ONLY COUNT THE HAPPY HOURS

Excerpt: “I believe in the certainty that we will get back to the pattern of living that was our normal. I believe that in these dim quiet days we will find a beautiful voice that speaks to each of us. Perhaps a ‘life blueprint’ of which we may have we had lost sight. Regardless, optimism is most certainly promised after the scourge of this disease has passed…“

I found this excerpt from a post published a little more than a month into the Pandemic shutdown. Reading it today, I seemed so naïve to believe that most everything in our upside-down world would return to routine. I do, however, love the overall optimistic tone it conveys. Hey, I am one who depends on eyeglasses to see clearly, so why not peer through rose-colored lenses!

I do believe it important to take the time to reflect on what you need. Sometimes all you need is a heartfelt hug from a kind stranger. And, there are other needs that you can reach for that may, this time, be fruitful in that you will be approaching them from a new mental outlook. Perhaps your former life was jammed to the hilt with a thousand items that needed tending. Were you scheduled to the point of exhaustion – moving from one thing to another without giving depth of thought to any one thing? Maybe this is the time to reorder that drainage pipe.

There is more common sense and humanity being shown now. An awakening has happened. I hope in these coming days that you will find what you need. Simple things are often profound reminders of what is important.

So, keep focused folks. Thoughts are prayers. Act on your thoughts – give love and receive love – it’s the best we can do.

And, remember – Only Count The Happy Hours!

“The great secret of getting what you need in life is to know what you need and believe that you can have it.”

~Norman Vincent Peale