I am having a wonderful time – and it is very simple – I am “noticing”… And what I see so warms my heart that I have – pretty much – an internal smile happening inside all the time 🙂

In the wake of my brother’s death I seem to have given up fixing my world… I have given up fixing myself; other people; my business. I have stopped continually observing my home and garden from the point of view of looking for faults: for dust, for dirt, for what is broken, for what is shabby…

And as I change my way of looking at my world – my world changes.

I made a vow a couple of weeks back to surrender trying to control things around me – and instead to notice, acknowledge and appreciate things just as they are – and to be grateful…

In that time I have got stuck behind lorries, spent time with a friend in pain, worked hard, cleaned the loo – many, many times 🙂  … all the day to day stuff … but I have not tried to fix anything, make things different – just love myself, love the people around me, and love life…

And I have been part of so much beauty, kindness, fun, satisfaction – and gratitude … and I have NOTICED, ACKNOWLDEGED, APPRECIATED – and GIVEN THANKS – often out loud 🙂

Should have done this years ago 🙂