It was a quiet day of small significances that rippled out gently into the world around me. A card to a friend who is going through a tough time, an email to another who is struggling, sharing some of the wonder I found on the Internet — Thank you Rachael S. for sharing Louie Schwartzberg’s TEDxSF’s video – Gratitude. A walk with my youngest daughter and Ellie, time spent sitting on the couch, chatting, sharing, laughing. Filling the bird-feeder and spending time, sitting at my desk overlooking the backyard, watching them twitter and flitter around the feeder — they make me smile, they make my heart feel warm. Stopping beside two people in the lane-way who were pulling a wheeled grocery carrier that they were filling with bottles and telling them I had a bag of bottles in my garage waiting to be put out for recycling. Their smiles when they came to the garage and found the bottles and Liseanne running into the house to check for more empties and then running down the lane to give them to them.

Savouring small moments, I count my blessings and lose myself in the wonder of the beauty and joy and love in my world today.

Sometimes, the best difference we can make is to take time to savour the moment, to reflect on our blessings and give thanks for all that is. To appreciate both what we deem ‘bad’ and good and know and to acknowledge, life is a gift we’ve been given to live in Love. Each moment is an exquisite treasure, ours to fill with the wonder we see when we open our minds and hearts in gratitude for what we have, what we’ve been given, what we have experienced and what we can do when we let go of fear and surrender and fall in Love.

May your day be filled with exquisite moments that touch your heart with the wonder and beauty of the difference you make in a world of Love.

Namaste.