Wednesday, April 02, 2008

happy is as happy does

i said it today for the first time,
i'm happy, just trying to let myself enjoy it.

sure there are things i could complain about, but you've heard it all and i'm tired of laments. it's time for long walks in the thawed outdoors. though the wind is ripping today.

starting a big volunteer venture that, i hope, will turn out okay. who knows how things will go. but i can do the best i can do, right?

i try not to expect too much.

and do i have time for this? no. absolutely not.
but it's for my girl and i have to find the time. i can't depend on others to give her what she needs, this is why we homeschool.

i really don't have time to be sitting here now, but i am compelled, it seems, to spill letters and phrases all over the place. it sounded surreal to say i'm happy, but it also sounded like something i needed to see in print.

to remind myself, this is what happiness feels like. (or to find out, as the case may be, for the first time).

breathe deep lungs, look keenly eyes. remember this.

and somehow, i hope to capture it in glimpses. to sing this happy tune.

somehow.

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