I was reading a book a few weeks ago that was given to me by my darling grandmother before she died. Inside the book I found a beautiful handmade bookmark with a message in my grandmothers tiny handwriting.
“No matter what the future holds, if you can you should eat good food today, enjoy the sunlight today, spend time with loved ones today and be thankful for it all. Do not look back on happiness or dream of it coming in the future, be sure only of today and do not let yourself be cheated out of it .”
I intend trying harder to live my life by that credo.
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By the way this is my 200th post since I restarted my blog in February. So many words, so much rubbish.
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Wow... what a wonderful find. Very sound advice -- and very Zen too!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your 200th!
Live only for today. Sound advice.
ReplyDeleteAs for the 200th, congrats.
As for the "so much rubbish."
Well, one man's trash is another man's treasure!
Beautiful thoughts. I was going to point out the zen of them, but Bard said it for me.
ReplyDeleteGrandma's can be pretty darn smart with all that living they have done. What amazing luck to find this handwritten treasure.
ReplyDeleteLou, congrats on reaching the 200 post marker! If this site contains rubbish that must make all of us that follow you blog very well fed scavengers. Yum, yum, I want some more of The Quiet Life!
ReplyDeleteThat is absolutely beautiful - -you should get it framed.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the 200th - does that make you twice as old or half as yakky.
Oh, you totally made me cry. Why did you do that to me?? After my mom died, my sisters and I heard a song on the radio, "If you get the chance to sit it out, or dance...I hope you dance..." Same message. Hold tight to those you love-you can never say "I love you" too many times, IMO.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the kind words everyone. That's a great idea Lori, I might just do that.
ReplyDeleteAren't grandmothers the epitome of warmth and sage advice? I miss mine so bad.