Making Space For Good Things
The Dear Wonderful Hubby and I have been reducing our unneeded things, our clutter.
This has not only created more space in our home for other things but it has always created more space in our busy schedules. We no longer have to clean and care for those unneeded things.
This means we have time and space to more easily do the things we love…like dancing around the kitchen while we make dinner. (smiles)
Make a little space…in your home, in your schedule, in your amazing mind. Then fill it with good things or experiences or simply and fantastically serenity.
You deserve this happiness, my friends!
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Loving All Lifeforms
I know you won’t find this surprising, considering I’ve written alien romances, but I love all types of lifeforms.
(grins)
I love insects (SO much), humans (in small doses – grins), the mafia squirrels, even jellyfish (as long as I’m in no danger of being stung). I think they’re all beautiful in their own unique ways and they are all equally important to this wonderful planet of ours.
And I think it’s okay to love your furbabies as much as or more than you love humans. It’s okay to dote on your living room fern as you might dote on a human child. It’s okay to talk to the ladybugs, thanking them for protecting your plants.
(smiles)
Humans are part of this awesome world. We aren’t THE entire world. And isn’t that amazing?
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Feed Another Today
Look at this beautiful (well fed) horse, begging for treats. She has clearly not been fed in…minutes.
(grins)
One of the ways the Dear Wonderful Hubby and I show love is to feed others.
The equivalent of a can of tuna or a $1.75 donation given to a local food bank can provide 1 meal to 1 person.
One flower planted in the backyard can provide a meal for multiple bees.
Used coffee grounds dumped on the ground can provide multiple meals for the microbes living in the soil, which, in turn, enriches it, which, in turn, feeds some plants.
Feeding others also makes the Dear Wonderful Hubby and I feel good. We feel like we’re contributing to this wonderful world. We’re helpers.
Consider feeding another living being today, my friends.
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It Is Okay To Do Nothing
I am admittedly a bit of a workaholic. I think many writers are. There’s always another scene to be written.
(grins)
But working all the time leads to burnout and unhappiness. And that, ultimately, decreases overall word count. It doesn’t increase it.
So I now schedule do nothing time into my schedule. (Truly, this is non-working time as we’re always doing something, even if that something is staring into space and breathing.)
I take naps. I sit in the garden and watch the butterflies flutter from flower to flower. I talk about absolute silliness with the Dear Wonderful Hubby. (smiles)
Life isn’t a race. Slow down, my friends. Enjoy it.
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Find Peace At (Or Around) Your Own Home
I saw a photo recently of people lining up at a National Park.
I suspect they went to the National Park to find peace, to enjoy nature. Instead, they found chaos and many, many unhappy people.
I think today, more than ever, we all need to create or find peaceful spots in or around our homes. This could be a quiet corner in a public library. Or in a backyard garden. Or under a tree in a nearby park. Or in the bathtub in our own homes.
Preferably it will have some nature. Maybe a potted plant has been set in that corner of the library. Or a stack of rocks has been placed near the bathtub. Or we have a cool branch we carry around in our backpacks (am I not the only person who does this?).
You deserve peace, my friends. (big hugs) And you shouldn’t have to travel far to find it.
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Sending You A Hug
Studies show that hugs make us live longer.
And virtual hugs work also!
(They aren’t as great as physical hugs but they do make a bit of difference in life expectancy.)
Hugs certainly make us live happier.
(grins)
I’m sending you so many hugs today, my friends.
(big hugs)
Hugs and love and all the good things.
(smiles)
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Diversity In Times Of Uncertainty
The world is very uncertain right now. Things are changing constantly and quickly.
Diversity is one way to help deal with this.
A gardening expert once said, “If you’re focused on failures, you aren’t planting enough variety.”
If we plant 1 type of plant, in today’s world, there’s a high probability we’ll have a disastrous growing season. One storm or stretch of drought or frost or invasion of plant-unfriendly insects happens and we’ll have NO harvest.
If we plant 30 different types of plants, SOMETHING will likely succeed. We’ll have a harvest of something.
This applies to almost all areas of our lives. If we’re writing in 2 genres, we have a better chance of surviving today’s turbulent publishing environment. If we love 5 different types of chocolate bars, we have a higher probability of finding a chocolate bar we love at stores in the future. If we have 3 different ways of getting to work, we will likely always have a way to get to work.
Give yourself options, my friend. Options are great! They give us flexibility and security.
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Eat With The Seasons
Eating is a huge part of our lives. We need to eat (preferably every day) to stay alive.
Deciding what to eat can become a chore. It can become repetitive. The food might no longer excite us.
How the Dear Wonderful Hubby and I combat this is
We try to eat with the seasons.
We prepare meals based on what grocery stores are discounting, which is usually, especially fruit and vegetable-wise, what is being harvested around that time.
During tomato seasons, for example, tomatoes are plentiful. The grocery stores are slashing prices to sell more of them.
And we craft meals around these tomatoes.
(smiles)
Is it strawberry season? Make a yummy strawberry dessert.
Is it green bean season? Fry up some green beans with some garlic and onions and serve it as a side dish.
Eat with the seasons. Use them as inspiration.
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Celebrate Your Accomplishments
It is the first day of August. Yay!
It is a perfect time to celebrate your accomplishments thus far this year.
If you’re reading this post, you have achieved the most important, some would say the ONLY important one – you’ve made it to today! You kept yourself alive! Woot! You are a successful human! Go you!
(grins)
Did you plant a flower for the bees? That’s another huge accomplishment. You helped feed little beings who help feed all of us!
Did you read a book? You fed your brain (this is SO important) and you helped support the writing and reading community. That’s awesome!
Did you hold a door open for a stranger? You made the world and, especially, THEIR world a kinder place. And isn’t that an accomplishment to be proud of!
I’m sure you can list many, many more accomplishments. And all of them are worthy of a celebration!
I’m proud of you, my friend!
(beams)
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Feed A Friendship
You’re busy.
Hey, I understand that.
Stars, do I understand that.
(grins)
But take five minutes today and send a message to a friend/other loved one. This could be a purely online friend. Or a friend you only interact with in person. This could be a friend you’re related to. Or a work friend. Or someone else.
The message doesn’t have to be long or fancy.
It could simply be
‘I was thinking of you today. You make my life more joyful.’
And that’s it.
That’s enough to ensure your relationship doesn’t starve.
Feed a friendship today.
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