Be Here Now

Sometimes we get so busy dreaming and planning that we forget to “Be Here Now.”  I think that happens around the house most often, at least here at Two Frog Home.  Jeff and I are thinking about things we’d like to change, things we’d like to update, gardens we’d like to add, trees we want to plant, dreams of greenhouses, and and and…  All those dreams are good things, don’t get me wrong, its just that sometimes those dreams give the impression that what we have now isn’t good enough.  That isn’t truth, because what we have now is pretty darn good.

Recently, Jeff found a disposable camera on which only one photo had been taken.  One sunny day last week, before the snow fell, he took the remaining shots of our place – shots of the garden, the wood pile, the trees, the garage and the house.  The photos turned out rather grainy – no doubt the film was old and had been exposed to many temperature variations – still some are lovely in their mottled appearance.  Scanning them on our rather inexpensive scanner didn’t do much to improve their quality, but again, I love the photos.  More importantly, I love our home and if none of our other plans / dreams come to fruition that will be ok, because honestly being here now is pretty darn great.

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.  It turns what we have into enough, and more.  It turns denials into accpetance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity.  It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.  Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.  – Melody Beattie

 

 

I’m thankful this week of Thanksgiving for so very much not the least of which is the home I share with Jeff.  I hope you’re grateful for yours no matter what state of “dream home” it might be filling currently.