yesterday was perfect
Yesterday was a day made simply to be savored. It was a little gift from the One who knows my heart best. 65 and nothing but blue skies. All day spent outside, some walking, some in the backyard. It was simply glorious. . .there just really is no better way to describe it.
It was a perfect Saturday. Waking up slow. A long, sweet quiet time with sunshine through my window and a cuppa hot tea and an English muffin with butter and strawberry jam. Breakfast in bed with my dearest love. . .it doesn't get any better than that. Finally getting up and going for a long walk, praying and thinking. Returning to sit in the backyard with shoes off and journal all the thoughts.
Realizing that it takes intention and attention to live a life of savoring. Living an intentional life requires discipline and practice, but it is so worth it. Just like eating right and exercising regularly are part of a healthy lifestyle and require focused intention, so does a life of savoring. An intentional life must be firmly grounded in God in every aspect of life. To live a life of savoring you must be intentional about it. You must make a decision to slow down and savor moments. You have to put your priorities in the right places and decide what is truly important in life.
Once intention is in place, you must have attention. You have to pay attention to see the moments that are to be savored. You have to pay attention to see the clouds in the sky and to watch the sunset and to enjoy the food you are eating. You must pay attention to the people around you to savor those relationships.
Once it got dark, the air grew chilly, and it was time to cook. A meal of all vegetables but tasting like spaghetti. Marveling at the foods that God made for us to eat. A miniature pie for a special roommate. Soaking up the last remnants of the day before seeing a movie that made me cry and think. Crawling into bed knowing that in the morning the beautiful weather would be gone, and longing for the day when every day will be beautiful.
It was a perfect Saturday. Waking up slow. A long, sweet quiet time with sunshine through my window and a cuppa hot tea and an English muffin with butter and strawberry jam. Breakfast in bed with my dearest love. . .it doesn't get any better than that. Finally getting up and going for a long walk, praying and thinking. Returning to sit in the backyard with shoes off and journal all the thoughts.
Realizing that it takes intention and attention to live a life of savoring. Living an intentional life requires discipline and practice, but it is so worth it. Just like eating right and exercising regularly are part of a healthy lifestyle and require focused intention, so does a life of savoring. An intentional life must be firmly grounded in God in every aspect of life. To live a life of savoring you must be intentional about it. You must make a decision to slow down and savor moments. You have to put your priorities in the right places and decide what is truly important in life.
Once intention is in place, you must have attention. You have to pay attention to see the moments that are to be savored. You have to pay attention to see the clouds in the sky and to watch the sunset and to enjoy the food you are eating. You must pay attention to the people around you to savor those relationships.
Once it got dark, the air grew chilly, and it was time to cook. A meal of all vegetables but tasting like spaghetti. Marveling at the foods that God made for us to eat. A miniature pie for a special roommate. Soaking up the last remnants of the day before seeing a movie that made me cry and think. Crawling into bed knowing that in the morning the beautiful weather would be gone, and longing for the day when every day will be beautiful.
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