Smelling the roses
When was the last time that you actually stopped the smell the roses? (Flowers) Watched the birds, rabbits and squirrels? When do we take the time to do this? I remember a lot of people talking about after they got sober that they could actually stop and smell the roses again.. they were noticing things and not taking things for granted and allowing their perspective to look at things so magically.. even the simplest, smallest little things. So why then does that change over time? The world gets to us and we forget... The world is in a hurry and so we are supposed to be too. Maybe the world tells us that we're not supposed to be grateful. We're not supposed to notice things. Maybe that we're not even supposed to be happy, free and joyful? But I'm here to tell the world differently. Just for today I will stop and smell the roses. I will listen to my kids laughing and sometimes screaming at each other out on the front porch. I will watch the birds and the squirrels fight over the bird seed.. And I will try to keep my baby from eating leaves. And see how that goes? Trying to be full of gratitude, trying to stop and smell the roses, if you will.. But man, it always turns into something else, right? At least it can be kind of humorous.. haha. And maybe that's part of the point. Part of the perspective change. So stop and smell the roses today. Take a mindful moment. You need never know what could happen!