Tuesday, June 15, 2010
It’s a beautiful life. I stayed home today from work and went flower shopping with my Grandma who is visiting from Pella Iowa. We bought a hundred dollars worth of blooming colorful flowers and then came home and spent the rest of the day playing in the dirt, trying to get them all planted before it rained. If you have a green thumb at all you are reading this and thinking of how wonderful it all sounds. What you don’t know about me however, is how much I hate gardening. I don’t mind getting dirty and working outside but when it comes to masses of ants, spiders, weeds, and roots... I opt out. I can honestly say however, that today was one of the best days of my life. My Grandma was getting so much joy out of making our yard look good and she wasn’t even going to get to enjoy the finished product for long. Her happiness was contagious and I found myself smiling and laughing and transplanting and digging holes and dead heading and pulling weeds and rolling around in ants for hours in the heat with out even thinking about how labor intensive it all was. Attitude is everything, and it all started with my Grandma getting joy out of our joy. In turn I got joy out of her joy and in the end everyone is happy and our yard looks similar to The Secret Garden. I really believe everyday could be like this for us if we all got a little more joy out of other peoples’ happiness. It truly is a beautiful life.
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