Enya "Paint the Sky with Stars" from The Mists of Avalon
Welcome to a very beautiful Saturday morning in my little corner of the world - I woke early to a beautiful world wrapped in a damp mist. Mother Nature was very elegant this morning dressed in grey chiffon heavy mist clouds with silver trimmings. The silence that comes with the mist is also very beautiful and I was enchanted.
That was a few hours ago and now we are being treated to patches of blue and brilliant golden sunshine. What a canvas before me today - it almost leaves me breathless with wonder. Certainly it left me "misty"eyed.
I love Saturdays and the weekend - not that these two days are very much different for me - but they are different for so many people who are tied in to the work day routine Monday to Friday - for these people the weekend can't arrive quickly enough nor can they fit in all the wonderful things they want to do.
I am joining some of my "Workaday" Friends this afternoon for a movie and ice cream - we are going to see "Water for Elephants" - a film about which I know very little, but my daughter thinks I will enjoy it and so too does the young lady who served me at the Supermarket this morning. I really enjoy these spontaneous conversations with strangers and her eyes sparkled as she said how much she had enjoyed the film and thought that I would too. She asked me to let her know next time I was in the store as to whether I had or had not enjoyed it. She was special and very bright and certainly made the humdrum of shopping disappear for me.
Those conversations with strangers who become friends for just a few moments of our day are to be cherished and enjoyed - there is an openness and an honesty there and the smiles are wonderful too. These conversations do make a difference to the day and life of many people.
I also met a man this morning who does not speak English very well (if at all) and I smiled and he smiled back and stopped and struggled with two words "Good Morning" - I returned the "Good Morning" and for those few seconds we were able to communicate - It made me feel good and I hope it made him feel the same and that he will be receptive to others who communicate with him.
I can't imagine not being able to understand or be understood although I recall very clearly when in ICU with all the tubes in how frustrating it was not to be able to speak. I indicated by actions that I wanted a note pad and would write my needs and requests down. We found a way to communicate as did this Gentleman and I this morning. I am very much a words person and love communication in any form - written, spoken or sung and often use the international language of a smile to touch other lives.
Enjoy your weekend - walk, talk, sing and smile and find pleasure in what you have to do. If you have to work then take that smile into work with you and see the difference you can make to a day. Write a note to your partner/children and see the smile on their face as they read it and you will be surprised at their response.
Enjoy words - all words - short/long/descriptive/funny and interesting - learn the meaning of a new word each day and then use it in conversation - my dictionary is my most used book and is rarely on the shelf - mostly it lives on the table and is used frequently.
I love crossword puzzles and particularly cryptic ones and I am now off to make coffee and settle with a puzzle and there goes the rest of the morning. Oh the bliss of Saturday mornings.
I wish you a beautiful, exciting and interesting weekend spent in solitude or in the company of friends and family and walk safely through the mists.
Thank you for visiting these "Musings from my Heart" and I send love and hugs to you all.
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