"It isn't self-sacrifice to work for your team. It's teamwork." |
photo by Marta Venturini
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"It isn't self-sacrifice to work for your team. It's teamwork." |
Whether it's warm outside or cold, the sun through the window is the same. Be light. |
Same old sink, same old dishes. Same house, day after day. But look how, randomly, the spoon and fork handles all pointed in different directions. Look how the light hits things. The sky reflected down into my sink! I am grateful to have that sink and those dishes. My house keeps us safer, cooler in summer, warmer in winter, day after day. A dirty pot means we had food, and a stove to cook it over. Dirty bowls mean people ate. That is something to be happy about. |
Part of what makes a house a home is the familiarity of the dishes, towels, tools and chairs. Easily, we can forget to look, but in memories of childhood homes and grandparents' and friends' homes, you might recall things that seemed special to you as a guest. Sometimes I'll see a bowl, or pot-holder, or cheese grater that reminds me of my granny's house, or my mamaw's. One of my aunts had house plants and photos of Elvis, intermingled on shelves. Some things about your house will be memories for your children and grandchildren, but you can't know which things those will be. |
When there will be one winner and one loser, between a parent and child, between a husband and wife, between best friends, then both lose.
You have to know a lot to learn more, and if you know nothing, you can't learn anything. |
The difference between poverty and abundance is sometimes the ability to see what one has. There have been times when I didn't have a car, we had a leaky roof, and the washing machine wasn't working. There have been more times that the car and washing machine were functioning, the house was solid, and I forgot to appreciate it.
Enjoyment is about joy. Find enjoyment in the little things you do. Choose joy. |
If a child is bored and agitated, she's not learning. If she's happy and smiling and humming and engaged with what she's thinking, seeing, hearing, tasting, touching or smelling, then she's learning.