Years ago a popular song was written entitled “My Favorite Things,” which enumerated several favorites, such as rainbows, tasty food dishes, gifts, etc. It was circulated enough to encourage many of us to bring up several personal favorites, some of which turned out to include many mundane items, like certain songs, games, clothing… all sorts of seemingly non-exciting things. Many of them, as I said, reminded us of some ordinary belongings. Perhaps this was no real surprise since we have come to realize that it is a good idea to turn our minds to the impactful parts of ourselves.
A Few life affecting situations...
Every day we are personally creating the elements of our lives, some of which become groundbreaking and others much less attention getting… and this is the way our lives usually proceed. There are a few, life-affecting situations which occur to change everything, but mostly there are the ordinary items and movements which move the days along.
Value it all...
It is wise to value it all, to thrill at what excites and stimulates us and to learn from the ordinary and the difficult, for, as we know, our lives will contain some of each. If we value only the beautiful and pleasant and toss away the sad and sorrowful, we may be turning away from something immensely important to us, something that may not return in quite the same way again.
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