Smell the roses or is it Pine

How is everybody today? Good. I hope. You know I have a dear friend and that question, is her pet peeve. Did you ever notice how often we are greeted by this comment, as a way of greeting? Most people ask expecting a one word or short sentence answer. Most people if you really expound on the answer are stopped in their tracks, they weren’t really expecting a real answer. This is what her issue was with this kind of greeting. Don’t ask if you really do not want to hear the answer, especially if you do not have the time to sit down and really hear and possibly discuss the answer. Well when I heard her say this I had to think about it. You know the more I thought about the more I began to see her point. Even that she was not in a good mood when she told me this she had a few issues cropping up in her life at the time. To say this or use it as a greeting, and not being prepared to spend the time and the effort to here a truthful and expanded answer. All I was doing was doing an old behaviour; I’m feigning interest in that particular person. I’m not being real or genuine.

Anyways I spent a lot of the day digging out Christmas decorations, and putting up the tree, the outside lights, and a few trimmings and lights on the tree. I didn’t put on the ornaments and the nativity scene though as I save that for us to do as a family. However our outside lights have a music box with them that plays a couple of carols with them. As I was sitting having a cigarette and coffee (admiring my work) outside listening to the Christmas music. I got one of those nice contented—“everything is good in my world” feelings you know just feeling happy contented and at peace. It just reminded me, that no matter what is going on in your life. That just sitting back, occasionally and taking a break from life to smell the roses and be grateful for what is in your life. Can be quite refreshing and beneficial to the soul.
Remember God does not create garbage