Change the pattern

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“Notice everything. Appreciate everything, including the ordinary. That’s how to click in with joyfulness or cheerfulness. Curiosity encourages cheering up. So does simply remembering to do something different. … You can … just go to the window and look at the sky. You can splash cold water on your face, you can sing in the shower, you can go jogging – anything that’s against your usual pattern. That’s how things start to lighten up.” ~Pema Chödrön

 

 

Liking rain: Photo Essay

Postcards without stamps_crazy idea walking in rain rain on plantsconered in rainperfectly simplegreen stickcarpet of wet leaves raindrops on a swan wschodza rainy weather wet timber Wet grass wet snowdrops 2Ever since I came to the UK, I’ve been learning to love when it rains. It’s not so easy at times… I must admit. But rain can be beautiful and mesmerizing. Purifying and full of promises. Of growth. Of fun and of adventure.

How do you feel about rain?

Bits of life

“Whenever I feel the need to exercise, I lie down until it goes away.”  ― Paul Terry  

This is evidently not true of this lovely little boy above.