Today around 5:30 I walked outside and found the sun shining and the breeze blowing and a storm of cotton blowing around the house and the fields across from my house like a snow storm in the middle of winter, it was beautiful! At that moment staring out into the beautiful fluke of nature that spread before me like a painting or a scene in a movie I thought, why dont we appreciate the small things more? I find myself getting caught up in the daily hustle and bustle and forgetting the wonder, joy and amazing privilege it is to be alive, healthy, and have great family and friends. Working with people with developmental disabilities reminds me daily how lucky I am and how perfect my future career is for me. Life is wonderful and the more we start appreciating the small things the happier and more positive we become. When I talk about the small things I mean looking at situations differently, taking a negative situation and looking for the things in that situation to take make positive. It is really hard at first but lately I find myself laughing after I think about the positives of each situation and weigh it out. Why waste this precious time on earth being a negative nelly and sulking around...that's my new life motto!

I have to say after seeing that beautiful sceen of cotton flowing around my house I ran to grab my camera and started snapping away.! Life is wonderful! Love is wonderful! PEACE!