Tea Time :)

"If you are cold, tea will warm you. If you are too heated, it will cool you. If you are depressed, it will cheer you. If you are excited, it will calm you."

-William Gladstone

It's no surprise that tea in bright mugs is on my happy list =) There's something special about starting the day with a warm and fragrant cup of mint tea. Im actually considering getting a mint plant so I can have whole leaf mint tea... served in a cute and colorful mug, of course.

I wouldnt have it any other way ;)

image from: shop.teaappreciationsociety.org

Dedicated to Jahbu

I was listening to some poetry tonight and started thinking about a particular poet who was very influential in my life named Jahbu. So while I was listening I jotted down a little poem of thanks for his path having crossed with mine.

There are certain people
That God allows you to meet
For a very specific reason

God used a poet
Traveling up from Birmingham
To save me
Pour hope back into
The emptying shell of me
Replace hurt with words
Made of helium - saying 'hold on'
Filling me lighter than air.

In the hands of the Father
We each are instruments
Of salvation

In the hands of the Father
We are exactly what
Someone needs to breathe
And live again.

Just a little something I was thinking. You never know whose life you are impacting everyday with the things you say and do. So be a wealth of positivity for the people you encounter each day.

Flowers!

My Beautiful Flowers =D

He sent me flowers at work =D I got them while I was on a call and I had to put my customer on hold so I could get Cheshire cat smile together, lol. He's pretty awesome... Im just sayin :)

FLOWERY GOODNESS!!!

P.S. Researchers at Rutgers found that flowers put a genuine smile on 100% of recipients' faces.
P.P.S. 100% ?!? uhMAZEing! lol =)
P.P.P.S. Since I got the flowers at work, I was actually able to be a happiness booster for my coworkers. They got a bunch of smiles because the flowers were there.

His Birthday

Today was his birthday :)
So here's a moment to be grateful for the wonderful people that God sees fit to place in our lives. He's been quite a blessing in the few months we've known each other. Happy birthday!

Image from: andreascakes.blogspot.com

This is me being viral happiness because Im pretty sure he's smiling right now =)

Childlike Praise

A child singing when we all get to heaven
is the most beautiful thing to witness.

After the Communion service at church today, the whole congregation joined hands around the sanctuary for benediction and to sing the closing hymn, "When We All Get to Heaven" A couple people down from me was a little girl, who couldnt be more than 1.5 years old, singing:

Sing the wondrous love of Jesus
Sing His mercy and His grace
In the mansions bright and blessed
He'll prepare for us a place!

How amazing! And what made it more awesome and touching- I didnt even know this child could talk. =) Praise God for children that just sing to Jesus... honestly singing the song to Jesus.

Bubbles

I read today that bubbles can actually be a symbol of the brevity of life and certainty of death. I didnt know that but it got me thinking about how quickly things can change... Just like a soap bubble pop. In a nutshell, a friend and I had a pretty serious fallout, and it feels like the type that may not be able to be fixed with a sit down conversation and a hug. But thats not the purpose of this entry.

Everyday we are blessed with the opportunity to live another day. So many other people were not so fortunate. Everyday we blow up our bubbles.

Bubbles of friendships.

Bubbles of jobs.

Bubbles of boyfriends or girlfriends.

Bubbles of all kinds.

Sometimes we forget that bubbles are so fragile and all it takes is the right pressure... and its gone. Sometimes we think that our bubbles are indestructible...

that our friends will never leave...

our job will never fail...

our boyfriends or girlfriends will always be there...

Sometimes we forget that everything is a delicate bubble. Everything is a delicate bubble and it is our responsibility to take special care of the bubbles in our lives. Cherish them because we have them and because at any moment we might not.

Lessons from Lost Keys

Maintaining happiness sometimes, or more likely most times, calls for a willingness to accept the events of life. When we accept that things happen and we arent in total control of our universe - we open ourselves up to more happiness in that moment. We remove the anxiety that is present when we're preoccupied with worry. We allow ourselves to breathe and move forward instead of being tangled in the mess that was our frustration.

All that being said- I lost my house keys today. I ABSOLUTELY HATE LOSING THINGS! I dont like the fact that I cant remember where I put something. It is one of my highest irritants. However, when I got to my door tonight and realized that my keys were MIA, I actually had the presence of mind to pause, take a breath, and pull my spare out of my bag. (What fortune that my spare had been returned to me a few days ago.) So I got in the house and spent the next hour and change retracing my steps and looking for the keys. But still no keys. It wasnt until I said, "Well God... if You see fit to allow me to find the keys I'd really appreciate it, but if not- thank you for the spare" that I found the keys in the bottom of another bag.

It took accepting the fact that I lost the keys, and acknowledging the fact that God's in control and taking care of me, to open myself up to the happiness available to me in the midst of what I'd normally freak out about.

Sometimes the best this you can do is: Smile, Shrug, and Say... Stuff Happens. ;)