Outdoor Wednesday

Every Wednesday Susan from A Southern Daydreamer hosts Outdoor Wednesday. An opportunity to visit the outdoors in other parts of the globe without making reservations. Just stop by Susan's place and visit all the outdoor places.



Yesterday I was feeling that joy that rises from within. No matter what our circumstance might be, there are days when we look around and only see our blessings.



I was remembering a lesson that I had learned about appreciation...



Years ago in the late sixties, I was really impressed with an article I read in Life Magazine. There was a kindergarten class where they were teaching the little children to be thankful.



They had all the children lie on bamboo poles on the floor for a while. Then when the children began to realize how uncomfortable that was, they had them return to lie on their soft cots on the floor.



I will never forget the happy faces of these children as they lie on the floor for a nap on their cots made of blankets. I wonder if they would have really appreciated them, had they not known the difference.








ould we know that the major chords were sweet,
If there were no minor key




Would the painter's work be fair to our eyes,



Without shade on land or sea?



Would we know the meaning of happiness,



Would we feel that the day was bright,



If we'd never known what it was to grieve,
Nor gazed on the dark at night?"



Wishing you a day filled with the views of your many blessings.



This poem was taken from Streams in the Desert by Mrs. Charles E. Cowman.
The song for this post is Count Your Blessings.