Thursday, November 29, 2012

A thousand shining moments

Waiting just to happen to you

 

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Life is made up of a thousand shining

moments waiting to happen to you.

  • Driving home from work
  • Doing the grocery shopping
  • Washing the laundry
  • While you are on power hold
  • Feeding the cat
  • During the most mundane moments

Just imagine life and it’s shining moments waiting for you, lurking around that corner hiding behind a cloud. Are you going to see them?

Will you know that they are happening to you?

Will you be looking for them?

 

I know that I will, for sure. It’s the season of light, and those thousand shining moments will come and go quickly, but I am keeping my eyes open for them.

 

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It may be the flash of smile from a customer service rep, the friendly wave of a car going past, the way the cat purrs as he rubs my leg, but it’s a shining moment.

It’s in giving to the food bank, dropping some change into a rattling can for the Salvation Army volunteer, it’s in baking cookies, and laughing with loved ones.

 

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This is definitely the season for those thousand lights to shine.

 

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The moments are going to be different for everyone, none of us will experience them the same.

But they are going to be awesome.

 

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And I can’t wait for mine to happen to me.

 

Jen @ Muddy Boot Dreams

 

Lyrics by Blue Rodeo

22 comments:

  1. Lovely post and photos ! Have a great day !

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  2. Wishing you sweet shining moments today, Jen. Love your thoughts!

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  3. Thank you for the lovely reminder Jen.

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  4. I'm looking forward to today's shining moments.

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  5. And this morning, you have been a shining light. Lovely photos, as usual.

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  6. Your photos made me happy today! Nice post :-)

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  7. ahhhhh, that was lovely, the words and the photos

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  8. Beautiful post and thank you for reminding me, I've been in a funk with the cloudy weather coming back. Instead I need to be paying attention to the shining moments - I have a beautiful loving family to help me along the way.
    Beautiful photos, love the frosty.

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  9. Beautiful frosty pictures all of them.

    Good Morning snowy here from

    Country Land.

    Carol Ann

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  10. A very good thought provoking post.

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  11. It’s the shining sparkle of your blog, Jen.

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  12. This is a great post, Jen - a lovely reminder to look for the sparkle all around.

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  13. Oh, this is such an uplifting and beautiful post. Love love the light in that first shot.

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  14. Well said. Here's wishing you many shining moments as the next few weeks unfold.

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  15. A beautiful, feel-good post, Jen. Love your photos.

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  16. I have had several of the shining moments you mentioned this week already. The best one was a mentally handicapped man in the grocery store today wishing everyone he passed "Merry Christmas" with a big smile on his face. That made my day! Your photos of the frost on the branches are beautiful. Blessings, Pamela

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  17. Thanks Jen for the sweetly positive post. It's all too easy to forget those moments.

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  18. Lovely post Jen. We all need to be reminded how many shining moments we are blessed with.

    Judy

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  19. The anticipation of these moments makes them all the more special when they are noticed.

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  20. One day driving to work I passed an older gentelman I am friends with. He was driving his car and you could tell he was singing his heart out and moving his one hand to the music. I hold that moment dear in my heart. He looked so happy.

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  21. It is me or do those bales of hay look like Chocolate Velvet Cake? You are so right. Relish every moment...even in the mundane because there is something always waiting to be discovered.

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