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MY LIST
I have this list…I keep it in my head…an ever-expanding file
of things that make me happy…things that make me smile.
What makes this list so amazing is that it’s always very near
and I never know from day to day…which items will appear
On this list are my friends and family…
and individual moments we have shared
moments that were planned out…and moments unprepared.
Moments walking along the beach
Skipping stones or holding hands
When our children and grandchildren were young
and we built castles in the sand.
Standing under sunrises and sunsets
In the city watching crowds
Seeing the waves move across the ocean
or the changing colors in the clouds.
Listening to bird songs
or the wind whistle through the trees
Walking barefoot in the grass
feeling the mist in a morning breeze.
The feel of a baby’s skin
The taste of sugar cane
The aroma of cookies baking
The smell of a forest after rain
My list is in no apparent order…
thoughts float in then float away
I’m never sure what’s coming next…
and I kind of like it that way.
It means whenever I call up my list
when I stop and visit it a while
I am never far from happiness.
and the things that make me smile.
