Here’s what I pondered as I walked on a November day in Canada.
Letting go is an acquired, and necessary, skill. I foster it every time I receive a rejection to something I’ve written. If I let go of enough resentments, doubts or regrets, I open up room for other, better opportunities.
I happened upon a notebook from my Grade 8 English class. On the last page, I found this: a list of words to use instead of said. Way back in the 1970s my teacher advised me to liven up the story. Avoid using said, they said (proposed, urged, argued ….
Whatever life throws at you today, don’t rush, shop around, work in phases, and have faith.
In Canada we joke that we have two seasons: winter and construction. But as summer road construction slows down in our northern climate, we begin different kinds of winter construction. New school projects, new organizational meetings, new roads to new adventures.
Yay! Cute and inspirational.
Thank you. It makes me feel happy to think about it, and these days we need plenty of those kinds of things around.
A happy face on a pothole is about as good as making lemonade out of lemons – ha!
We have few potholes in Florida, but where I grew up in Pennsylvania, potholes would appear after the winter thaw.
May you continue to see the glass as half full today, Arlene!
I’ll be out driving today – watching out for those potholes! I will smile if I see one and drive around it, and that’s a good thing.
;-D You are Numero Uno on replying to my post today. Huge Hugs, if only virtual!
That definitely put a smile on my face. And the “sprig” of orange hair raises the cuteness factor by 10.
Yeah, I loved the hair too. Any day you can have a “cute” pothole is a good day.
Haha! We gotta smile and laugh through the potholes of life for sure!
The sun is shining, it is a beautiful day. I choose not to notice the potholes. 🙂
Good choice. 🙂 xo