MandatoryPositive

The nursing home below the hill has beautiful landscaping with seasonal blooms every year.  The staff carefully tends to them, plucking out dead petals and ensuring the mulch is full and in place.  The flowers pictured pop up at the beginning of every summer. They are my favorite.  Today on my morning walk I was feeling frustrated, depressed, angry and unmotivated.  Half way down the hill I got mad at MYSELF because before I left home,  I had decided to do the shorter route that keeps me above the hill, and my body automatically went down the longer path. Perhaps subconsciously I knew today was the day of the perfect blooms.   My audiobook stopped playing and I to restart the app. I was cussing the technology when out of the corner of my eye, the bright flowers, waved at me.  I had been walking along distracted in my mind and I hadn't even noticed all the new blooms. Is this a sign that things are "returning to normal?" Last year during the lock-down, ...

There's a peace you get walking or running early in the morning. If you're lucky you get to hear the birds chirping and see the sun rising. The beams catch the reflection of the dew and create this mystical glow that you can only see at dawn. When I don't get up or let that time pass laying in the. bed with my eyes open, I feel like I've missed out on the big sale or one of those once in a lifetime opportunities. I guess every opportunity is once-in-a-life time if you think about it. Sure, the sun will rise again, but not in the exact same way. Tomorrows birds are different and whatever bad news you may become aware of  today will impact the way you view the world tomorrow.   There was a time when I woke up at 4:45AM to get ready to work out. I miss those days. I miss the feeling of doing so much before most people even started their day. I felt accomplished, proud, settled. I thought declaring I was going to go back to that would be enough. I thought the vision board, ...