GRATEFULL

Somedays, all I want to do is be outside! That makes it difficult when I am at work and the sun is calling me out to play. I was feeling that tug today, and was observing the little war going on in my mind. However, I begin my morning, I have 8 to 10 people to wakeup, wash up and dress up for breakfast....I walked into the first woman's room, gently touching her shoulder with a cheery goodmorning. She wakes instantly and is ready to get up, it's ingrained in her after so many years. There was just a tiny crack of sunlight coming in thru the curtains and she happily remarked, it's a beautiful day! "How do you know that?" I asked her. She said, "I can see the light coming in thru the window". And that was enough for her, no desire to go outside, just happy knowing it. And I remember to be where I am. I begin to notice all the little things around me, there is a small potted plant covered in rich purple blooms sitting on the dresser, a Cala Lily beginning to unfold into a beautiful pure white in the hallway. Now I enter my last room, and there is an arrangement of yellow Forsythia branches standing in a jar of water....this is one of the first trees to come into bloom, a sure sign of Spring! But I could smell something else very familiar which stirred my senses and my memory, and then I saw there were some long branches of a Poplar Tree tucked in with the Forsythia. Ahh, that sticky sweet fragrance of sap covered leaves filled the room, almost too pungent. I love that smell....and did I feel Gratefull for that moment!