🌈 1231 – Saturday, 27 July 2024 12:44
London
Sitting in my garden with my God-given brother under the sunshine on this beautiful day and listening to lovely song by Glady’s Knight & the Pips – The Way We Were.
” Memories light the corners of my mind Misty water-colored memories of the way we were Scattered pictures of the smiles we left behind Smiles we gave to one another for the way we were
Can it be that it was all so simple then Or has time rewritten every line If we had the chance to do it all again Tell me, would we? Could we?
Memories may be beautiful and yet What’s too painful to remember We simply choose to forget So it’s the laughter we will remember Whenever we remember The way we were The way we were… “
I want this moment to last. My friend is dancing to that song. He feels blessed… and he is. A happy human being, blessed to enjoy life, the fresh air, sunshine and beautiful music around.
I woke up around 7 am today, I felt happy as Saturday arrived and I had an idea in my mind of what the day would look like. I just let the dogs out, they seemed happy to be set free. I was reminded again last night why they need a proper walk before sleep time, they were moving around, restless all night and woke me up many times.
One of the dogs was picked up by our regular dog borrower early around 9 am the other one was left behind with me.
For breakfast blended celery with banana, apple, spoon of honey and water… yum and a healthy portion for the start!
09:40 had a text from my dear mother and gave a quick call back. We had a brief catch-up about things. My brother and his gf are visiting mum back home and they are probably missing me. Brother and his gf went out last night for a birthday party and posted this cool video and mum asked me to send her that video. I used the screen record feature on iPhone saved the video and sent it to her and she was so happy. Probably she will pretend as if she didn’t see when they wake up and show it to her.
Now we are sitting in my garden with our laptops, iced coffee, lemonade with music on trying to get some work done. My friend said to keep quiet for 15 minutes and do focused work and we challenged ourselves. The one who breaks will give control over the day’s tasks.
We started working, we had nibbles of chocolate biscuits, mix fruit nut bar – 45 minutes passed and we lasted. That was a success. We celebrated it with a bowl of cream yogurt with blueberries, strawberries, nuts and a bit of granola with honey. And then my friend remembered this old song lyrics he wanted to share with me. We googled it and it was
Memories light the corners…
He started dancing and gave me the laptop to type my first journal…
Three things I feel grateful for today:
grateful that I had snacks this morning and we shared it
grateful that I have a birthday partyof my best friend to attend later today at 4 pm
grateful that I wrote something today and I’m so happy
What would it take for me and for you to have a mindful and productive weekend – wish me luck.
Good day!
MT