauty you see is what you can buy.
Not that you don’t need money. You do. But you can balance your peace and needs without losing sight of what will, when all is said and done, make life worth living.
Your dog wagging his tail when you get home. Your child’s laughter. Your partner’s loving welcome. The sight of a new bloom or the bright green leaves on the trees in spring. The smell of a rose. Which all brings me back to my main premise of what makes a life.
It’s not what you have that makes a life. Not where you live or what work you do. Not lavish holidays or sex or food. These things may look worthwhile, but when you cut to the bone, you will see that it’s all just dust in the wind.
Happiness is not something to be bought. Happiness is something you work for every day by finding the little things. It’s always the little things that staves off the darkness the best.
If you have had a hard day, find something small to be thankful for. Something small that brightened a moment and hold fast to that through the darkness.
I wish you the joy of the little things tonight.