Wednesday, June 8, 2022 Mostly Cloudy Breezy Maybe rain 82 degrees 4:44 p.m.
There was rain this mourning and then, sunshine and a few clouds. We should get rain again tonight along with the thunder and lightening.. The rain sure makes the veggies grow. And the grass. Very pretty and serene.
Not a lot going on today. Stayed home and did odd jobs around here. I still can’t talk very well so best I keep myself at home and quiet. Tin can talk for both of us. So it is her voice and one hand and my two hands that keep us busy and able. A week from today she gets the stitches out and then she should be able to do what ever she needs to do with that hand. Hopefully I will have my voice back before then.
Today’s quote: The Value of Simple Pleasures Eleven year old Zlata Filipovic, like so many girls her age, kept a diary in 1991. “We gave ourselves a treat today” she wrote one July day. “We picked cherries off the tree in the yard and ate them all up. WE had watched it blossom and its small green fruits slowly turn red and now we are eating them. Oh what a wonderful cherry tree.”
Zlata’s words read like any young girl’s whimsical musings. But this innocent summer activity held a much deeper meaning: Zlata wrote the diary entry in the mist of war in her hometown of Sarajevo. “I miss fruit a lot.” she continued. “In these days of war in Sarajevo, there is no basic food or any of the other things a person needs, and there is no fruit. But now I can say I ate myself silly on cherries.”
That simple pleasure brought tremendous joy to a girl who witnessed brutality daily. Simple pleasure can do that if we take time to appreciate what the moment offers. Adapted from Zlata’s Diary; Zlata Filipovic Viking Press
Have a beautiful, joyful, appreciative and fun day.
Blessings