"Life is Good"
Life gets so very busy. Work and school activities and family get togethers and community events... the list goes on and on. It seems sometimes like I have to schedule time to take a break and just be, but then a day like today comes along. A day when miraculously we have nothing major written down on the calendar, no major plans on the agenda. A day when we can hang out at home, take a lazy afternoon drive and rest in the pleasure of having absolutely nothing to do.
Going for a lazy afternoon drive is a favorite past time in our family. We pile up in the car and go for a cruise in the country surrounding our small town or wherever we happen to be staying if we are away for a weekend trip or a vacation. We gander at the countryside, my husband stopping to take photos of things that catch his eye along the way. Sometimes we sing to music on the radio. Sometimes we drive around in peaceful silence, and sometimes we end up having some very interesting conversations such as today when our nine-year-old son surprised us with a challenge.
He had brought his notebook along with him for the drive to "write and sketch in" and created a page with "Life is Good" written across the top in block letters and a blank list of 24 items to be filled in by the three of us. It was a fun activity, and I was pleasantly surprised by some of the blessings we came up with for our "good life".
Going for a lazy afternoon drive is a favorite past time in our family. We pile up in the car and go for a cruise in the country surrounding our small town or wherever we happen to be staying if we are away for a weekend trip or a vacation. We gander at the countryside, my husband stopping to take photos of things that catch his eye along the way. Sometimes we sing to music on the radio. Sometimes we drive around in peaceful silence, and sometimes we end up having some very interesting conversations such as today when our nine-year-old son surprised us with a challenge.
- The hot tub
- God's grace
- Christian music
- Family
- School to learn important stuff
- Freedom
- Ground to stand on
- Blue skies
- Coffee
- Good books
- Food to eat
- Our home
- Finding something unique
- Our car
- Fall leaves
- Trees
- Daisies
- Clothes to wear
- Church
- Cats
- A life to live
- Singing
- A good song on the radio
- Seeing a cute face
Life is good, and it's filled with everyday blessings big and small. Sometimes we just need a lazy afternoon, a drive in the country and the innocent wisdom of a child to remind us to be present in the moment and count our blessings.
"Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows." James 1:17
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