while spending the better part of a morning
at the salon
and at the having my hair washed stage
a woman I’ve never met
hair in foil for highlights
wrapped in a black robe
walked up
and stood before me pointing
then proclaiming,
to the entire salon:
“now here is a woman who is contented and relaxed,
taking 10 minutes, all for herself!”
something about my demeanor
must have given me away
for she was spot on.
—
“contentment is the only real wealth”
― albert nobel
—
image credit: google images
here was what I found:
what have your found that you are grateful for?
—
image credit: simpleacres
came upon this peaceful man
sleepy with quiet thoughts
on a quiet noon
spent in bandamer park
ann arbor, mi. usa
—
“summer quiet thoughts on summer quiet noons.”
-ray bradbury, now and forever
the end of a peaceful day spent at the lake
—
“no matter how far a person can go the horizon is still way beyond you.”
-zora neale hurston
—
irish hills, michigan, usa
the house
the pool
the wheels
the drinks
the fire
the tables
–
the quiet calm.
—
“the next morning dawned bright and sweet, like ribbon candy.”
― sarah addison allen, – Garden Spells
skipping stones, barefoot, wading,
walking on rocks, talking, and resting
on a slow summer day on the river.
—
“how beautiful it is to do nothing, and then to rest afterward.”
~spanish proverb
rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under the trees on a summer’s day,
listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the blue sky,
is by no means waste of time.
~john lubbock, “Recreation,” The Use of Life, 1894
