The Pleasure of Life

Little Pleasures in My life:

Dogs barking in the neighborhood.
Moonlight on the water ... pond, bay, ocean doesn't matter which....
violets in spring
Roses in summer
Crysanthemums in autumn
the sounds of the pond...peepers, frogs, fish leaping, water falling gently
Steaming hot cups of tea
Rich hot coffee with cream and brown sugar


Birds in the yard singing morning, noon and twilight
Jane Austen movies
Reading nice mystery books like Agatha Christie's "Murder on the Orient Express"

This about sums up much of life:

"Love.....If you have it, you don't need to have anything else.And if you don't
have it, it doesn't matter much what else you have."J.M. Barrie

But it is tempered by these:

Joy of warm breezes blowing through windows on summer nights
warm fires to sit by and glowing yellow lamp light to read by when its cold and howling outside your window.

It is feeling grateful for the life that God has given and continues to give so freely.

For the help he gives if we just ask, and for the sweet treasures that surround us on all sides if we look.
We have recourse to prayer at every turn and we are never alone.

Peace is hearing birds in trees, the bark of a dog in the twilight, knowing you have done your best in some way .
it is snow falling tenderly on the ground
the smell of fresh breadand the taste of homemade soup,
the aroma of fresh brewed coffee and cinnamon buns waiting to please your senses.
It is hearing someone say they are sorry and really mean it.


Love is children laughing and giggling and looking up at you with wide and tender eyes,
kissing tiny cheeks, holding little hands , hearing dear little voices....seeing them run to you with arms open wide.
it is the friend who never fails to be there,
it is notes and letters and emails from dear ones who do not forget....
it is a flower handed over by a friend to brighten a day.... a special look, a soft word ,



Beauty is reflections on water and light dappling through trees on a summer day,

snow sparkling in the winter sun,

stars glittering by millions in the black night sky,

light filtering out of homes onto lawns in the dark,



violets springing up from newly warm earth,
waves crashing on the shore,
creeks bubbling up and dashing forward on their way...
pictures children painted with their own hands and give to you, freely and with love.
it is someone being kind , being warm and giving.seeing an elderly couple holding hands as they walk along.


Lonliness is not having anyone to share your joy and sorrows with.

Acceptance is when someone knows you and still likes you anyway.

a broken heart is losing a child , not being loved and having no prospects for it in the future.

Sadness is not being able to make yourself understood.

Life is a journey and its filled with twists and turns , paths and highways, fast and slow, high and low.
Sometimes there is music, and sometimes there is not , sometimes we cry and sometimes we laugh , sometimes we have joy and sometimes sorrow, rich or poor, sick or well,

But all of it is life.

Sometimes the paths are rocky and sometimes smooth and we walk them together or alone, but we move along an upward path to a goal that few understand.

Even when we are alone there is someone out there who feels like we do, knows how we feel and feels it all too, and there is comfort in that.