Do we love life?

A smile,

Dew drops,

A kind gesture,

Childhood memories,,

A sympathetic 'i know',

A listening ear,

Children playing, laughing.

Puppies,

Cloudy skies,

Bird song,,,,,,,,,, And before you call for help, let me tell you, I am not playing Julie Andrews from, 'The sound of Music', one of my faves, a movie we were made to watch, on all school holidays, and one that i grew to love.

I just wanted to remind myself of some of the really simple, small things of life, that can afford so much peace and pleasure, if only we learn to appreciate them more. In 'Sophie's world', by Jostein Gaarder, the author says that we stop living because we make life into a habit, and stop feeling amazed by it, and by whatever happens in our lives, things are taken so much for granted, that we cease to see the real wonder our lives are, and like she again says, we appreciate life when we think of death, and we appreciate or think of death only when we realise we are alive,, it's a cycle and is meant to teach us of the ultimate inevitability, at the same time, inspire us to make more of what we have today, now.

if we take time to savour our lives, all the moments we have, the good and the bad we all will end up truly appreciating this blessing of being born, of been given a life,, and perhaps this will make us happier, for isn't this what we all want? To be happy? And yet we go chasing after the wrong things, to achieve that,,, when true happiness lies within all of us, we just have to look for it, or at times, let it find us, and just keep an open mind,,

Nothing in life is an absolute end,, because every so-called end heralds a new, better beginning and life truly is in the small everyday stuff, around us,,.

Now that everything has been said, I just have to start believing in it, myself,, For some wise person once said,, It is harder to practise than to preach:)