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The Friends of Purple inaugural event was a hugh success. The hot weather was unforgiving, but you wouldn’t have known it by the turnout. Folks from all over showed up with food, drinks, and lawn chairs. As the afternoon progressed, people took their seats under the shade of the tall oak trees in the front yard to enjoy the sounds of the bluegrass band. We are all looking forward to the next Friends of Purple gathering.
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The most valuable thing we can do for the psyche, occasionally, is to let it rest, wander, live in the changing light of a room, not to try to do or be anything whatsoever.
—May Sarton
A whole world can be seen through even the smallest window. Knowing this can help us slow down and enjoy everyday events. We can listen to the regular rhythms of letter carriers and school children, dogs and delivery trucks, city buses and song birds playing out a piece of their daily lives outside the window.
We can greet the letter carrier who comes up the walk, feed the robin who lands on the sill, wave to the kids who’ve found a shortcut through our backyards on their way home from school.
It is not necessary, today, for us to fill our lives with important meetings, gala parties, expensive treats, toys, or outings to be happy. There is a whole world to be discovered just outside the nearest window.
What worlds lie on the other side of my window today?
From Today’s Gift: Daily Meditations for Families ©1985, 1991 by Hazelden Foundation.
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