The best days of your life won't be the ones you expect them to be, but they will happen. I remember being in the countryside in Virginia one day with friends having a picnic lunch and eating the best apple I have ever tasted. You won't know which moments will stand out for you later, you can't know. It doesn't matter - live them all anyway. Because right now is always the best moment of your life, and the time will pass anyway.
- what I wish for you: simple wisdom for a happy life, Patti Digh (I italicized for emphasis)
I was talking to a friend about moments that I felt really good, content. And it's true - you don't recognize those moments as they happen. I spent last summer by the neighborhood pool. Sometimes alone, sometimes with someone. I love the smell of Coppertone and with its sweet fragrance wafting, I settled myself poolside, book in hand. I read The Mark of the Lion series and The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society book. All of them made me cry. I tried to disguise it, as I was in public after all, but I realized it didn't matter. After sitting in the beating sun, sweat running profusely down my face, I look like one big puddled mess. And no one was really watching me anyway.
I learned a lot through those moments. About being content with being alone, allowing God to speak to me through books, and about the beauty of relationships.
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