10/26/14-An Upright Day

Today was stellar.  With my symptoms all but gone, I was able to spend it upright.  What a blessing mobility is.  I wish I knew how to do cartwheels.  I never could, but today I was so happy to feel better, if I ever had been able to I would have probably tried.

The only incident that occurred was that I put something in the car and promptly found myself at the back of my yard near the barn.  For just a brief moment I stood there and wondered what was wrong with this picture.  Then I remembered, "Oh yeah, I need to go through the gate."  It puzzled me for just a split second when the gate wasn't there, and then I had a good laugh.  My dogs were looking at me through the fence with a look that said, "Whatcha doin' Mom.  We don't know this game."  But of course, Nonni and Bentley being their lovable selves were more than happy to go along with whatever I wanted to do.  I really did laugh out loud.  You see, the gate is right by my car - in the front yard!  As I walked back to the front, Nonni and Bentley bounced along, running to and fro, just as excited that I was coming around to the gate as if I'd been gone for weeks.  George Carlin used to do a great routine around dogs and their disregard for timelines.  More laughter.  And it was my last symptom of the day.  Laughter truly is healing.  Just ask Christina Conner, LUT, and those who attended her Laughter Workshop at the USCR Conference.  I choose joy.  I am grateful.

I also got to see a large flock of Green Jays today.  Wow.  That brought me great pleasure.  I was in the yard and they just kept coming.  Every single one of them landed in the tree right above me.  I let the tears flow as I watched them in flight and thought of Megon McDonough's song, "God Spoils Me" (click here to listen to snippet).  I didn't get to take a pic so I am sharing this one found through a Google image search, credit given.

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I got some things done throughout the day and after 2 sedentary days was a bit stir crazy so I took a short drive on the back roads.  We were gone for 45 minutes (including a stop to let the dogs roam free), and we never saw another car.  I love living in the country.  We did see a dozen deer and the stunning longhorn that is in the pic at top.  Wasn't it nice of this him to pose so perfectly for us?

Life is good.  I hope you too had a day where you recognized Grace, Gratitude and Oneness.  Namaste.