Simple & Basic is for me!

 Hello to all.  Hope this finds you all well.  Goodness golly, here we are midweek and mid-month again!  It is a lovely morning here.  It is now the season where, I must walk about with a big stick, when going down walkways or between things!  Spider webs are everywhere, and I do not cherish waling into their lairs!

It sure does for me.  I like things simple and basic.  It is the 'small' stuff that gives me joy.  

Yesterday while I was out walking, I had a moment!  I was looking around as I walked, then I just stopped and looked at everything surrounding me, and I felt soooooo small.  For a moment I felt like a miniature standing in the land of giants.  Everything looked so grand and pretty - even the little things.  It was almost like an out of body experience.  

My neighbor must have noticed me stopping, and when I finally came back up by her house, she asked me what I was looking at.  "My smallness" was my answer - she just smiled.  She got it.

We are indeed small in this world.  One of billions, like a grain of sand.  We are important to those close to us, but as the world turns, we are hardly noticed.

Yet here we are - part of God's plan and creation.

Somedays it pays to notice the simple things.  I live a very simple and basic life.  You will not see anything grand here.  I live in a basic home - nothing grand, but it is mine.  I drive a basic vehicle.  Old, but still goes.  I wear simple clothes - some many years old.  If I have a 'name' brand it is only because I got it at a yard sale and liked it - nothing to do with the label.  I have a small garden, but it gives me and others fresh produce.  

I have basic and simple decor at my home - things I love, cherish and appreciate.  Nothing big and shiny and new.

A simple basket of some of my dad's old magazines from the 60's and 70's.  Still worth the read and info is still valid.  They were daddies and he read them and touched/held them and that gives me comfort.

Simple laughter some days.

Bitsy gets so excited every morning when I get ready to open the door.  He gets to see Licorice!  I often wonder if he things that is Blackie or if he knows he is a different kitty.  He talks and chatters and yells, until I open the door.  He loves on me and hugs me - then he sees his outdoor friend.  Once they see each other, and I give Licorice food, Bits hides behind the door, looking through the crack.  Like to say "he'll never see me"!  Every morning!!!!!  What a way to start the day!

Simple food and eating.

Meatball stuffed corn muffins.  A bit of batter in bottom, a cooked meatball, and cover with batter.  Bake as normal.  Like eating a little slider!  Served with a fresh salad - yummy and I was full.  That is what matters.

Goulash - the pizza way!  Yep, simple goulash with pizza toppings added (and pizza sauce).  It was simple, no baking like for pizza, and had the pizza taste.

Some of my best meals are just simple and basic items.  I like variety - so I experiment.  It generally works out!

I am not pretentious at all - what you see is what you get.  Don't like it - don't care.  My job is not to impress folks; it is to help and be kind.

We all tend to make life too complicated.  It sure doesn't need to be.  As the old saying goes - keep it simple silly (I changed the last word)!

We are all going to leave this world someday, when God says so.  We have a limited amount of days - and no idea how many.  Make each one count - enjoy, laugh, celebrate, help, teach, guide, appreciate.  Stop any negativity - it doesn't look pretty, nor does it help anything.

Go forward and keep the days simple and basic.  They can be the most wonderful days ever.  

The gift of life is a tremendous gift - make each moment the best.

That doesn't mean impressing a single person, just living a good life.

Have a wonderful and blessed day.