To Love Is To Be Happy With

Awakened today am I to all the simple things that make life so lovely.

The feel of my car speeding me along the highway to Victoria, window down, tunes blasting. Lindy hopping to live jazz all night long, my feet moving to unchoreographed beats, their only purpose to swing. Standing in a hot shower, letting the water wipe away the last week of turmoil and then falling asleep under soft duvets while listening the the waves of the Pacific Ocean crash outside of my window.

Drinking tea in the sun on the back porch, overlooking the water. Picking a book from a wall of titles and upon reading the first few words, knowing that they were exactly the words I had been needing to hear. Having the time to curl up on a comfy couch witht that book, a basket of fresh berries at my side to snack on, and then allowing myself put my book and my to-do list aside and instead fall asleep into a most luxurious catnap.

Oh, to go for an after-nap walk along the water and let the whip of the ocean wind wake me up. To sing softly to myself reminders of how lucky I am to be alive and the fullness and vibrancy of my future. To fill my day with only that which brings me pleasure and allow tomorrow to take care of itself.

I am so blessed.

And oh! do I know it.