Incidental Lovin' ....

There are naturally, a whole lot of obvious reasons why I should be feeling good about my little life overhaul, no one can dispute the joys of good health and (relatively) guilt free living. We cannot dispute it, but I think everyone I know would have to admit to taking it for granted. The only time we really appreciate our health is when it suddenly fails us a little, and then suddenly not having a sore throat, runny nose or some other (minor or major) ailment becomes central in our day to day existence. At the risk of sounding a bit like a sermonizer, learning to love what we've got (as opposed to hankering after more) is an art, appreciating the simple things, finding joy in the now, being zen... these little ingredients for content living all make perfect sense on paper but aren't always a piece of cake, (.... mmm cake), in reality, especially when you are enforcing an element of deprivation to your life. However, besides the afore mentioned obvious benefits, there have been a multitude of teeny, tiny little things that have sprung to my awareness over that last week that have stretched a smile across my face. Little pieces of incidental love that have made what would have ordinarily been a mundane moment, an "Oooo I need a photo of that" moment. I have loved standing in the little pool of morning sunlight that pours into our kitchen window to rinse the greens that go into our juice. I love how our dish rack looks fresh and alive with it's green occupants and that we almost never have to use soap to wash the dishes anymore because everything just rinses clean. I love how my fruit bowl is a perpetual mass of overflowing color. I love how my shopping bag looks more like a country bouquet with all the leaves spilling out. I love how most of our trash is biodegradable (desperately need to restart the compost heap again though). I wallow in what has become our little morning routine of lying in the sun upstairs and grazing our fruity breakfast together. I love the simplicity that has become meal planning. Simple things, I know, but lovely things that make me smile, lovely things that I am grateful for :~)