A rose by any other name ...The Simplest Treasures
After childhood days of sunny gold, after the darkening years of growing old, after finding lasting love and romance, after avoiding every second chance ...
After enjoying great days of happy success, after feeling your life is a constant mess, after the smiles and the kisses, after the tear drops and the misses ...
After sensing perfection, after further reflection, after wishing on a star, after dreaming too far ...
After hearing great news, after singing the blues, after thinking you're all that, after not knowing where you're at ...
The greatest pleasures in life are its simplest treasures.
~smile~ ... absolutely ... the small pleasures are the balances that make it all worthwhile ... even when we hit the bumps ...
ReplyDeleteWell, if truth be known, doing laundry on a Monday morning isn't a helluva a lot of fun ... ;o}
Delete~chuckle~ ... I have to agree ... NO fun at all .... but ... after you have exhausted yourself from all those up and down excursions ... you will be able to sink down into that aroma of freshly washed laundry .... no a bad reward ~grin~ ... I actually rather like the smell of fresh laundry ... perhaps its a sense of accomplishment ........
DeleteHappy Washing!
Looking back, it was never about the grandiose events. The small gestures have always been the greatest pleasures of all. The ones that come from the heart ... xxx
ReplyDeleteAre you singing the Laundry Day Blues?
Laundry ... yuk ... simple, but not a treasure to me ... but all done now for another week ...
DeleteYes, I suppose it all boils down to the simple pleasures or the simple treasures, when, out of some cosmic necessity--one not well understood by most--light and darkness take their alternate turns at ruling our lives.
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Yes, we seem to live bouncing from yin to yang ...
DeleteHi dear Kennedy and Manfred. Hope you are both well (((hugs))). Manfred your comment reminds me of 'O Fortuna'. There does seem much that happens to us that we would never have dreamt of. And all effort seems for naught. On a more trivial note-
DeleteI made my own pasta yesterday for the first time and though inundated by negativity about even wanting to do that, I finally did it anyway. Though there was no appreciation or joy from others, I was delighted. BELLISSIMO!!! It was even a little fun and a success. Wish people would get excited and smile...even if it is just a meal.
ps add me to friends please - I haven't been around much but will get around to it one sunnier day
You're so right Kennedy !
ReplyDeleteI also believe that we start to appreciate it more and more with the time passing...
Yes, as we get older, we seem to become more appreciative of everything ...
DeleteThe older I get, the more I appreciate the simple things. Little things that were taken for granted before have become priceless treasures.
ReplyDeleteI love the thoughts you expressed here.
At some point, we realise that "little things" aren't so little after all ...
DeleteI knew it! You are a softie...
ReplyDeleteWas there ever any doubt?
Deletehi.....sorry for being awol for so long.....
ReplyDeletea pleasure to come back to your delectable way with words....i let them roll around on my tongue and head for long....slow exposure...grins
yeaup....life's in details....always...
Nice to see you again, Sonny ... I hope you had a nice break/holiday ...
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