And no...I didn't turn it on.
Proving once and for all that mankind isn't inherently evil!
Started the "Happiness Jar" as part of my NY's resolutions...and it is amazing. And all you need to join in is a fairly large screw top jar and several multi-colored square pads of Post-It notes...and a pen. Optional decorative touches include crayons, stickers, googly eyes, foil stars or glitter for the insatiably creative.
At the end of each day...pick up the pen and one of the squares and write down one of the Happiest Moments of that particular day.
Do this for 365 days...opening the jar on NYE to appreciate how wonderful life really is.
The funny thing about the Happiness Jar, is how much more aware through the day you are of exceptional moments...and how much they make you smile (again) as you sift through them to pick the one perfect moment...the best moment of the day.
So frigidly cold here. The snow frozen where it blew. Stuck to the sides and limbs of the trees and firs. Tucker dashing out long enough to "do his business"
and hurrying back inside where it is oh-so-warm...and there is always a pot of something wonderful bubbling on the back burner. Stews and soups, and bread baking. Winter fare.
Huddled over the seed catalogs with visions of Spring around the corner. A friend reminds me smiling haphazardly that it is only 70-some days away.
A trek outside has me lamenting seriously "I WANT a beach!!!"
Not this Spring though, I think.
The 2013 Trip set for Maine in the shoulder season. Think Acadia...Bar Harbour...a quick peek at the Stephen King Estate...Photographing the Rocky Shoreline and Lighthouses..The Appalachian Trail...Enjoy Maine Lobster...Whale Watch :) With Maine, I will have seen all the contiguous 48 United States.
Picked up Yann Martel's 2001 Booker Prize-winning novel: Life of Pi Wanted to read it before I saw the movie. A story that is not what it appears to be- as the writer interviews the sole survivor of a sinking Japanese cargo ship. A ship carrying Pi and his family and their Zoo from India. Pi is adrift at sea in a lifeboat for over 227 days before rescue. His only companion a Bengal Tiger. The twist at the end is breathtaking. Definitely one of those never-saw-it-coming moments. The author writes that this book can make you believe in God. I will agree that it will open your eyes and make you seriously reflect on life and purpose.
I can only hope it made it through the cutting room floor intact and they didn't paste on a feel-good Hollywood Ending.
Quite possibly one of the most well written pieces I have ever read. And I read a lot.
A "Must Experience" book!
