Today I made my own peanut butter in a weighouse store
I made my own peanut butter, pressed the button and watched all the peanuts grind and turn themselves into peanut butter
Like this …. so I took a photo….
And it was just glorious and I smiled.
A little joy.
And then I realised that so much of life is about little joys
Walks along rivers
Food we love to eat, and share about in Google or Instagram
Like this from a recent meal out in the olde tapas bar in Darlington
Or a space to be, like a coffee shop, a book or a view, even one in a town park like here.
Little joys on our lives that I like taking photos of, even with that all too distracting phone with it’s many people and messages and scroll and thinking.
Sometimes I want to capture the moment
Capture the little joy.
Keep that as a picture in my pocket.
I like it here, can I keep it as a memory.
I like this moment, it’s just fills me with calm, and joy
I like here and now….it’s just fun and sparkly.
Like flowers or rainbows
Top of the mountain moments
Joys are all around, and awaiting for us to see them
From the joy that’s already inside.
Joys, like trains arriving
Regardless of whether it’s just a diesel sprinter…or a freight train thundering through, the magic, the noise and everything a little boy squeals at….
Joys that just happen, joys that bring smiles
Joys that require no thinking, they just are
Little joys are all around us
Little joys are life
Make my heart smile
Make life worthwhile
Like music and puppies and splashing in rain,
Colour and taste and journeys
And nature, and simple free things
Like flowers in bloom and their colours so pure
Even just these outside of my door
Doesn’t matter their name, or label,
Just that they are
Simple, little, free joys everyday
Waiting to be seen
Waiting to be embraced by our heart open with life
Simple joys, connecting our lives like dots on a puzzle
As we travel from one joy to the next
And in between think, and grind and work and consume
Yet open our eyes
And open our hearts
For little joys, that makes our heart smile
Are life in it’s fullest
And the more we see
The shorter the gaps are between them
Joy mixed with beauty
Joy
Right here
Now.
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