For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Romans 6:23
Pansies
Reading a book by the fire
Snow falling
The first day of the NCAA Basketball Tournament
Caroline’s belly laugh
Being married to my best friend
Playing favorite hymns on the piano
Autumn leaves
Rose-breasted grosbeaks at our feeders
Drives in the country
Black patent leather
Beaumont Tower
Pearls
Pink
Vermont in autumn
We’ve been blessed with a cool spring that is only very slowly moving toward anything resembling warmer weather. I don’t mind because it affords us more time to enjoy the blessings of cooler weather – warm meals, the fireplace, and general coziness.
Is it a blessing to live a small life? My answer is a resounding, “Yes!” if that is where God has placed you.
I imagine most people are familiar with at least this part of the serenity prayer:
God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.
Call it cocooning, hunkering down, being a homebody, or whatever. It is me. And it especially describes my life over the past ten years or so.
Now I’ve discovered it has yet another name: dwelling. From What consumers do in a downturn:
Roughly speaking, consumers have two modalities: surging and dwelling.
