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Is it any wonder that poets and songwriters go so completely crazy over springtime?  Especially in the far north, where winter has an iron hold over the land for months, and the cold gets into your bones.  I’d like to visit the Far North, but not in February when darkness is almost complete and the cold is even more bitter… But spring, when the land starts to wake up after its winter sleep and the flowers begin to peep out in their abundance; it’s just lovely and magical and a source of delight.  I’ll skip all the rhapsodies and just be happy to be alive on a spring day when the sun is shining and almost warm!  If I were in Trinidad, I’d probably have similar delight at seeing all the green after winter here and I can see the poui blooming as well as all the flamboyant and the many brightly coloured trees and flowers.  Yes, spring is approaching and I love it.  I feel happy about that, which is why you’re being inundated with the descriptions of flowers that aren’t yet out here… and I’ll also skip the many descriptions of the birds (especially in Trinidad) that I could be listening to.  Instead, I have a small dog who is complaining that I’m typing and so he can’t jump on my lap.  He’d be happy to help me type, he would! But nobody would be able to understand what he’s saying.  Don is also very much enjoying the weather — while we have it.  The forecast is not encouraging for the rest of the week.  We’ll just take the weather as it comes.

Today I’m focussing on good and positive things.  There are so, so many negative and unhappy things and it’s easy to get sucked into the dark side.  I have one friend who I tease a lot, because he’ll hear 10 different opinions, only one of which is less than positive, and he’ll focus on that one. I ask him why does he do that?  If one person doesn’t like the choice you make for yourself, what difference does that make?  He’s unable to answer that question, but I continue to tease him nonetheless.  Today’s focus, though, is the good and positive.  You don’t need to jump up and down or squeal ecstatically, but I invite you to think of something that makes you feel warm and fuzzy…For myself, these include things that range from a hot cup of tea in my favourite Star Trek mug (thanks, Ensign M!) all the way to sitting on the bench in my favourite spot overlooking the beach, with many, many stops between.  Some years ago I started a “Gratitude journal” in which I would record at least one thing a day that made me smile.  Facebook (which my niece politely informs me is for “older people”) also reminded me that some years ago I did a women’s retreat with a friend of mine, and while I didn’t agree with everything they said at the retreat, I definitely appreciated her, and her thought of including me so when I think of that day, I feel happy. So let’s think about things that are good and happy, and spread a little of that joy into the world.  In my journal, I recorded that a hot cup of tea was one of the things that made me happy, among a number of other things.

Wishing you a good, happy and restful evening.  I hope that you are able to enjoy the small things around you that make you smile.  Take care, and sleep well.  Good night!