Conversation – 17

IMAN

Happy Birthday Iman. 🌹

David Bowie – Nature Boy

There was a boy
A very strange enchanted boy

They say he wandered very far
Very far over land and sea

A little shy and sad of eye
But very wise, was he

And then one day
One magic day, he passed my way
While we spoke of many things
Fools and kings
This he said to me

The greatest thing
You’ll ever learn
Is just to love
And be loved
In return

Happy Birthday Iman 🌹

Club Sheba Summerland Leo Edition. ✨😎

Hi Valerie I will have wine with my cheese. ✨

@sheba2011

Big storms last night, lots of thunder, lightning, rain, trees down and a tornado watch.🌪 Today is great with much lower humidity and low 80s. Pretty much the same for the rest of the week with rain chances some days. Sounds like you are enjoying a cooler day.😊

Quiet Monday at my house. Neighbor gave me some banana peppers🌶 from his garden so I will pick up a few things to make stuffed peppers this week. Meeting husband’s family on Thursday for lunch. Have my annual heart test on Saturday.💗 That’s about it for the week.

Glad you and Poppy can breath some fresh air. Dodge the raindrops and enjoy.🥰

Is It Desire or Distraction?

Don’t forget to enjoy the beauty right in front of you.

When it comes to the things we want, there always seems to be an endless list. No matter how many times we get something off that list, we add new things to replace it. In life, this drama of wanting and getting and wanting is all part of the dance. The things we want motivate us to get up and get them.

And yet, at the same time, we can torment ourselves with our wanting, especially when we want something we can’t have or can’t find. It is in cases like these that it might be fruitful to entertain the idea that maybe what you really want is right in front of you. Maybe you are using this desire you can’t fulfill to distract you from truly engaging the blessings you already have. It may seem like that doesn’t make sense, yet we do it all the time. It may be easier to see in other people than to see it in ourselves. We have all heard our friends wishing they were more this or less that, and looking at them we see clearly that they are everything they are wishing they were. We know people who have wonderful partners and yet envy yours. We wish we could give these people a look at their situations from our perspective so that they could see that what they want really is right in front of them.

It’s not too far-fetched to consider that we might be victims of the same folly. It can be scary to have what we want. We get caught up in the chase and forget to enjoy the beauty right in front of us — like a child who never wants the toy she has in her hand but always the one just out of her reach. Take a moment today to consider the many things you are holding in the palm of your hand and how you might best play with them. ✨✨