Welcome to Sunday Morning in my little corner of the world and I hope you enjoy Ella Fitzgerald singing "In a Sentimental Mood. " I did.
I hope that the sun is shining in your little corner of the world and that your weekend is going well - some of you will have arrived at Sunday and others still on their Saturday.
What brought about this sentimental mood ? I was going through a brief case of documents and found some old letters. Beautifully handwritten and carefully put away to be read another day - and this is that "other day".
I have read them again, folded them neatly and once more put them away - I felt the love , care and romance expressed in there - I read again the hopes and plans that just could not be and this brought about "sentimental me." There have been lots of letters since these were sent, but these are special.
I am extremely sentimental and have lots of little things put away - things that stir memory, bring smiles, evoke thoughts and often bring tears. I really should go through things and dispose of some of them because I know my girls are not sentimental. Recently we went through some "baby" things and the girls don't want the things - so I am left with a box of things I cannot bear to part with - things like the clothes they wore when they came home from hospital, that pair of red first walker shoes and those special baby dresses. I keep them in the hope that one day they will change their minds and want to have these things. So if I keep them and they don't change their minds and dispose of them when I am gone - I won't know anything about it.
Music is something that makes me very sentimental and often moves me to tears - I could not begin to tell you my favourite type of music - I love it all - the rhythm, the beat, tone - just the music. I find music everywhere - in traffic noises, children at play and in fact my girls when growing up thought Mum had a song about everything.
I am a very deep thinker and my mind is never still or quiet, which probably is part of the reason that I am not a good sleeper. This thinking and sentiment is part of who I am and I am comfortable with who I am, I like me, Who do I see when I look in the mirror? - certainly a much older woman showing the ravages of time and illness, but I am comfortable with what I see of the inner person. I like my compassion, care and generosity. Oh believe me there are lots of things I would change if I could - but I can't change things physically but I can be careful to nourish in me the qualities I like.
It's that word again "ATTITUDE" and I am working on my attitude to everything.
I believe that we can make a difference in the world - one step at a time, in our own little corner of the world. If we work on things where we are, little by little we CAN make a difference. I actively encourage everyone to be a little kinder, practice random acts of kindness and these things make life a little sweeter for people. Just a smile at a stranger can make a difference to their day. I spent a lovely five minutes yesterday chatting to an elderly gentleman at the Supermarket. It started with a smile and we discussed lots of things and it was lovely. I am always sure to thank the people who serve me in shops, drive my bus, deliver my mail, bake my bread - it can make their day a lot happier.
Stop sometime today and smell the roses, hear the music and enjoy our world. Share your smiles and the abundance of those you receive in return will amaze and encourage you.
My gratitude for today is:
"I am grateful for the friends I meet for just a few short moments of my day"
So on this sentimental Sunday morning I wish you love and laughter, happiness and hope, gladness and gratitude and may this Sunday be the start of a wondrous week for you.
I send love and hugs and wishes for a beautiful day and thank you for taking the time to visit and read
"The Musings from my Heart" - a sentimental heart this morning.
"Treat everyone with politeness, even those who are rude to you
- not because they are nice, but because you are. "
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3 comments:
Your sentimentality is part of what makes you such a delight, don't lose it.
The thought of you bringing home a baby in Red Shoes brought a smile to my face, but then I should have known!
Your memories and treasures are in your safe keeping and it may surprise you what happens to them when they leave your care, wherever they go, a part of you goes with them, so enjoy watching their journey from afar,
I seemed to have lost that time between hospital and sleepness nights, with my children, and now I find the memories are still there, thank you for the prod.
Enjoy your trip down memory lane, may the Autumn leaves crunch under your feet as you go.
Take care special lady and thank you for another lovely start to my day
I must be off, social life awaits and children who will paint upon my canvas today. hugs xxxx
Thank you Lynne for your lovely comment. I have changed the blog - my mind must have got out of control if I left you with the thought that the girls came home from hospital in red shoes, No, they were first walker shoes. They came home in a white knitted Layette which is packed away in blue tissue and still white. They did wear red as babies though which was a bit ahead of it's time 37 years ago.
Thanks for sharing my sentimental journey.
Love and hugs, Linda.
Linda thank you for sharing your sentimental self with us. I too am very sentimental. Perhaps it's the time of year for it, I just deleted some old emails etc that I found on an old memory stick. Now I'm not sure I should have but they were personal and from times past and I wasn't sure if it was right to keep them life has moved on for me. I have a 'sooky' box that has my babies coming home outfits in and various other memorabilia of important times and people that have passed through my life. I too hope that someday my children may enjoy this peek into their mother's past life.
We also seem to have a similar philosophy in life that each and every one of us CAN make a difference. I honestly believe this and as you said so beautifully sometimes the smallest thing makes a big difference to somebody's day.
Never stop being sentimental my dear friend, it is part of what makes you the wonderful woman that you are.
Hugs xxxx
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